FAYETTE COUNTY GA Genealogy Research RESOURCES

COUNTY RESOURCES

Fayette County Website - The official Fayette County, GA Government Website

Fayette County Courthouse  1 Center Drive  Fayetteville, GA  30214

Fayette Clerk of Court  All Land Records - Searchable, browsable indexes & images of deeds, etc.

Probate Court   770-716-4220  Wills, Estates, Court of Ordinary and Probate Records.  Marriage Records.  Death Records.

Fayette County Tax Commissioners Office  770-461-3652  They have all of the Property Tax Records that exist for Fayette County.  The only way to access the original records is to visit their office at 140 Stonewall Avenue in Fayetteville, GA.;  If you go there it is possible that there will be a charge for your time spent because they have to have an employee stay in the vault with you at all times.  Copies can be made in their office.

Fayette County Library  1821 Heritage Park Way; Fayetteville, GA;  770-461-8841;  The Georgia Room houses microfilm of the following records for Fayette County:  Early Tax Digests; Deeds;  Census; Newspapers  (Follow this link to view a list of newspapers available on microfilm at the Library);  Marriage Books; Wills and Probate  There is a small collection of reference books which pertain to Fayette County and other areas of Georgia.

Peachtree City Public Library  210 Willowbend Road  Peachtree City, GA  770-631-2520

Tyrone Public Library  947 Senoia Road  Tyrone, GA.   770-487-1565

Historical Museum

Holliday-Dorsey-Fife House Museum

770-716-5332

140 Lanier Ave. W.
Fayetteville, Georgia 30214

 

Historical Society

Fayette County Historical Society

Historical Society  - Link to another page on this site listing their holdings.

   

Funeral Homes

Carmichael-Hemperley (770) 631-9171 Fax: (770) 631-9144

135 Senoia Rd  Peachtree City

 
Griner (770) 460-5566 240 Highway 279 Fayetteville  
Mowell, Carl J, & Son (770) 461-7641 Fax: (770) 460-1003 180 Jeff Davis Dr   Fayetteville  
Mowell, Carl J, & Son (770) 487-3959 Fax: (770) 487-5959 200 Robinson Rd    Peachtree City  

Local DAR Chapter

 

MICROFILM AVAILABLE

LDS Catalog - Fayette County Holdings

Local & Early Statewide NEWSPAPERS

The Citizen News

Past articles of "Finding Your Folks" a genealogy column written by Judy Fowler Kilgore is accessible on the web by scrolling down on the front page - look at links on the left under "Navigation", then Special Sections, then Genealogy. You can access the archived columns once you reach the page for "Finding Your Folks".

Fayette Daily News

 

The Macon Telegraph

 
Columbus Enquirer  
Georgia Historic Newspapers  
Milledgeville Historic Newspapers  
   

GEORGIA RESOURCES

Georgia County Snapshots

 

Sherpa Guides - Flint River Area

http://sherpaguides.com/georgia/flint_river/index.html

Georgia Dept of Archives & History http://www.georgiaarchives.org/
Georgia Dept of Archives & History New Virtual Vault

Virtual Vault

Georgia Death Certificates Online - 1919-1927

Virtual Vault

Franklin Garrett's Necrology at Atlanta History Center

http://garrett.atlantahistorycenter.com/

A genealogical resource for white men, twenty-one years of age or older, who died between 1857 and 1931in the Metropolitan Atlanta area
U of Georgia Students before 1901

 

Information gathered for the University's 100th Anniversary
Georgia Vital Records Information http://dph.georgia.gov/VitalRecords
The Georgia Historical Society http://www.georgiahistory.com/
Georgia Genealogical Society  
Washington Memorial Library, Macon, GA  

OTHER ONLINE RESOURCE

This is a collection of resources that I have discovered during my personal research that are worth compiling for sharing with others.  They cover many locations and subjects, all genealogy related.  I hope you find something here that helps you.  If you discover any broken links, please let me know.   Rebecca Maloney

LINKS BY SUBJECT ~

 

BOOKS/PAID DATABASES/CD'S

Ancestry.com
Genealogy.com
The Archive CD Books Project - UK
Heritage Books
Heritage Papers - Genealogical Source Materials
Ambra Books Antiquarian - UK
South Carolina Books from Brent Holcomb & The South Carolina Magazine of Ancestral Research
The Parish Chest

CENSUS

US Census Bureau - State and County Quick Facts

IMMIGRANTS, SHIPS & PASSENGER LISTS

CIMO Cimorelli Immigration Manifests Online

Castle Garden, NY
The Maritime Heritage Project,  (Covers West Coast of United States) 
The Immigration Experience

Immigrant Ship Transcribers Guild

LAND, GRANTS, DEEDS

Bureau of Land Management - General Land Office Records 

Tracing Land Ownership - This is research concerning Jones, Baldwin and Jasper Counties in Georgia; contains good links and information for other areas

LIBRARIES/DIGITAL ARCHIVES SITES

Brigham Young University - Family History Archive
LDS Family History Library Website
IGI Batch Numbers
Documenting the American South - Library of Southern Literature  
The Library of Virginia
Command and General Staff College - Combined Arms Research Library - Cowpens Battlefield Tour 
The Macon-Bibb County Public Library 
Digital Library of Georgia  - University of Georgia 
Oliver Wendell Holmes Library @ Phillips Academy Andover 
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill - North Carolina Collection  
History Wired - Smithsonian Institution  
The Making of America Books Online

MAPS

David Rumsey Map Collection 
Genealogy Atlas - Historic Maps of North America  

MILITARY

All Eras -

Department of Veterans Affairs - National Cemetery Administration

How To Order Military & Pensions Records from NARA

American Revolution -

American Revolution.org Genealogy Links

Command and General Staff College - Combined Arms Research Library - Cowpens Battlefield Tour

American Civil War -

Pickett's Charge
General Barton & Stovall History - Heritage Association
Official Fort Delaware Society Webpage
Andersonville Civil War Prison

MISCELLANEOUS REFERENCE

Dear Myrtle
Behind the Name
Who Are Masons?
The Global Gazette - Canada's Online Family History Magazine

SEARCHES & LINKS

The USGenWeb Project
Ancestral Findings
Genealogy and Family History Internet Web Directory
Cyndi's List
The Olive Tree

SOFTWARE

Archer Software

VITAL RECORDS

Free BMD - England & Wales

 

LINKS BY SURNAMES

 BARBER

David Morgan's Book & Ongoing Research on the Barber Family

 BARRETT 

Genforum - Barrett

   BARTON

Genforum - Barton 
 

BLACK

Genforum - Black Surname

EASLEY

Genforum - Easley

McLEAN

Clan MacLean

PACE

Pace Society.Org

PIDGEON

The Pidgeon Coop

PEARCE/PIERCE

Genforum - Pierce

Pennsylvania Pierces

PRESLEY

Presley-Pressley History Site - Do you know where this site has gone??

WHITAKER

Whitaker Descendants - Descendants of Thomas Whitaker of the Holme

Roots, Trees, Branches and Leaves

 The Whitacre Genealogy Center

Whitaker Family Research Exchange

 

LINKS BY LOCATION ~

EARLY AMERICAN

13 Originals
 
The American Colonist's Library

GEORGIA

Franklin Garrett's Necrology at Atlanta History Center
Georgia Department of Archives & History
Georgia Dept of Archives & History New Virtual Vault
U of Georgia Students before 1901
Georgia Vital Records Information
The Georgia Hisorical Society

  ~ACROSS THE POND~

SCOTLAND

The Gathering of the Clans

GERMANY

18th Century Pennsylvania German Naming Patterns

UK - MAPS

Old Maps Co. UK
Ordnance Survey

UK - MARINERS

Mariners Research Links
National Maritime Museum
Cardiff Crew Agreements

UK - RESEARCH

FreeREG - Transcriptions from English Parish Registers
Medieval English Genealogy
The Workhouse
London Ancestor
The Norman Invasion and Inclosure.......a historical look at British land rights
Internet Library of Early Journals
The British Library - Archives of The Daily News
IGI Batch Numbers
Richard's Church Albums
The Proceedings of the Old Bailey

UK - DEVON

BBC Online - Devon

 

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