PLEASE NOTE, DUE TO THE TOTAL DESTRUCTION BY FIRE OF THE HANCOCK COUNTY
COURTHOUSE, THIS INFORMATION IS NO LONGER AVAILABLE.
Update as to progress of digitization of Hancock County Records Click HERE for
Recent Article published in the Sparta Ishmaelite
Local Hancock County Resource Addresses and Available Information
Clerk of the Superior Court has court and land records from 1794. Address: Courthouse Square, Broad St., P.O. Box 451, Sparta, GA 31087. Phone 706-444-6644, Fax: 706-444-5685.
Probate Court Clerk has probate records from 1794 and marriage records from 1806, 601 Courthouse Square, Sparta, GA. 31087. Phone 706-444-5343, Fax 706-444-6221.
Hancock County Local Government Web Site Click (Here)
Georgia
State Archives Web Site - Contains a multitude of information, among other things, actual copies of Confederate
pension applications, enlistments, oaths, etc; Colonial wills and will books, head right and bounty plats. Also check out the
Virtual Vault and the Vanishing Georgia link on this site.
THIS SITE NOW CONTAINS ACTUAL IMAGES OF DEATH CERTIFICATES FOR GEORGIA FROM 1919 TO 1927, SOME FROM 1917, 1918 AND 1937 (CLICK HERE)
ALSO ACTUAL COPIES OF MARRIAGE CERTIFICATES FOR 1808 TO 1901 (CLICK HERE)
Georgia State Office of Vital Records (how to order birth, death, marriage, divorce records)
Another Way to Order Vital Records
National Archives Southeast Region Archives - Morrow, Georgia
Chronicling America - Historic American Newspapers - 1836-1922 (All States - searchable) Library of Congress Website
Family Search - Web site of the Family History Library - LDS Church (many records here)
University of Georgia Libraries
Digital Library of Georgia (a University of Georgia website)
LOCAL INFORMATION FOR HANCOCK COUNTY, GEORGIA
HOME PAGES OF HANCOCK COUNTY, GEORGIA RESEARCHERS
Scott and Priscilla Fraser's Home Page (sofraser@aol.com)
The Scott and Priscilla Fraser Family Page
Raymond Kelly's web site, the Kelley/Kelly Family History ( RKelly6704@verizon.net )
ON AUGUST 11, 2014 IN THE EARLY MORNING HOURS, THE
HANCOCK COUNTY COURTHOUSE IN SPARTA, GEORGIA,
WAS DESTROYED BY FIRE
The following four photos were taken in the early morning hours of August 11th when the
fire was at it's worst!! They are courtesy Katherine Bray.
GA USGenWeb Archives page for Hancock County
Documenting the American South
Georgia African American Griots
USGenWeb African American Griots
"Large Slaveholders of 1860 and African American Surname Matches from 1870" by Tom Blake
American History and Genealogy Project for Hancock County (please check this site, lots of information here)
Family History Archives - Brigham Young University (3580 family history collections and growing)
Georgia Historical Maps - University of Alabama Web Site
More Historical County Maps - Includes Militia Districts
Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps for Georgia Towns and Cities - 1884-1922
Cyndi's List of Genealogy Sites on the Internet for Hancock County
Tombstone Transcription Project for Hancock County
NATIVE AMERICAN GENEALOGY
LINKS TO VARIOUS WEB SITES OF INTEREST TO RESEARCHERS
1924 Baker Roll for Eastern Cherokee Nation
Cyndi's List for Native American Research
Links to information on the three tribes in Georgia:
Hancock County Historical Markers
Rockby State Historical Marker
Eagle Tavern State Historical Marker
Sparta State Historical Marker
Georgia Online Historical Newspaper collections
Historic Milledgeville Newspapers - 1820 - 1920
THE GEORGIA AUGUS AND THE GEORGIA JOURNAL Abstracts
Hancock County Georgia In the News 1900 - 1909
