Telfair County GA Genealogy and Family Histories

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African American Research
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Cemeteries
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Deeds and Other Land Records
Diaries and Letters
Education
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Native American Research
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Probates & Wills
Researchers' Address Book
Surname Registry
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What's New

General Genealogical Information

Cyndi's List
American Memory Project (Library of Congress)
Documenting the American South
FamilySearch
National Archives
Linda Haas Davenport's Learning Center

Welcome to the Telfair County, GAGenWeb site!

Note from your County Coordinator: I do not live in Telfair County, but I will be happy to try to direct you in your research. Your submissions for this web site are always welcome.

Telfair County was organized from Wilkinson County in 1807. Its county seat is McRae although Jacksonville served as its first seat of government. Marriage records date to 1810; land records to 1809; probate records to 1831; and court records to 1810. The county was named for Edward Telfair (1735-1807) who served as governor of the state.

Telfair County once included portions of present-day Laurens, Wheeler, Dodge, Coffee, and Jeff Davis Counties.

The GAGenWeb Project state site
USGenWeb Project
GAGenWeb Archives for Telfair County
Telfair County Info (University of Georgia's Carl Vinson Institute of Government)
Central Georgia Genealogical Society
Wiregrass Genealogical Society
Huxford Genealogical Society


Political Graveyard for Telfair County
USGenWeb Archives Penny Postcard Project
Vanishing Georgia Database

Surrounding and Parent Counties:

Ben Hill
Coffee
Dodge
Jeff Davis
Laurens
Wheeler
Wilcox
Wilkinson