{"id":3237,"date":"2015-04-16T17:52:59","date_gmt":"2015-04-16T17:52:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/raogk.org\/?page_id=3237"},"modified":"2019-05-03T11:04:51","modified_gmt":"2019-05-03T11:04:51","slug":"georgia","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/raogk.org\/georgia\/","title":{"rendered":"State of Georgia Records Guide"},"content":{"rendered":"

Georgia<\/strong> was founded in 1732, as the last of the Thirteen Colonies and was named for King George II of Great Britain. Georgia originally consisted of 12 parishes at the time of the American Revolution. These parishes were St. George, St. Thomas, St. Mary, St. Philip, Christ Church, St. Matthew, St. Philip, St. David, St. Patrick, St. John, St. Andrew, St. James and St. Paul. Counties were not formed until 1777, covering at that time only a portion of Georgia’s present jurisdiction. Eventually as Native American land was acquired, new counties were created.<\/p>\n\n

Georgia was admitted to the Union on January 2, 1788 as the 4th state. It seceded from the Union on January 19, 1861, and was one of the original seven Confederate states. It was the last state to be readmitted to the Union, on July 15, 1870. Georgia’s nickname is the Peach State and the Empire State of the South. The State capital is in Atlanta. It has 159 Counties<\/a>. The capital is Atlanta<\/a> and the official state website is http:\/\/www.georgia.gov\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Georgia is bordered on the east by the Atlantic Ocean, on the south by Florida<\/a>, on the northeast by South Carolina<\/a>, on the west by Alabama<\/a>, and on the north by Tennessee<\/a> and North Carolina<\/a>.<\/p>\n

When people envision the first organized states within the United States, many often forget that Georgia was among them. This is a state with a long and fascinating history, and there have been many kinds of families, groups, and individuals associated with it. This is probably the reason that the state has so many resources available for Georgia genealogy researchers.<\/p>\n<\/div>

Select a Georgia county to view information & records pertaining to each County<\/p>\n

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Appling<\/a> \u2223 Atkinson<\/a> \u2223 Bacon<\/a> \u2223 Baker<\/a> \u2223 Baldwin<\/a> \u2223 Banks<\/a> \u2223 Barrow<\/a> \u2223 Bartow<\/a> \u2223 Ben Hill<\/a> \u2223 Berrien<\/a> \u2223 Bibb<\/a> \u2223 Bleckley<\/a> \u2223 Brantley<\/a> \u2223 Brooks<\/a> \u2223 Bryan<\/a> \u2223 Bulloch<\/a> \u2223 Burke<\/a> \u2223 Butts<\/a> \u2223 Calhoun<\/a> \u2223 Camden<\/a> \u2223 Candler<\/a> \u2223 Carroll<\/a> \u2223 Catoosa<\/a> \u2223 Charlton<\/a> \u2223 Chatham<\/a> \u2223 Chattahoochee<\/a> \u2223 Chattooga<\/a> \u2223 Cherokee<\/a> \u2223 Clarke<\/a> \u2223 Clay<\/a> \u2223 Clayton<\/a> \u2223 Clinch<\/a> \u2223 Cobb<\/a> \u2223 Coffee<\/a> \u2223 Colquitt<\/a> \u2223 Columbia<\/a> \u2223 Cook<\/a> \u2223 Coweta<\/a> \u2223 Crawford<\/a> \u2223 Crisp<\/a> \u2223 Dade<\/a> \u2223 Dawson<\/a> \u2223 De Kalb<\/a> \u2223 Decatur<\/a> \u2223 Dodge<\/a> \u2223 Dooly<\/a> \u2223 Dougherty<\/a> \u2223 Douglas<\/a> \u2223 Early<\/a> \u2223 Echols<\/a> \u2223 Effingham<\/a> \u2223 Elbert<\/a> \u2223 Emanuel<\/a> \u2223 Evans<\/a> \u2223 Fannin<\/a> \u2223 Fayette<\/a> \u2223 Floyd<\/a> \u2223 Forsyth<\/a> \u2223 Franklin<\/a> \u2223 Fulton<\/a> \u2223 Gilmer<\/a> \u2223 Glascock<\/a> \u2223 Glynn<\/a> \u2223 Gordon<\/a> \u2223 Grady<\/a> \u2223 Greene<\/a> \u2223 Gwinnett<\/a> \u2223 Habersham<\/a> \u2223 Hall<\/a> \u2223 Hancock<\/a> \u2223 Haralson<\/a> \u2223 Harris<\/a> \u2223 Hart<\/a> \u2223 Heard<\/a> \u2223 Henry<\/a> \u2223 Houston<\/a> \u2223 Irwin<\/a> \u2223 Jackson<\/a> \u2223 Jasper<\/a> \u2223 Jeff Davis<\/a> \u2223 Jefferson<\/a> \u2223 Jenkins<\/a> \u2223 Johnson<\/a> \u2223 Jones<\/a> \u2223 Lamar<\/a> \u2223 Lanier<\/a> \u2223 Laurens<\/a> \u2223 Lee<\/a> \u2223 Liberty<\/a> \u2223 Lincoln<\/a> \u2223 Long<\/a> \u2223 Lowndes<\/a> \u2223 Lumpkin<\/a> \u2223 Macon<\/a> \u2223 Madison<\/a> \u2223 Marion<\/a> \u2223 McDuffie<\/a> \u2223 McIntosh<\/a> \u2223 Meriwether<\/a> \u2223 Miller<\/a> \u2223 Mitchell<\/a> \u2223 Monroe<\/a> \u2223 Montgomery<\/a> \u2223 Morgan<\/a> \u2223 Murray<\/a> \u2223 Muscogee<\/a> \u2223 Newton<\/a> \u2223 Oconee<\/a> \u2223 Oglethorpe<\/a> \u2223 Paulding<\/a> \u2223 Peach<\/a> \u2223 Pickens<\/a> \u2223 Pierce<\/a> \u2223 Pike<\/a> \u2223 Polk<\/a> \u2223 Pulaski<\/a> \u2223 Putnam<\/a> \u2223 Quitman<\/a> \u2223 Rabun<\/a> \u2223 Randolph<\/a> \u2223 Richmond<\/a> \u2223 Rockdale<\/a> \u2223 Schley<\/a> \u2223 Screven<\/a> \u2223 Seminole<\/a> \u2223 Spalding<\/a> \u2223 Stephens<\/a> \u2223 Stewart<\/a> \u2223 Sumter<\/a> \u2223 Talbot<\/a> \u2223 Taliaferro<\/a> \u2223 Tattnall<\/a> \u2223 Taylor<\/a> \u2223 Telfair<\/a> \u2223 Terrell<\/a> \u2223 Thomas<\/a> \u2223 Tift<\/a> \u2223 Toombs<\/a> \u2223 Towns<\/a> \u2223 Treutlen<\/a> \u2223 Troup<\/a> \u2223 Turner<\/a> \u2223 Twiggs<\/a> \u2223 Union<\/a> \u2223 Upson<\/a> \u2223 Walker<\/a> \u2223 Walton<\/a> \u2223 Ware<\/a> \u2223 Warren<\/a> \u2223 Washington<\/a> \u2223 Wayne<\/a> \u2223 Webster<\/a> \u2223 Wheeler<\/a> \u2223 White<\/a> \u2223 Whitfield<\/a> \u2223 Wilcox<\/a> \u2223 Wilkes<\/a> \u2223 Wilkinson<\/a> \u2223 Worth<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>

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History of the State of Georgia<\/span><\/a><\/div>
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