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Margaret Jones Public
Library
205 East Pope St.
Sylvester, GA 31791
Phone: (229)776-2096
Sylvester-
Worth County Chamber of Commerce
PO Box 768
301 E. Franklin Street
Sylvester, Georgia 31791
Phone: (229)776-7718
Southwest
Georgia Genealogical Society
P.O. Box 4672
Albany, Georgia 31706
Meets at the Heritage Museum
100 West Roosevelt Avenue
Albany, Georgia 31701
Phone: 229-420-3218 on the 1st Saturday of every month at 1:00 p.m.
John E. Ladson, Jr. Historical
and Genealogical Library
Location:
119 Church St.
Vidalia, Georgia 30474
Phone: (912)537-8186
Mailing address:
610 Jackson St.
Vidalia, Georgia 30474
LDS Family History Centers
Albany Georgia LDS Family History Center
2700 Westgate Blvd.
Albany, Georgia
Phone: (229)888-7588
Hours: T/Th 9 am - 1pm, 6-9 pm; Fri 6-9 pm; Sat 9 am - 1 pm
Tifton Georgia LDS Family
History Center
402 W. 24th St.
Tifton, Georgia
Phone: (229)382-4202
Hours: Tues 2-9 pm; other times by appt.
Try this
link to find a FHC near you!
The Georgia Department
of Human Resources
Vital Records Service
47 Trinity Avenue S.W.
Room 217-H
Atlanta, Georgia 30334-1201
Phone: (404) 656-4750
Has birth and death records
from January 1, 1919 and marriage and divorce records from June 1952.
Click HERE to
access their site.
If your request is urgent, you may call and charge your certificates to your Visa, Discover, or MasterCard. There is a $5.00 fee for this service, plus $15.50 if you want your certificate to be shipped by overnight Federal Express.
Worth County, published 2003 by the Worth County Historical Society. 230 images , 128 pages. Images from around Worth County, Georgia - through the years. Available through sites like: Amazon.com, Boooksamillion.com, etc.
Davis Family Of Wilcox and Worth, by Joy McDaniel.
Dorminy/Dorminey:
Descendants of John and Rachel Dorminy of Irwin County, Georgia
Families included: Dorminy, Dorminey, Dominey, Paulk, Fletcher, Whiddon, Young,
Branch, Harper, Hobby, Roberts, Clements, McMillan, Smith, Henderson, Weaver,
Vickers, Walker, Sumner, Jones, Ross, Tucker, Williams, Hogan, and Tomberlin
among others.
www.southgeorgiagenealogy.com
Obituaries and Death Notices from the Sylvester Local News - Sylvester, Georgia: 1895-1896 and 1900-1903, compiled by Catherine Fussell Wells.
The Complete Cemetery Records of Worth County, Georgia, compiled by Catherine Fussell Wells.
Marriage Birth and Divorce Notices from The Sumner Free Trader/Worth County Local 1895 - 1893, by Catherine Fussell Wells. Cost is $15.00 including postage & handling.
Obituaries & Death Notices from The Sumner Free Trader/Worth County Local 1895-1893., by Catherine Fussell Wells. Cost is 20.00 including postage & handling.
The History of Worth County, Georgia: 1854-1934 by Mrs. Lillie Martin Grubbs republished by Barnard Trail Chapter, NSDAR
The History of Worth County, Georgia: Vol. II by Barnard Trail Chapter, NSDAR
The Sumner Family History
Record of the Henderson and Whiddon Families and Their Descendants Compiled by William Henderson, Son of Capt. Daniel Henderson and Fereby A. Whiddon Henderson. Printed 1926 - Byrd Printing Company, Atlanta, Georgia.
The Hobby Family of South Georgia by Robert J. Robinson.
Unofficial listing of some records available on microfilm/microfiche through the LDS Family History Library. (Note: Due to possibility of error in transcription, please verify the title and number of the film before ordering.)Census Records
- Population Schedules:
- 1860 Census LDS Film # 0803141; 1st filming LDS Film # 0007056
- 1870 Census LDS Film # 0545683; 1st filming LDS Film # 0007086
- 1880 Census LDS Film # 1254172
- 1900 Census LDS Film # 1240230
- 1910 Census LDS Film # 1374232
- 1920 Census LDS Film # 1820286
- Mortality Schedules:
- 1860 Schedule LDS Film #0422413
- 1870 Schedule LDS Film #0422415
- 1880 Schedule LDS Film #0422418 (view this schedule online)
- Non-population Schedules:
- Agricultural (These give detailed information about the variety and quantity of crops and livestock produced by each farmer.)
- 1860 Schedule LDS Film # 1602482
- 1870 Schedule LDS Film # 1602484
- 1880 Schedule LDS Film # 1602496
- Manufacturing
- 1880 Schedule LDS Film # 1602498
- Social Status (No information about individuals)
- 1860 Schedule LDS Film # 1602500
- 1870 Schedule LDS Film # 1602501
- 1880 Schedule LDS Film # 1602503
Civil War Records
- Confederate Pension Rolls, 1890-1930 LDS Film # 0506677
- Twelve Months Support, 1897 LDS Film # 0506675
County Histories
- History of Worth County, Georgia: for the first eighty years, 1854-1934 by Lillie Martin Grubbs and the Barnard Trail Chapter of the DAR LDS Fiche #6019595
Court of Ordinary Records
- Minutes, 1879-1885 LDS Film # 506662
- Minutes, 1885-1892 LDS Film # 506663
- Minutes, 1892-1898 LDS Film # 506664
- Minutes, 1897-1903 LDS Film # 506665
- Minutes, 1903-1911 LDS Film # 506666
Superior Court Homestead Records, 1896-1916 LDS Film # 0506692
Pony Homestead Records, 1899-1940 LDS Film # 0506676Superior Court Minutes, Indexed (Murder, Rape, Divorce, Foreclosure, Eviction, and more. You'd be surprised how many of your ancestors showed up in court. Indexed by plaintiff only, so you'll have to check the entire index for defendants. Be sure to check under "State vs." (for criminal behavior) and "John Doe" (for evictions))
- 1879-1894, LDS Film # 506689
- 1894-1899, LDS Film # 506690
- 1895, LDS Film # 506694 Item 2
- 1899-1910, LDS Film # 506691
Superior Court Jury List, 1879-1904 LDS Film # 506694 Item 1
Land Records from 1892 - Some deeds (i.e. slaves) are not in the comprehensive indexes. Double-check the individual indexes of the early deed books.
- Index to Deeds, vol A 1892-1904 LDS Film # 0526081
- Index to Deeds, vol B 1904-1912 LDS Film # 0526082
- Deed Book F (1892-1896) LDS Film # 0506678
- Deed Book G (1894-1896) LDS Film # 0506679
- Deed Book H (1896-1898) LDS Film #0506680
- Deed Book I (1898-1899) LDS Film # 0506681
- Deed Book J (1899-1901) LDS Film # 0506682
- Deed Book K (1901-1902) LDS Film # 0506683
- Deed Book L (1902-1904) LDS Film # 0506684
- Deed Book M (1904-1906) LDS Film # 0506685
- Deed Book N (1904-1906) LDS Film # 0506686
- Deed Books O-P (1906-1909) LDS Film # 0506687
- Deed Book Q (1909-1911) LDS Film # 0506688
Marriage Records from 1854-1967
- 1854-1896 LDS Film # 0482205
- 1896-1907 LDS Film # 0482206
- White marriages: 1906-1945 LDS Film # 0482207
- White marriages: 1945-1952 LDS Film # 0482208
- White marriages: 1952-1963 LDS Film # 0482209
- White marriages: 1963-1967 LDS Film # 0482210
- Colored marriages: 1908-1934 LDS Film # 0482211
- Colored marriages: 1934-1966 LDS Film # 0506658
- Colored marriages: 1952-1967 LDS Film # 0506659
Military Records (See also Civil War)
- WWI Service Records (1917-1919) LDS Film # 0511683
- WWI Record of Veterans 1917; Discharge Records v. 1 (1919-1957) LDS Film # 0506695
- WWI Discharge Records, v. 2 (1944-1956) LDS Film # 0506696
- WWI Discharge Records, v. 3 (1946-1956) LDS Film # 0506697
- WWI Discharge Records, v. 4 (1948-1967) LDS Film # 0511682
Probate Records
- Will Book A & 2 (1865-1951) LDS Film # 0506660
- Will Book 3 (1951-1967) LDS Film # 0506661
- Letters of Administration and guardianship Book A (1879-1913) LDS Film # 0506667
- Letters of Administration and guardianship Book A (1879-1922) LDS Film # 0506668
- Inventories and Appraisements Book A (1879-1913) LDS Film # 0506669
- Annual returns and vouchers Books A-B (1879-1903) LDS Film # 0506670
- Annual returns and vouchers Book C (1903-1912) LDS Film # 0506672
- Records of vouchers (1896-1900) LDS Film # 0506672
- Records of vouchers (1900-1905) LDS Film # 0506673
- Sales of Estates, 1879-1951 LDS Film # 0506674
Vital Records
- Applications for Delayed Birth Certificates A-M (1943-1963) LDS Film # 0820001
- Applications for Delayed Birth Certificates N-Z (1943-1963) LDS Film # 0820002
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