Worth County Resources

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Addresses:

Worth County Courthouse
201 North Main Street
Sylvester, GA 31791-2100
Phone: (229)776-8200

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.

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Microfilm/Microfiche:

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 # 0506676

Superior 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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