Resources

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FamilySearch
FindAGrave
USGenWeb Tombstone Project - Georgia
USGenWeb Archives Project - G eorgia
Internet Archive
USGenWeb Archives Project - Census Records
Ghost Towns
USGS GNIS - Geographic Names Information System
Bureau of Land Management - land patents
1824 Tax List
English Crown Grants for Islands in Georgia

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Decatur County GA Books

Decatur County Georgia
Past and Present 1823 - 1991

It was published by the Decatur County Historical Society in 1991 Not only does it contain information on families but has old family pictures and pictures of the downtown area of Bainbridge in the early years.

History of Decatur County
by Frank S. Jones

This book contains Civil War information including muster rolls of Decatur County.

Bainbridge's Online Newspaper & Business Yellow Pages

Decatur County Department of Health
P.O. Box 417
Bainbridge, GA 31718

Southwest Georgia Regional Library
GILBERT H. GRAGG LIBRARY - Genealogy Room
301 S. Monroe St.
Bainbridge, GA 31717
phone:229-248-2665
fax:229-248-2670

Decatur County Historical Society
P.O. Box 682
119 W. Water St.
Bainbridge, GA 31717
229-248-1719

Decatur County Genealogical Society

Decatur County Probate Court
P.O. Box 234
Bainbridge, GA 31718-0234
phone: 229-248-3016
fax: 229-246-2062

Decatur County Board of Commissioners
P.O. Box 735
Bainbridge, GA 31718-0735
phone: 229-248-3030

Decatur County Chamber of Commerce
P.O. Box 736
Bainbridge, GA 31717
800-243-4774 or 229-246-4774
Fax: 229-243-7633

The Post Searchlight
(weekly newspaper)
301 N. Crawford St.
Bainbridge, GA 31717
229-246-2827
229-246-7665 fax

OTHER REGIONAL LIBRARIES

MILLER COUNTY LIBRARY BRANCH
James W. Merritt Memorial Library
259 E. Main St
Colquitt, GA 31737
(229) 758-3131, Fax: (229) 758-3131

SEMINOLE COUNTY LIBRARY BRANCH
104 W. 4th St.
Donalsonville, GA 31745
(229) 524-2665 (BOOK)
Fax: (229) 524-8913