Gilmer County, Georgia:
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Projects

• Appalachian American Genealogy  Consolidated genealogical information for mountain counties in northern Georgia
• Gilmer County History and Genealogy      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)
• Gilmer County, Georgia      (Source: USGenWeb)
• Gilmer County, Georgia      (Source: The American History and Genealogy Project)
• Gilmer County, Georgia      (Source: The American History and Genealogy Project)

Adjacent counties

• Dawson County, GA  to the south
• Fannin County, GA  to the northeast
• Gordon County, GA  to the southwest
• Murray County, GA  to the west
• Pickens County, GA  to the south

Bible Records

• Gilmer County Bible Records      (Source: USGenWeb Georgia Archives)

Biographies, Oral Histories, Diaries, Memoirs, Genealogies, Correspondence

• Born in Gilmer County  Moved to Wayne County
• Gilmer Co, Georgia, USA      (Source: Our Family Tree)
• Gilmer County Biographies      (Source: USGenWeb Georgia Archives)
• Gilmer County Biography Bibliography      (Source: WorldCat)
• Gilmer County GEDCOM Index 

Cemeteries

• Georgia Cemetery and Volunteer List 
• Gilmer County      (Source: The Tombstone Transcription Project)
• Gilmer County  Georgia Cemetery Transcription & Photo Project     (Source: The American History and Genealogy Project)
• Gilmer County Cemeteries      (Source: ePodunk)
• Gilmer County Cemetery List      (Source: Find A Grave)
• Gilmer County Cemetery Records      (Source: USGenWeb Georgia Archives)
• Gilmer County Tombstone Photographs      (Source: USGenWeb Georgia Archives)
• Pettit Family Cemetery      (Source: User-Contributed Databases at RootsWeb)
• The Political Graveyard      (Source: The Political Graveyard)

Census Records and Indexes (27)

Church Records

• Gilmer County Church Records      (Source: USGenWeb Georgia Archives)

Court and Legal Records

• Gilmer County Court Records      (Source: USGenWeb Georgia Archives)
• Livingston's Law Register, 1851  Gilmer County Lawyers     (Source: Google Books)

Estate Records

• Georgia Probate Records  1742-1975     (Source: Family History Library)
• Gilmer County Wills      (Source: USGenWeb Georgia Archives)

Ethnic

• Georgia Tribe of Eastern Cherokee 
• Records of the field offices for the state of Georgia, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865-1872  Reel 63, Elijay (Agent) and Fort Gaines (Agent)     (Source: Internet Archive)

History (14)

Introduction and Guides (12)

Land Records

• Gilmer County Deed/Land Records      (Source: USGenWeb Georgia Archives)

Libraries, Museums, Archives

• Digital Library of Georgia  Gilmer County
• Family History Library Holdings      (Source: Family History Library)
• Gilmer County Libraries  Georgia Public Library Directory
• Gilmer County Libraries      (Source: Public Libraries Library Directory)
• PERiodical Source Index Search  Gilmer County, Georgia     (Source: PERiodical Source Index)
• USGenWeb Archives      (Source: USGenWeb)

Mailing Lists and Message Boards

• GenForum Message Boards      (Source: Genealogy.com)
• Gilmer County Genealogy Queries      (Source: CousinConnect.com)
• Gilmer County Genealogy Web Forum 
• Gilmer County, GA Club      (Source: GenCircles)
• Northwest Georgia Historical & Genealogical Society Message Board      (Source: RootsWeb)
• RootsWeb Message Board      (Source: RootsWeb)

• GAGILMER-L Gilmer County genealogy

  • GAGILMER-L Mailing List Homepage      (Source: RootsWeb)
  • GAGILMER-L Browseable Mailing List Archives      (Source: RootsWeb)
  • GAGILMER-L Searchable Mailing List Archives      (Source: RootsWeb)

• NWGA-L For anyone with a genealogical interest in Northwest Georgia which was originally Cherokee Nation East. This includes the first ten counties formed from this area (i.e., Cass, Cherokee, Cobb, Floyd, Forsyth, Gilmer, Lumpkin, Murray, Paulding and Union) and the counties derived from them.

  • NWGA-L Mailing List Homepage      (Source: RootsWeb)
  • NWGA-L Browseable Mailing List Archives      (Source: RootsWeb)
  • NWGA-L Searchable Mailing List Archives      (Source: RootsWeb)

Maps and Gazetteers (10)

Military Records and Histories

• Census of Pensioners for Revolutionary or Military Services, 1841  Gilmer County     (Source: Internet Archive)
• Gilmer County Military Records      (Source: USGenWeb Georgia Archives)
• List of Pensioners on the Roll January 1, 1883  Gilmer County, Georgia     (Source: Internet Archive)

• Civil War

  • Confederate Pension Applications  1879-1960     (Source: Georgia Virtual Vault)
  • Confederate Pension Applications, 1879-1960  Gilmer County     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
  • Gilmer County Civil War Units      (Source: Civil War Research Tools)

• World War I

  • World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918  Gilmer County     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

• World War II

  • Gilmer County, Georgia  World War II Casualties, Army and Army Air Corps     (Source: AccessGenealogy)

Miscellaneous Data

• Encyclopedia of Appalachia 
• Gilmer County Public Records Links      (Source: Free Public Records Directory)
• Gilmer County Records      (Source: Find County Records)
• Migrations through Gilmer County      (Source: MIGRATIONS.org)
• Montani Publishing  Publishers of Appalachian Memoirs mid-20th century     ($)

Newspaper Records

• Chronicling America  Gilmer County     (Source: The Library of Congress)
• Gilmer County Newspapers      (Source: USGenWeb Georgia Archives)

Obituaries and Funeral Home Records

• Bernhardt Funeral Home  Ellijay, Georgia
• Gilmer County Obituaries      (Source: USGenWeb Georgia Archives)
• Times-Courier  Select "This Week's Issue", then "People", then (finally!) Obituaries
• Times-Courier  Ellijay, GA     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

Photographs, Postcards, Historical Images

• Gilmer County Photo Album      (Source: USGenWeb Georgia Archives)
• Gilmer County Photographs      (Source: USGenWeb Georgia Archives)
• Historic Postcard Collection      (Source: Georgia Virtual Vault)
• Historical Postcards of Gilmer County      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Vanishing Georgia      (Source: Digital Library of Georgia)

Slaves, slave owners, and slavery in general - information

• 1850 Slave Schedule  Gilmer Co., GA
• 1850 Slave Schedules  Gilmer County     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• 1860 Slave Schedules      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Gilmer County      (Source: Sankofagen Wiki)
• United States Census (Slave Schedule), 1850  Gilmer County     (Source: Family History Library)

Societies

• Northwest Georgia Historical & Genealogical Society 

Surnames Web sites, obituaries, biographies, and other material specific to a surname (54)

Tax Lists

• Internal Revenue Assessment Lists  1862-1874     (Source: Family History Library)

Transportation and Industry

• Building histories of Gilmer County      (Source: Philadelphia Architects and Buildings Project)
• Extant Railroad/Railway Structures      (Source: Railroad Station Historical Society)
• Gilmer County  N. W. Ayer & Son's American Newspaper Annual, 1880     (Source: HathiTrust Digital Library)
• Mines, Mining and Mineral Resources      (Source: mindat.org - the mineral and locality database)
• Patents  Gilmer County, Georgia     (Source: Google Patents)

Vital Records

• George Marriages, 1699-1944  Includes Gilmer County (1834-1871)     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Georgia Marriages, 1851-1900  includes Gilmer County 1851-1900     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Georgia Vital Records: Marriages  includes Gilmer County     (Source: Genealogical Publishing Company and Clearfield Company)     ($)
• Gilmer County Marriage Records      (Source: USGenWeb Archives Marriage Records Project)
• Gilmer County Vital Records      (Source: USGenWeb Georgia Archives)
• Gilmer County Vital Records      (Source: Vital Records Information for the United States)
• U.S. Federal Census Mortality Schedules, 1850-1880  Gilmer County     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• United States Census (Mortality Schedule), 1850  Gilmer County     (Source: Family History Library)

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