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United States    Georgia    Berrien County

County Courthouse

Berrien County Georgia
105 E Washingotn Avenue
PO Box 446;
Nasvhille, GA 31639
Phone: 912.686.5421

Clerk Superior Court has divorce and court records from 1856
and land records Probate Court has birth and death records from 1919,
marriage and probate records from 1856^[1]

History

Parent County

1856--Berrien County was created 25 February 1856 from Lowndes, Coffee, and Irwin Counties.
County seat:  Nashville ^[2]

Boundary Changes

Record Loss

Places/Localities

Populated Places

Neighboring Counties

• Atkinson
• Coffee
• Cook
• Irwin
• Lanier
• Lowndes
• Tift

Resources

Cemeteries

Church

Court

Land

Local Histories

Maps

Military

Newspapers

Probate

Wills

• 1855-1956 - Berrien County, Georgia Will Testators Index (Vols. A-B) at SamPubCo - free.
  

• 1855-1909 - Images of Berrien County, Georgia Will Book A at Georgia Pioneers ($).
  

• 1855-1909 - Index to Berrien County, Georgia Will Book A at Georgia Pioneers ($).
  

• 1909-1956 - Images of Berrien County, Georgia Will Book B at Georgia Pioneers ($).
  

Additional Probate Records

• 1862-1896 - Index to Berrien County, Georgia Estates, Inventories, Appraisements at Georgia Pioneers ($).
  

• 1862-1912 - Index to Berrien County, Georgia Widows and Divisions of Estates at Georgia Pioneers ($).
  

• 1863-1896 - Index to Berrien County, Georgia Bills of Sale at Georgia Pioneers ($).
  

• 1882-1901 - Index to Berrien County, Georgia Annual Returns and Vouchers at Georgia Pioneers ($).
  

Taxation

Vital Records

Death

• 1859-60, 1869-70, 1879-80 - Berrien County, Georgia Mortality Schedules at Ancestry ($).
  

Societies and Libraries 

Family History Centers

• Introduction to LDS Family History Centers

Web Sites

• USGenWeb project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the state, then the county.
• Family History Library Catalog
• Berrien County, Georgia Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)

References

1. ↑ Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Berrien County, Georgia. Page 151 At various libraries (WorldCat); FHL Book 973 D27e 2002.
2. ↑ The Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America,10th ed. (Draper, UT:Everton Publishers, 2002).