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Camden County Courthouse
4th Street
Courthouse Square; PO Box 99;
Woodbine, GA 31569
Phone: 912.576.5601

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

History

Parent County

1777--Camden County was created 5 February 1777 from St. Thomas and St. Mary Parishes.
County seat: Woodbine ^[2]

Boundary Changes

Record Loss

Places/Localities

Populated Places

Neighboring Counties

• Brantley
• Charlton
• Glynn
• Nassau County, Florida

Resources

Cemeteries

Church 

City Directories

  1892 St. Mary's, Georgia City Directory (digital images) Georgia Pioneers

Court

Land

Local Histories

Maps 

Marriages

  Camden County Marriages 1818-1890 Georgia Pioneers

  Camden County Marriages (from Newspapers) 1885-1890 Georgia Pioneers

Military 

  Camden County World War I Service Records 1917-1919 (Army, Navy, Marines) (digital images)

Newspapers

Probate 

  Camden County Wills 1795-1829 (abstracts) Georgia Pioneers
  Camden County Will Bk A 1795-1829 (digital images) Georgia Pioneers

  Camden County Will Bk C 1885-1900 (digital images) Georgia Pioneers

Taxation  

Vital Records

• 1869-70, 1879-80 - Camden 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
• Camden County, Georgia Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)
• Georgia Pioneers Georgia Pioneers

References

1. ↑ Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Camden County, Georgia. Page 152 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).