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United States Georgia Emanuel County

	Georgia Online Records

County Courthouse

Emanuel County Courthouse
201 N Main Street PO Box 787
Swainsboro, Georgia 30401-2042
Phone: 912.237.8911

Probate Court has birth, marriage, death and
probate records; Clerk Superior Court has
divorce, court and land records from 1812^[1]

History

Parent County

1812--Emanuel County was created 10 December 1812 from Bulloch and Montgomery Counties.
County seat: Swainsboro ^[2]

Boundary Changes

Record Loss

1841, 1855, 1857, 1919, and 1938 -- Courthouse burned and many records were damaged.

For further information on researching in burned counties, see the following:

• Burned Counties Research
  
• http://blogs.ancestry.com/circle/?p=2424

Places/Localities

Populated Places

Neighboring Counties

• Bulloch
• Burke
• Candler
• Jefferson
• Jenkins
• Johnson
• Laurens
• Montgomery
• Tattnall
• Toombs
• Treutlen

Resources

Cemeteries

Church

Court

Land

Local Histories

Maps

Military

Newspapers

Probate

• Wills 1825-1857 (digital images). See list of testators. Georgia Pioneers
  
• Wills 1857-1907 (digital images). See list of testators.  Georgia Pioneers
  
• Index to Wills, Administrations, Guardians, Bonds, Book A, 1815-1868 Georgia Pioneers ($)
  

Taxation

Vital Records 

Marriages

• Index to Emanuel County Marriages 1817-1860 Georgia Pioneers ($)

Death

• 1859-60, 1879-80 - Emanuel 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
• Emanuel 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), Emanuel County, Georgia. Page 155 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).