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United States Georgia Floyd County

	Georgia Online Records

County Courthouse

Floyd County Courthouse
3 Government Plaza
Roma, GA 30161
Phone: 706.291.5190

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

History

Parent County

1832--Floyd County was created 3 December 1832 from Cherokee Indian Lands.
County seat: Rome ^[2]

Boundary Changes

Record Loss

Places/Localities

Populated Places

Neighboring Counties

• Bartow
• Chattooga
• Cherokee County, Alabama
• Gordon
• Polk

Resources

Cemeteries

• Cave Springs Cemetery, Cave Springs BillionGraves

Church 

City Directors

1883 Rome City Directory Georgia Pioneers

Court

Land

Local Histories

• Battey, George Magruder, Jr. A History of Rome and Floyd County. State of Georgia - United States of America. 1540-1922. Atlanta, Ga.: Webb and Vary, 1922. Digital version at Ancestry ($). Another digital version at Ancestry ($).
  

Maps 

Marriages

Marriages from old newspapers (1885-1886) Georgia Pioneers

Military 

Newspapers

Probate 

• Index to Will Bk A (1852-1861) Georgia Pioneers
• Index to Will Bk B (1861-1871) Georgia Pioneers
• Index to Will Bk C (1871-1892) Georgia Pioneers
• Index to Annual Returns (1842-1851) Georgia Pioneers
• Digital Images of Wills (1852-1861) Georgia Pioneers

Taxation

Vital Records

Death

• 1849-50, 1859-60, 1869-70, 1879-80 - Floyd 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
• Floyd 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), Floyd 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).