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United States Georgia Laurens County

County Courthouse

Laurens County Courthouse
101 N Jefferson Street
Dublin, GA 31021-6198
Phone: 478.272.3210 

Probate Court has marriage and probate records;
Clerk Superior Court has divorce, court, and land 
records from 1807; County Health Department has
birth and death records^[1]

History

Parent County

1807--Laurens County was created 10 December 1807 from Wilkinson County. County seat:  Dublin ^[2]

Boundary Changes

Record Loss

Places / Localities

Populated Places

Neighboring Counties

• Bleckley
• Dodge
• Emanuel
• Johnson
• Treutlen
• Twiggs
• Wheeler
• Wilkinson

Resources

Cemeteries

Church

Court

Land

Local Histories

Maps

Marriages

  1885-1886 Marriages (from newspapers) Georgia Pioneers

Military

Newspapers

Probate

• Wills 1809-1840 (digital images) Georgia Pioneers
• Index to Wills, Vol. 1, 1809-1840 Georgia Pioneers
• Index to Wills, Vol. 2, 1840-1868 Georgia Pioneers

Taxation

Vital Records

Societies and Libraries 

Family History Centers

• Introduction to LDS Family History Centers
• Dublin Georgia Family History Center

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
• Laurens 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), Laurens County, Georgia. Page 157 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).