FAYETTE COUNTY RESOURCES

COUNTY RESOURCES

Fayette County Website

The official Fayette County, GA website

Fayette County Courthouse

1 Center Drive  Fayetteville, GA  30214

   
 

Probate Court

 

Fayette County Probate Court Office 770-716-4220

Resources - Wills, Estates, Court of Ordinary and Probate Records.  Marriage Records.  Death Records.

 

Fayette County Tax Commissioners Office

770-461-3652

They have all of the Property Tax Records that exist for Fayette County.  The only way to access the original records is to visit their office at 140 Stonewall Avenue in Fayetteville, GA.

If you go there it is possible that there will be a charge for your time spent because they have to have an employee stay in the vault with you at all times.  Copies can be made in their office.

Fayette County Library

1821 Heritage Park Way

Fayetteville, GA

770-461-8841

The Georgia Room houses microfilm of the following records for Fayette County:  Early Tax Digests; Deeds;  Census; Newspapers (Follow this link to view a list of newspapers available on microfilm at the Library);  Marriage Books; Wills and Probate

There is a small collection of reference books which pertain to Fayette County and other areas of Georgia.

Peachtree City Public Library 210 Willowbend Road

Peachtree City, GA

770-631-2520

   
Tyrone Public Library 947 Senoia Road

Tyrone, GA. 

 770-487-1565

   

Historical Museum

Holliday-Dorsey-Fife House Museum

770-716-5332

140 Lanier Ave. W.
Fayetteville, Georgia 30214

 

Historical Society

Fayette County Historical Society

Historical Society  - Link to another page on this site listing their holdings.

   

Funeral Homes

Carmichael-Hemperley Funeral Home (770) 631-9171 Fax: (770) 631-9144

135 Senoia Rd  Peachtree City, Ga.

 
Griner Funeral Home (770) 460-5566 240 Highway 279 Fayetteville, Ga.  
Mowell, Carl J, & Son Funeral Home (770) 461-7641 Fax: (770) 460-1003 180 Jeff Davis Dr   Fayetteville, GA.  
Mowell, Carl J, & Son Funeral Home (770) 487-3959 Fax: (770) 487-5959 200 Robinson Rd    Peachtree City, Ga.  

MICROFILM AVAILABLE

LDS Catalog - Fayette County Holdings

NEWSPAPERS

The Citizen News

"Finding Your Folks" a genealogy column written by Judy Fowler Kilgore is accessible on the web by scrolling down on the front page - look at links on the left under "Navigation", then Special Sections, then Genealogy. You can access the archived columns once you reach the page for "Finding Your Folks".

Fayette Daily News

 

http://www.ecola.com/

This is a website listing searchable newspaper archives around the country/world.
http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/ This website is for searchable newspaper abstracts published prior to 1923.
http://www.oncenews.com/ A site which allows you to find what newspapers were published in an area, what time periods they were published during and where to find them now.

GEORGIA RESOURCES

Georgia County Snapshots

http://www.dca.state.ga.us/snapshots/default.asp

Sherpa Guides - Flint River Area

http://sherpaguides.com/georgia/flint_river/cultural_history/

Georgia Department of Archives & History http://www.sos.state.ga.us/archives/default.htm
Georgia Dept of Archives & History New Virtual Vault

http://www.sos.state.ga.us/archives/Vault/ArcVirtualVault/default.aspx

Georgia Death Certificates Online - 1919-1927

http://content.sos.state.ga.us/cdm4/gadeaths.php

Franklin Garrett's Necrology at Atlanta History Center

http://garrett.atlantahistorycenter.com/

A genealogical resource for white men, twenty-one years of age or older, who died between 1857 and 1931in the Metropolitan Atlanta area
U of Georgia Students before 1901

http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/centennialcatalog/

Information gathered for the University's 100th Anniversary
Georgia Vital Records Information

http://health.state.ga.us/programs/vitalrecords/index.asp

The Georgia Historical Society http://www.georgiahistory.com/
Georgia Genealogical Society http://www.gagensociety.org/
Washington Memorial Library, Macon, GA http://www.co.bibb.ga.us/library/GH.htm
Georgia Capitol Online Tour  
Georgia Links & Information   
OTHER  RESOURCES
My page of  LINKS I have found helpful in my own research; includes surnames of interest, miscellaneous resources and other localities.  I hope you find something that makes your search easier!!

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This page was last updated on -04/19/2008

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