This is a guide to some basic genealogy resources that relate to Heard County. They are located in the Special Collections and Reference Section of the Heard County Public Library in Franklin.
Birth Records |
Cemeteries |
Census |
Church Histories |
Databases |
Deeds |
Family Histories |
Local Histories |
Marriage Records |
Military |
Newspapers/Obituaries |
|
Yearbooks |
The Heard County Health Department has Heard County birth records (from 1919 to the present). If you are looking for the names of someone’s parents, you may want to also look in the Census for the years when the person was a child.
Heard County, Georgia Cemeteries (1977)
SP 929.57588422 HEARD
Cemeteries of Heard County, Georgia 1977-1999: Volume 1
SP 929.5758422 HEARD V.1
On microfilm
Heard County Census 1840, 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880, 1900, 1910, 1920
Books
Heard County Census 1840, 1850
SP 929.3758 422 EIGHT
Search the Ancestry database for all U.S. census records from 1790 to 1930.
1890 Census records were lost in a fire; no library has them.
Census records for 1940 will not be available until 2012, for privacy reasons. Census records for 1950 will be made available in 2022, and so on.
The Bishop of Heard County: The Story of J.C. Adams, Georgia Circuit Rider
ADAMS BYR
Ancestry Library Edition is a
searchable database that includes U.S. and other nations’ census records; birth,
marriage and death records; military records; court, land and probate records;
immigration records; family and local histories; and more.
HeritageQuest
is a
searchable database that includes U.S. census records, searchable family and
local history books, and PERSI, an index to genealogy and local history
periodicals.
This database can be
searched from your computer at home. Please pick up the GALILEO password at the
library to do this.
The clerk of court at the Heard County courthouse has more deed books and their indexes.
Heard County, Georgia Deed Book REF 929.3758 422 TURNE
Book 1, 1894-1898
Book 2, 1894-1901
Family histories are shelved at SP 929.2, alphabetical by family name.
History of Heard County, Georgia, 1830 – 1990
REF 975.8422 HISTO
Heard County, Georgia: a History of Its People (1980)
REF 975.842 ELLER
Heard Heritage (1976)
SP 929.3758 422 HEARD
A Short History of Heard County (1958)
SP 975.842 BONNE
Heard County Lions Club, 1938-1976
SP 367.975 HEARD
Educational Survey of Heard County (1917)
SP 929.3758 422 EDUCA
Chattahoochee River Stories: In Heard County (2004)
REF 975.8422 HEARD
Oracle of the Ages: Reflections on the Curious Life of Fortune Teller Mayhayley Lancaster (2001)
REF LANCASTER MOO
Georgia, Heard County Marriages (2003)
SP 929.3578 422 TURNE V.1
SP 929.3578 422 TURNE V.2
The Probate Court at the Heard County Courthouse has more marriage and divorce records.
Georgia in the War, 1861-1865: A Compendium of Georgia Participants
SP 973.7458 JON
Georgia’s Confederate Soldiers
929.3758 GEORG
Roster of the Confederate Soldiers of Georgia, 1861-1865: Index
REF 973.7 ROS
News &
Banner 1899 – 1982, Nov. 1986 – present
On microfilm
More
recent years in paper
The Beacon
Last 5 years including the current year
In paper
Hill-Donnelly Cross Reference Directory Carrollton-Newnan-Lagrange, Georgia and Vicinity 2000, 2002-2006
REF 975.839 HILL
Heard High School Annuals (HEHIAN)
1957 – 1961, 1969 – 1971, 1994
Ephesus Yellowjacket Yearbook 1987
SP 975.8422 EPHES
For more yearbooks, check with the library or media center at the particular school.
