Basic Genealogy Resources for Carroll County

Carroll County Genealogical Society 

Carroll County Historical Society

This is a guide to some basic genealogy resources that relate to Carroll County, Georgia.  They are located in Special Collections at the Mt. Zion Public Library in Mt. Zion.

Birth Records

The Carroll County Health Department and the Georgia Division of Public Health have Carroll County birth records.

Cemeteries

Mount Zion United Methodist Church Cemetery (1980)

929.575839 MOUNT

Census

Carroll County 1830 - 1880

SP 929.375839 CARRO

Carroll County 1860

SP 929.375839 GEORG

Other Dates and Counties

Search the Ancestry Library Edition (available only at the library) database for all U.S. census records from 1790 to 1930.

1890 Census records were lost in a fire.  Only a fragment exists, with just a handful of names from Georgia.  You can search the few records that remain using Ancestry.

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.

Church Histories and Records

Bethesda Baptist Church, 1849-1949 SP 286.175839 WORD

Charles Wesley's first Frederica sermon "On Singleness if Intention" SP 252.07 WESLE
 

History of Union Camp Ground, 1876-1976 SP 287.6758 39 AWTRY

St. Paul Methodist Church SP 287.6758 39 FOSTE

St. Margaret's Episcopal Church SP 283.75839 STORY

Databases

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.

This database can only be used at the library, on the computers with Internet access.  You may search Ancestry using the computer in Special Collections.  Please let us know at the reference desk if you would like assistance.

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 reference desk to do this.

Family Histories

The Entrekin family SP 929.2 ENTREKIN

The Richards Story SP 929.2 RICHARDS

Land Records

Deeds and Mortgages

The clerk of court at the Carroll County courthouse has more deed books and their indexes.

Carroll County, Georgia Abstract of Deed Book 929.375839 WORD

v.1 1827-1836

v.2 1836-1843

v.3 1843-1855

Local Histories

The March of Time (Bowdon, 1938-1946) 975.839 WHATL

The Heritage of Carroll County, Georgia, 1826-2001  929.375839 HERIT

The News from Chauncey SP 929.2758532 NEWS V.3

Maps

The Map Room in the County Administration building on College St. in Carrollton has many maps. 
770-830-5820

Marriage Records

The Probate Court at the Carroll County Courthouse has Carroll County marriage and divorce records.

Military

Roster of the Confederate Soldiers of Georgia, 1861-1865

REF 929.3758 ROSTE, Vols. 1-6

You can also search for military records, especially Civil War records and World War I draft cards, in the Ancestry database on the library’s computers.