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==== Variant Spellings  ====
==== Variant Spellings  ====


==== Record Loss ====
==== Record Loss ====


== Places/Localities  ==
== Places/Localities  ==
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==== Populated Places  ====
==== Populated Places  ====


==== Neighboring Counties ====
==== Neighboring Counties ====


*[[Decatur County, Georgia|Decatur]]  
*[[Decatur County, Georgia|Decatur]]  
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==== Maps  ====
==== Maps  ====


[[Image:Gaseminole.jpg|right|900px|Gaseminole.jpg]]
[[Image:Gaseminole.jpg|right|900px|Gaseminole.jpg]]  


==== Military  ====
==== Military  ====
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==== Newspapers  ====
==== Newspapers  ====


{{GA Newspaper abstracts|Seminole}}
{{GA Newspaper abstracts|Seminole}}  


==== Occupations  ====
==== Occupations  ====
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==== Vital Records  ====
==== Vital Records  ====


{{GA Vital Intro}}
{{GA Vital Intro}}  


==== Taxation  ====
==== Taxation  ====
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===== Death  =====
===== Death  =====


===== Vital Record Substitutes =====
===== Vital Record Substitutes =====


== Genealogy Societies and Libraries  ==
== Genealogy Societies and Libraries  ==
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*[[Introduction to LDS Family History Centers]]
*[[Introduction to LDS Family History Centers]]


== Websites ==
== Websites  ==
 
*USGenWeb project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the state, then the county.
*{{FHL|Georgia%2C+Seminole|subject|disp=Family History Library Catalog}}
*[http://www.linkpendium.com/genealogy/USA/GA/Seminole/ Seminole County, Georgia Genealogy and Family History] (Linkpendium)
 
== County Courthouse  ==
 
[http://www.seminolecountyga.com/ Seminole County Courthouse]<br>200 S Knowx Avenue<br> Donalsonville, GA 31745<br> Phone: 912.524.2525&nbsp;<br><br>Probate Court has birth, marriage, death, and<br> probate records; Clerk Superior Court has<br> divorce, court and land records from 1921<ref name="HBG">''Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America'', 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Seminole County, Georgia. Page 159 {{WorldCat|50140092|disp=At various libraries (WorldCat)}}; {{FHL|1049485|item|disp=FHL Book 973 D27e 2002}}.</ref>
 
== History<br>  ==
 
==== Parent County  ====
 
'''1920'''--Seminole County was created 8 July 1920&nbsp;from [[Decatur County, Georgia|Decatur]] and [[Early County, Georgia|Early ]]Counties.<br>&nbsp;'''County seat:''' Donalsonville <ref name="Handybook">''The Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America'',10th ed. (Draper, UT:Everton Publishers, 2002).</ref>
 
==== Boundary Changes  ====
 
==== Record Loss  ====
 
== Places/Localities  ==
 
==== Populated Places  ====
 
==== Neighboring Counties  ====
 
*[[Decatur County, Georgia|Decatur]]
*[[Early County, Georgia|Early]]
*[[Houston County, Alabama|Houston County, Alabama]]
*[[Jackson County, Florida|Jackson County, Florida]]
*[[Miller County, Georgia|Miller]]
 
== Resources  ==
 
==== Cemeteries  ====
 
==== Church  ====
 
{{GA Church Intro}}
 
==== Court  ====
 
==== Land  ====
 
{{GA Land}}
 
==== Local Histories  ====
 
{{GA History}}
 
==== Maps ====
[[Image:Gaseminole.jpg|right|900px]]
 
==== Military  ====
 
==== Newspapers  ====
 
{{GA Newspaper abstracts|Seminole}}
 
==== Probate  ====
 
{{GA Probate Intro}}
 
==== Taxation  ====
 
{{GA Tax Intro}}
 
==== Vital Records  ====
 
{{GA Vital Intro}}
 
== Societies and Libraries&nbsp;  ==
 
==== Family History Centers<br>  ====
 
*[[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.  
*USGenWeb project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the state, then the county.  
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