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 Guide to '''Oconee County Georgia genealogy.''' Birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, family history, and military records.
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 [http://www.oconeecounty.com/ Oconee County Courthouse]<br> 23 N Main Street<br> PO Box 1099<br>Watkinsville, GA 30677-2438<br> Phone: 706.769.3940 <br><br>Probate Court has birth, marriage, death and probate records; Clerk Superior Court has divorce, court, and land records from 1875.<ref name="HBG">''Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America'', 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Oconee County, Georgia. Page 159 {{WorldCat|50140092|disp=At various libraries (WorldCat)}}; {{FHL|1049485|item|disp=FHL Book 973 D27e 2002}}.</ref>
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 ==== Boundary Changes  ====
 For animated maps illustrating Georgia county boundary changes, [http://www.mapofus.org/georgia/ "Rotating Formation Georgia County Boundary Maps"] (1758-1932) may be viewed for free at the MapofUS.org website.
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 ==== Record Loss  ====
-For a list of record loss in Georgia counties see: [http://www.genealogyinc.com/georgia/ga-counties/#courthouse Georgia Counties with Burned Courthouses]
+{{Fire}}'''1887''' Most of the town of Watkinsville and its courthouse burned 7 January 1887. Only the county commission records were lost.<ref name="PKG">Paul K. Graham, ''Georgia Courthouse Disasters'' (Decatur, Georgia: Genealogy Co., 2013), 47. {{WorldCat|852690295|item|disp=At various libraries (WorldCat)}}.</ref><br><br>
+Judge R.M. Jackson and a local minister carried the rest of the courthouse records to safety during the inferno.<ref name="PKG" />
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 == Places/Localities  ==
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 ==== Maps  ====
 *[http://www.mapofus.org/georgia/ Maps of Georgia (1758-1932)]
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 ==== Vital Records  ====
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+{{GA Vital Intro}} See also [http://www.genealogyinc.com/georgia/ga-vital-records/ How to order Georgia Vital Records]
-See also [http://www.genealogyinc.com/georgia/ga-vital-records/ How to order Georgia Vital Records]
 ===== Birth  =====
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 == Genealogy Societies and Libraries  ==
-*[http://www.genealogyinc.com/georgia/ga-society-archive/ List of Georgia Archives, Libraries, Publications, Historical & Genealogical Societies]
+*[http://www.genealogyinc.com/georgia/ga-society-archive/ List of Georgia Archives, Libraries, Publications, Historical &amp; Genealogical Societies]
 ==== Family History Centers  ====
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 == Websites  ==
 *[http://www.genealogyinc.com/georgia/oconee-county/ Oconee County, GA History, Records, Facts and Genealogy]
 *[https://plus.google.com/u/0/communities/110185259296456584560 Georgia Genealogy Network Community on Google+]
 *[https://www.facebook.com/groups/173266752734188/ Georgia Genealogy Network Group on Facebook]
 *USGenWeb project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the state, then the county.
 *{{FHL|Georgia%2C+Oconee|subject|disp=Family History Library Catalog}}
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 == References  ==
 <references /> {{Georgia|Georgia}}
 [[Category:Oconee_County,_Georgia]]