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''[[United States]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png|go to]] [[Georgia (state)|Georgia]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png|go to]]'' '''Seminole County'''<br><br>
''[[United States]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png|go to]] [[Georgia (state)|Georgia]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png|go to]]'' '''Seminole County'''


Guide to '''Seminole County Georgia genealogy.''' Birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, family history, and military records.  
Guide to '''Seminole County Georgia genealogy.''' Birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, family history, and military records.  


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[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 probate records; Clerk Superior Court has 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>  
[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 probate records; Clerk Superior Court has 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>  


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==== Boundary Changes  ====
==== 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.  
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  ====
==== 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}}'''1922.''' The temporary courthouse at Donalsonville burned in March 1922, about one and a half years after the county was created.<ref name="PKG">Paul K. Graham, ''Georgia Courthouse Disasters'' (Decatur, Georgia: Genealogy Co., 2013), 52. {{WorldCat|852690295|item|disp=At various libraries (WorldCat)}}.</ref><br><br>
 
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== Places/Localities  ==
== Places/Localities  ==
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==== Maps  ====
==== Maps  ====
*[http://www.mapofus.org/georgia/ Maps of Georgia (1758-1932)]
*[http://www.mapofus.org/georgia/ Maps of Georgia (1758-1932)]


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==== Vital Records  ====
==== Vital Records  ====


{{GA Vital Intro}}  
{{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]


==== Taxation  ====
==== Taxation  ====
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== Genealogy Societies and Libraries  ==
== 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  ====
==== Family History Centers  ====
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== Websites  ==
== Websites  ==


*[http://www.genealogyinc.com/georgia/seminole-county/ Seminole County, GA History, Records, Facts and Genealogy]
*[http://www.genealogyinc.com/georgia/seminole-county/ Seminole County, GA History, Records, Facts and Genealogy]  
*[https://plus.google.com/u/0/communities/110185259296456584560 Georgia Genealogy Network Community on Google+]
*[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]
*[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.  
*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}}  
*{{FHL|Georgia%2C+Seminole|subject|disp=Family History Library Catalog}}  
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