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== History ==

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<ref>Christina K. Schaefer, ''Genealogical encyclopedia of the colonial Americas : a complete digest of the records of all the countries of the Western Hemisphere'' (Baltimore, Maryland : Genealogical Publishing Company, c1998), 183, 192. [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/39622039 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; {{FHL|822639|item|disp=FHL book 929.11812 D26 1998}}</ref>

Published records of wills and estates:

*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/180094?availability=Family%20History%20Library ''Abstracts of Colonial Wills of the State of Georgia Wills, 1733-1777,''] by National Society of the Colonial Dames of America in the state of Georgia, (Atlanta, Georgia : Town Comm. of the Nat. Soc. of Colonial Dames of America, Georgia, 1962).

*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/175740?availability=Family%20History%20Library ''In the Name of God, Amen: Georgia Wills, 1733-1860, an Index of Testators to Wills of Georgia Recorded in Colonial Will Books and in Loose Will Collections, 1733-1777 and Wills Recorded or on File in County and State Offices, 1777-1860''] by Ted O. Brooke, (Atlanta: Pilgrim Press, 1976, film 1036842).

*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/32144?availability=Family%20History%20Library ''Index to Probate Records of Colonial Georgia, 1733-1778''], (Atlanta: R.J. Taylor, Jr. Foundation, 1983).

[https://archive.org/search.php?query=The%20Colonial%20Records%20of%20the%20State%20of%20Georgia ''The Colonial Records of the State of Georgia''] (Atlanta: Franklin Printing, 1904-1916, except where indicated) is a 32 Vol. series  with published records for Georgia

From 1732-1755, Georgia land records were part of a trusteeship where lands were given to males and their heirs. Land was distributed by headright and bounty grants after 1756.<ref>Christina K. Schaefer, ''Genealogical encyclopedia of the colonial Americas : a complete digest of the records of all the countries of the Western Hemisphere'' (Baltimore, Maryland : Genealogical Publishing Company, c1998), 183, 192. [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/39622039 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; {{FHL|822639|item|disp=FHL book 929.11812 D26 1998}}</ref>

*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/706261?availability=Family%20History%20Library ''Early Miscellaneous Land Records of Georgia''] by Christine Aldridge, (Nacodoches, TX: Partin, 1994).

*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/174892?availability=Family%20History%20Library ''Abstracts of Georgia Colonial Conveyance Book, C-1, 1750-1761''] by Frances Howell Beckemeyer, (Atlanta: R.J. Taylor, Jr. Foundation, 1975).

*[https://archive.org/details/digestoflawsofst1802stat/page/n6 ''Digest of the Laws of the State of Georgia: From its Settlement as a British Province in 1755 to the Session of the General Assembly in 1800 Inclusive...With a Copious Index to the Whole''] by Horatio Marbury and William H. Crawford, (Savannah, GA: Seymour, Woolhopter and Stebbins, 1802, film 0203234).

Early churches in Georgia included Baptist, Methodist, Lutheran, Quaker, Anglican, Reformed, and Congregational congregations.<ref>Christina K. Schaefer, ''Genealogical encyclopedia of the colonial Americas : a complete digest of the records of all the countries of the Western Hemisphere'' (Baltimore, Maryland : Genealogical Publishing Company, c1998), 549-56. [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/39622039 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; {{FHL|822639|item|disp=FHL book 929.11812 D26 1998}}</ref> Church records can be helpful in finding christening, marriage, and burial records. For more information about what colonial church records are available, search in the specific county of research. Below are listed published works or collections that are relevant to the state of Georgia.

*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/178356?availability=Family%20History%20Library ''Henry Newman's Salzburger Letterbooks''] by George Fenwick Jones, (Athens: University of Georgia Press, 1966).

*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/178495?availability=Family%20History%20Library ''The Moravians in Georgia, 1735-1740''] by Adelaide L. Fries, (1905, Reprint, Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1967, film 1425607).

*[https://www.georgiaarchives.org/ Georgia State Archives in Atlanta].

*[https://georgiahistory.com/ George State Historical Society] in Savannah. See ''Checklist of Eighteenth-Century Manuscripts in the Georgia Historical Soceity'' by Lilla M. Hawes, (Sacannah: The Society, 1976).

*[https://gapines.org/eg/opac/library/MGRL-WA Washington Memorial Library, Stevens-Davis Memorial Collection], Macon.

*[http://web.library.emory.edu/ Robert W. Woodruff Library, Emory University], Atlanta.

== References ==

[[Category:Georgia,_United_States]] [[Category:Colonial Records]]

<ref>Christina K. Schaefer, ''Genealogical encyclopedia of the colonial Americas : a complete digest of the records of all the countries of the Western Hemisphere'' (Baltimore, Maryland : Genealogical Publishing Company, c1998), 183, 192. [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/39622039 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; {{FHL|822639|item|disp=FHL book 929.11812 D26 1998}}</ref>