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*'''1878-1883''' - Webster County Marriage Index 1878-1883. Batch {{IGI|M713951}} at FamilySearch - free.<ref name="vr">Genealogical Society of Utah, ''Parish and Vital Records List'' (July 1998). Microfiche. Digital version at https://www.familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/images/5/53/Igigeorgiamz.pdf.</ref>
*'''1878-1883''' - Webster County Marriage Index 1878-1883. Batch {{IGI|M713951}} at FamilySearch - free.<ref name="vr">Genealogical Society of Utah, ''Parish and Vital Records List'' (July 1998). Microfiche. Digital version at https://www.familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/images/5/53/Igigeorgiamz.pdf.</ref>

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

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Webster County, Georgia
Map
Map of the U.S. highlighting Georgia
Location of Georgia in the U.S.
Facts
Founded December 16, 1853
County Seat Preston
Courthouse
Address Webster County Courthouse]
Washington Street and Hwy 280; PO Box 29
Preston, GA 31824
Phone. 229.828.3525 Webster County Website


County Courthouse[edit | edit source]

Webster County Courthouse
Washington Street and Hwy 280; PO Box 29
Preston, GA 31824
Phone. 229.828.3525

 
Probate Court has birth, marriage, death, burial and probate records;
Clerk Superior Court has divorce, court and land records[1]

History[edit | edit source]

Parent County[edit | edit source]

1853--Webster County was created 16 December 1853 from Stewart County.  County seat: Preston [2]

Boundary Changes[edit | edit source]

Record Loss[edit | edit source]

1914 -- Courthouse burned and many records were damaged.

For further information on researching in burned counties, see the following:

Places/Localities[edit | edit source]

Populated Places[edit | edit source]

Neighboring Counties[edit | edit source]

Resources[edit | edit source]

Cemeteries[edit | edit source]

Church[edit | edit source]

Court[edit | edit source]

Land[edit | edit source]

Local Histories[edit | edit source]

Maps[edit | edit source]

Military[edit | edit source]

Newspapers[edit | edit source]

Probate[edit | edit source]

Colonial courts kept some early probate records. From 1777 to 1798 and since 1852, the court of ordinary or register of probates has kept probate and guardianship records. The inferior court handled probate and guardianship matters from 1798 to 1852.

Many probate records to the 1930s and 1940s are at the Georgia Department of Archives and History and the FamilySearch Library on microfilm.

Content: Probate Records may give the decedent's date of death, names of his or her spouse, children, parents, siblings, in-laws, neighbors, associates, relatives, and their place of residence.

Record types: Wills, estates, guardianships, naturalizations, marriage, adoption, and birth and death records (not all years).

Taxation[edit | edit source]

Vital Records[edit | edit source]

Vital Records consist of births, adoptions, marriages, divorces, and deaths recorded on registers, certificates, and documents. A copy or an extract of most original records can be purchased from the Georgia State Department of Health , the County Clerk's office of the county where the event occurred or order electronically online.

For some online statewide indexes, see the FamilySearch Historical Record Collections for Georgia.

Marriage[edit | edit source]
  • 1878-1883 - Webster County Marriage Index 1878-1883. Batch M713951 at FamilySearch - free.[3]

Societies and Libraries [edit | edit source]

Family History Centers
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Web Sites[edit | edit source]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Webster County, Georgia. Page 162 At various libraries (WorldCat); FHL Book 973 D27e 2002.
  2. The Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America,10th ed. (Draper, UT:Everton Publishers, 2002).
  3. Genealogical Society of Utah, Parish and Vital Records List (July 1998). Microfiche. Digital version at https://www.familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/images/5/53/Igigeorgiamz.pdf.