This is a guide to some basic genealogy resources that relate to Carroll County, Georgia. They are located in Special Collections at the Whitesburg Library in Whitesburg.
Birth Records
The Carroll County Health Department and the Georgia Division of Public Health have Carroll County birth records.
Cemeteries
Carroll County Cemeteries
SP 929.575839 CARRO
Census
Carroll County, Georgia Census 1850
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Carroll County, Georgia Census 1860
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Carroll County, Georgia Census 1870
SP 929.375839 CARRO
Other Dates and Counties
Search the Ancestry Library Edition (available only at the library) database for all U.S. census records from 1790 to 1930.
1890 Census records were lost in a fire. Only a fragment exists, with just a handful of names from Georgia. You can search the few records that remain using Ancestry.
Land Records
Deeds and Mortgages
The clerk of court at the Carroll County courthouse has deed books and their indexes.
Maps
The Map Room in the County Administration building on College St. in Carrollton has many maps.
770-830-5820
Marriage Records
The Probate Court at the Carroll County Courthouse has Carroll County marriage and divorce records.
Military
You can search for military records, especially Civil War records and World War I draft cards, in the Ancestry database on the library’s computers.
