This is a guide to some basic genealogy resources that relate to Haralson County. They are located in Special Collections at the Warren P. Sewell Library of Bremen.
Birth Records
The Haralson County Health Department has Haralson County birth records (from 1919 to the present). If you are looking for the names of someone’s parents, you may want to also look in the Census for the years when the person was a child.
Cemeteries
Haralson County, Georgia Cemeteries (2004)
SP 929.575838 HARAL
Haralson County Cemeteries (1999)
SP 929.575838 HARAL
Old Holcombe Cemetery, Bremen, Georgia (1998)
SP 929.3 SUBER
Census
Haralson County
The Haralson County census has been alphabetized in these books:
1860, 1870, 1880, 1900
SP 929.375838 HARAL
The 1930 census for Haralson County is available on microfilm at:
SP 929.3 GEORGIA CENSUS 1930 ROLL 368
Georgia
The entire 1860 census for all counties in Georgia is available on microfilm.
The entire 1870 census for all counties in Georgia is available in a book at:
SP 929.3758 GEORG
Other years
On the library computers you can search the Ancestry database, which has all of the U.S. censuses, including the 1890 census fragment (most of that census was destroyed in a fire).
About missing years
The 1890 Census records were lost in a fire; only fragments remain.
Census records for 1940 will not be available until 2012, for privacy reasons. Census records for 1950 will be made available in 2022, and so on.
Family Histories
Family histories are shelved at 929.2, alphabetically by family name.
Local Histories
Towns in Haralson County
Bremen, Georgia 100 years, 1883-1983
SP 975.838 BREME
The Bremen City Schools : a Century of Education
SP 975.838 BREME
Tallapoosa, Georgia (1952)
SP 975.838 TRIMB
The History of Bremen SP975.838 HISTO
Haralson County
Haralson County, Georgia: A History (1994)
SP 975.838 HARAL
Haralson County History Book (1983)
SP 975.838 HARAL
Haralson’s Heritage (1995)
SP 975.838 WILBU
Haralson County, GA : a Resource Guide for the Teaching of Social Studies in Haralson County, GA (1991)
SP 975.838 WILBU
Hungarians and Winemaking in Haralson County
SP 975.838 HANNA
Historical Sketch of Hungarian and Czechoslovakian Colonies in Haralson Co.
SP 975.838 RIVER
Magyars and Slovaks in Rural Georgia
SP 975.838 RIVER
Marriage Records
Haralson County, Georgia, Marriage Records 1856-1940
SP 929.375838 HARAL
Haralson County, Georgia Marriages 1897-1909
On microfilm
The Probate Court at the Haralson County Courthouse has more marriage and divorce records.
Military
Roster of the Confederate Soldiers of Georgia, 1861-1865: Index
REF 973.7 ROS
Register of Graduates United States Military Academy 1802-1983
History of Camp Wheeler, Georgia
SP 975.8552 MCKEN
You can also search for military records, especially Civil War records and World War I draft cards, in the Ancestry database on the library’s computers.
Newspapers/Obituaries
The following newspapers are on microfilm:
Bremen Gateway 1915 – present
(Most recent years are only available in paper.)
Banner Messenger 1891-1899
Haralson County Tribune 1898-1985
Tallapoosa Journal 1930-1983
Pension Records
Haralson County, Georgia Pension Roll
Miscellaneous dates
On microfilm
Telephone and Address Directories
Hill-Donnelly Cross Reference Directory:
Carrollton-Newnan-Lagrange, Georgia and Vicinity
REF 975.839 HILL
2000, 2001
Polk’s Bremen, Tallapoosa, Buchanan City Directory
1980, 1983, 1985, 1987, 1990, 1992, 1993
Yearbooks
Bremen Blue Devil, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1972, 1974
West Georgia College Chieftain, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1973, 1974, 1976
For more yearbooks, check with the library or media center at the particular school.
