This is a guide to some basic genealogy resources that relate to Haralson County. They are located in Special Collections at the Tallapoosa Public Library.
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
Census
The U.S. Census for Haralson County is available on microfilm from 1860 to 1930.
The 1930 census for all counties in Georgia is also available on microfilm, at:
SP 929.3 GEORGIA CENSUS 1930 ROLL 368
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).
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
Tallapoosa
The First One Hundred Years (1996)
SP 975.838 GREEN
To Be Continued: A Pictorial History of Tallapoosa, Georgia (1999)
REF 975.838 TALLA
No More Storms A-Comin’ (1995)
GOEBEL GOE
Growing Up in Tallapoosa, GA (2001)
JONES JON
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
Maps
Some Sanborn Fire Insurance maps of Tallapoosa are available on microfilm at the library.
All Sanborn maps of Tallapoosa are available through the Sanborn Fire Insurance Map database. This database is available on the library computers through GALILEO. Sanborn maps were made of Tallapoosa in 1888, 1890, 1895, 1903, 1909 and 1914.
Marriage Records
Haralson County, Georgia, Marriage Records 1856-1940
SP 929.375838 HARAL
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
SP 929.3758 ROSTE
Georgia in the War, 1861-1865: a Compendium of Georgia Participants
SP 973.7458 JON
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 library has the Tallapoosa Journal and its precursors on microfilm back to 1884.
Yearbooks
For yearbooks, check with the library or media center at the particular school.
