This is a guide to some basic genealogy resources that relate to Carroll County. They are located in Special Collections at the Maude Ragsdale Public Library in Hiram.
Birth Records
The Paulding County Health Department has Paulding 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
Cemeteries of Paulding County, Georgia (2006)
SP 929.5758373 CEMET
Census
Ancestry Library Edition, which is available on the library computers, allows you to search all U.S. census records by name.
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.
Church Histories
Bethel United Methodist Church: A History of Her People (1998)
SP 287.6758373 MEEK
The First Hundred and Fifty Years of Pumpkinvine Baptist Church (1995)
SP 286.1758 373 FIRST
Local Histories
The Heritage of Paulding County, Georgia, 1832 -1999
SP 929.3758 373 HERIT
Paulding County, Its People and Places (1983)
SP 929.3758373 FOSTE
Reflections: People and Places in Dallas and Paulding in the 1930’s
REF 929.3758373 BYRD
Marriage Records
The Probate Court at the Paulding County Courthouse has Paulding County marriage and divorce records.
Military
Cemeteries of Paulding County, Georgia with alphabetical listing of Civil War soldiers
SP 929.5758 373 CEMET
You can use the library computers to search Ancestry Library Edition, which has more military records, including Civil War records and World War I draft cards.
Newspapers/Obituaries
Dallas New Era – one year’s worth – paper copies only.
Paulding County Neighbor – one year’s worth – paper copies only.
Yearbooks
For yearbooks, check with the library or media center at the particular school.
