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Dougherty County, Georgia
A Proud Member of the Genealogy Trails Group
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Hello and welcome to the Genealogy Trails website
for Dougherty County, Georgia.
This County is available for adoption.
Our goal at Genealogy Trails
is to help you track your ancestors through time and place by transcribing genealogical and historical data and
placing it online for the free use of all researchers.
This is a continuation of
our original, Illinois Genealogy Trails History and Genealogy Project and we are excited about this opportunity
to expand into other states. We welcome your feedback and comments, and your data contributions.
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The county was created by the Georgia General Assembly on December 15, 1853 from
a part of Baker County and was named after Charles Dougherty, a respected judge and lawyer from Athens, Georgia.
The county seat and largest city is Albany
Cities and towns
Incorporated: Albany
Unincorporated: Acree -- Pecan City -- Pretoria -- Putney -- Radium Springs
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Online Data
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Biographies
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Births
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Cemeteries
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Census
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Church Histories/Records
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County Records
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Court
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Deaths
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Family Bibles
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History
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Marriages
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Military
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Newspaper Data
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Obituaries
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Surnames
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Wills/Legal Records
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Website Updates:
Sep 2009: Marriages 1854-1868
Jan 2008: MULLER obit; Crime story about SAUCER
Dec 2007: Sworn Oath by Philip Nelson (freedman) |
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