Canton Genealogy (in Cherokee County, GA)

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NOTE: Additional records that apply to Canton are also found through the Cherokee County and Georgia pages.


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Canton Birth Records

Georgia, Birth Records, 1919-present Georgia Department of Public Health

Canton Cemetery Records

Chalcedonia Baptist Church Cemetery Find a Grave online

Cherokee Memorial Park Find a Grave online

Cherokee Memorial Park Cemetery Billion Graves online

Dowda Family Cemetery Find a Grave online

East Cherokee Cemetery Billion Graves online

Fields Chapel Cemetery Billion Graves online

Fields Chapel Cemetery US Gen Web Archives online

Georgia National Cemetery Billion Graves online

Georgia National Cemetery Interment online

Georgia National Cemetery US Gen Web Archives online

Georgia National Cemetery Find a Grave online

Hickory Log Cemetery Billion Graves online

Hickory Log Cemetery Find a Grave online

Hightower Cemetery US Gen Web Archives online

Indian Knoll Baptist Church Cemetery Billion Graves online

Keith Cemetery Find a Grave online

Knox Cemetery Billion Graves online

Knox Family Cemetery US Gen Web Archives online

McFarland Cemetery Find a Grave online

McHelen Baptist Cemetery Find a Grave online

Mount Calvary Baptist Church Cemetery Find a Grave online

New Hightower Cemetery Find a Grave online

New Hope Baptist Church Cemetery Find a Grave online

New Hope Cemetery Billion Graves online

Oakdale Cemetery Find a Grave online

Old Dobson Cemetery (aka Ponder Cemetery, Buffington, Cherokee County) Billion Graves online

Orange United Methodist Church Cemetery Find a Grave online

Pugh Cemetery Billion Graves online

River View Cemetery Billion Graves online

Sardis Baptist Church Find a Grave online

Shiloh Methodist Cemetery Find a Grave online

Shoal Creek Primitive Baptist Billion Graves online

Shoal Creek Primitive Baptist Cemetery Find a Grave online

Southview Cemetery Find a Grave online

Southview Cemetery Billion Graves online

Sunnyside Cemetery Find a Grave online

Sunnyside Church of God Billion Graves online

Sweetwater Baptist Church Cemetery Find a Grave online

Union Hill Methodist Cemetery Find a Grave online

Union Hill Methodist Church Cemetery US Gen Web Archives online

Wheeler Cemetery Billion Graves online

York Drive Cemetery Billion Graves online

Zion-Saint Paul Cemetery Billion Graves online

Zion-Saint Paul Cemetery Find a Grave online

Canton Census Records

U.S. Federal Census 1790-1950 Ancestry online

U.S. Federal Census 1790-1950 MyHeritage online

United States Federal Census, 1790-1950 Family Search online

Canton Church Records

All Saints Episcopal parish register, 1879-1897 WorldCat

Canton Death Records

1919 to 1998 Georgia Death Index Ancestry online

Annotated Obituaries from the Cherokee Advance, Canton, Georgia 1880-1938 FamilySearch Library

Annotated obituaries from the Cherokee Advance, Canton, Georgia, 1880-1938 WorldCat

Georgia Deaths Index, 1914-1940 Ancestry online

Georgia, Death Certificates, 1919-1927 Digital Library of Georgia online

Georgia, Death Records, 1919-present Georgia Department of Public Health

Canton Land Records

1832 land lottery surveys, Cherokee County FamilySearch Library

1832 reverted gold lots, Cherokee County FamilySearch Library

Cherokee County land lottery grants, 1832-1859 FamilySearch Library

Cherokee County, Georgia, land grants, 1832-1843 FamilySearch Library

Early Walker County Papers (Deeds for land in Cherokee County from 1833 to 1843) Digital Library of Georgia online

Canton Map Records

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Canton, Cherokee County, Georgia, 1921 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Maps of Canton, Cherokee County, Georgia, May 1921 Digital Library of Georgia online

Canton Marriage Records

1828-1978 Georgia Marriage Records From Select Counties Ancestry online

Georgia Marriages, 1699-1944 ( includes Cherokee County 1840-1863) Ancestry online

Georgia Marriages, 1851-1900 Ancestry online

Georgia, Compiled Marriages, 1754-1850 Ancestry online

Canton Newspapers and Obituaries

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Annotated Obituaries from the Cherokee Advance, Canton, Georgia 1880-1938 FamilySearch Library

Annotated obituaries from the Cherokee Advance, Canton, Georgia, 1880-1938 WorldCat

Canton Cherokee Advance, 1880-1922 Newspaper Archive online

Cherokee Advance 1881-1881 Newspapers.com online

Cherokee Georgian 1875-1875 Azalea Regional Library System online

Cherokee Tribune 11/21/1998 to Current Genealogy Bank online

Cherokee intelligencer, 1833-02-16 to 1834-03-15 Georgia Historic Newspapers online

Georgia Advocate 1879-1879 Azalea Regional Library System online

The Cherokee Georgian, 1875-08-04 to 1876-09-27 Georgia Historic Newspapers online

The Cherokee advance, 1880-01-23 to 1922-12-29 Georgia Historic Newspapers online

Offline Newspapers for Canton

According to the US Newspaper Directory, the following newspapers were printed, so there may be paper or microfilm copies available. For more information on how to locate offline newspapers, see our article on Locating Offline Newspapers.

Cherokee Citizen. (Canton, Ga.) 1990-Current

Cherokee Tribune. (Canton, Ga.) 1973-Current

North Georgia Tribune. (Canton, Ga.) 1934-1973

Canton Probate Records

1742-1992 Georgia Wills and Probate Records Ancestry online

Abstracts of Cherokee County, Georgia, wills and bonds, 1847-1921 FamilySearch Library

Canton School Records

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Canton High School - Shamrock Yearbook (Canton, GA), 1953 E Yearbook online

Canton High School yearbook, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956 Classmates online

Canton High School yearbook, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Canton High School yearbook, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956 (included in US Yearbooks collection) MyHeritage online

Cherokee High School - Sequoyah Yearbook (Canton, GA), 1957, 1958, 1960, 1961, 1964, 1965, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1980, 1982, 1983 E Yearbook online

Cherokee High School yearbook, 1957, 1958, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1967, 1968, 1969 (included in US Yearbooks collection) MyHeritage online

Cherokee High School yearbook, 1957, 1958, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1980, 1982, 1983, 1990, 1991 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Cherokee High School yearbook, 1957, 1958, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1980, 1982, 1983, 1990, 1991, 2001 Classmates online

Sequoyah High School yearbook, 1992 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Sequoyah High School yearbook, 1992, 2004 Classmates online

Canton Tax Records

Cherokee County Tax Records (from Georgia Property Tax Digests), 1849, 1871, 1874-1877, 1878-1881, 1885-1887, 1890 Ancestry online



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