Chatham County GA Genealogy
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If you're not sure which records would be helpful, you can try our Ancestor Source Finder tool. Chatham Records by TypeBirth Records (6)Cemetery Records (145) Census Records (52) Church Records (34) City Directories (126) Court Records (28) Death Records (27) Histories and Genealogies (29) Immigration Records (20) Land Records (18) Map Records (17) Marriage Records (24) Military Records (6) Minority Records (8) Miscellaneous Records (22) Newspapers and Obituaries (256) Probate Records (20) School Records (81) Tax Records (8) 
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Overview of Chatham County Records
- Chatham County was created in 1777 from St. Phillip and Christ Church parishes.
- Copies of birth and death certificates from 1919 and later can be obtained from the Georgia Department of Public Health.
- The Chatham County Probate Court has birth records starting in 1919, marriage records starting in 1806, death records starting in 1919, and probate records starting in 1777.
- The Chatham County Clerk Superior Court has divorce records, court records starting in 1783, land records starting in 1785, and naturalization records starting in 1801.
- Online indexes and images of many of the above records can be found by using the links on this site.