Heard County GA Genealogy

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Overview of Heard County Records

• Heard County was created in 1830 from Carroll, Coweta, and Troup counties.
• Copies of birth and death certificates from 1919 and later can be obtained from the Georgia Department of Public Health.
• The Heard County courthouse had a fire in 1839 and a fire in 1894 and many records were lost.
• The Heard County Probate Court has birth and death records beginning in 1927, newspaper records starting in 1894, marriage records starting in 1894, and probate records starting in 1894.
• The Heard County Museum/Library has burial records, cemetery records, census records starting in 1820, and other historical records.
• The Heard County Superior Court has court records, divorce records, guardianship records, immigration records, land records starting in 1894, military records, and naturalization records.
• The Heard County Assessor has tax records.
• Online indexes and images of many of the above records can be found by using the links on this site.