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Burke
County,
Georgia
A
Proud
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of
the Genealogy Trails Group
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Hello and welcome to the
Genealogy Trails website for Burke 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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If you have data that you would like to have posted on this website,
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be added to this site.
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Burke is an original county
of Georgia, created February 5, 1777.
Originally organized as the
Parish of St. George, Burke County was named for English political
writer, member of the British Parliament and supporter of the colonies'
interests, Edmond Burke.
The county seat is Waynesboro
Known as the "Bird Dog Capital of the World," Waynesboro was named for
General Anthony "Mad Anthony" Wayne, a famous Revolutionary soldier.
Cities and
towns
Blythe
Girard
Keysville
Midville
Sardis
Vidette
Waynesboro
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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 Records
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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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Wills
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Wills/Legal Records
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Website
Updates: Sep
2009: MARSH obit 8 June 2007: County History, Marriage Announcements,
Obituaries November 2009 Will Index, Aug. 2010 General News and some
marriages, lots of Bios added also a reconstructed 1790 census;
2011 List of Cemeteries, List of Deaths 1919 to 1920- 1840 Pensioners
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