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1870 United States Federal Census

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Please choose a county in Georgia:

Appling Fayette Muscogee
Baker Floyd Newton
Baldwin Forsyth Oglethorpe
Banks Franklin Paulding
Bartow Fulton Pickens
Berrien Gilmer Pierce
Bibb Glascock Pike
Brooks Glynn Polk
Bryan Gordon Pulaski
Bulloch Greene Putnam
Burke Gwinnett Quitman
Butts Habersham Rabun
Calhoun Hall Randolph
Camden Hancock Richmond
Campbell Haralson Schley
Carroll Harris Screven
Catoosa Hart Spalding
Charlton Heard Stewart
Chatham Henry Sumter
Chattahoochee Houston Talbot
Chattooga Irwin Taliaferro
Cherokee Jackson Tattnall
Clarke Jasper Taylor
Clay Jefferson Telfair
Clayton Johnson Terrell
Clinch Jones Thomas
Cobb Laurens Towns
Coffee Lee Troup
Colquitt Liberty Twiggs
Columbia Lincoln Union
Coweta Lowndes Upson
Crawford Lumpkin Walker
Dade Macon Walton
Dawson Madison Ware
Decatur Marion Warren
DeKalb Mcintosh Washington
Dooly Meriwether Wayne
Dougherty Miller Webster
Early Milton White
Echols Mitchell Whitfield
Effingham Monroe Wilcox
Elbert Montgomery Wilkes
Emanuel Morgan Wilkinson
Fannin Murray Worth

Census Records - Counties

After separating the census records into groups by state, the federal government subdivided these records into county groups. Searching for an ancestor on the county level provides a smaller region for research if you remain uncertain about the specific township where your ancestor resided. Researchers should also be aware of boundary line or jurisdictional changes through time. These changes may affect where an ancestor was enumerated on the census, so it remains important to search the counties surrounding the area where your ancestor lived.