URKE OUNTYENEALOGICAL
OCIETY
Burke County (GA) Genealogical Society Meeting's held the 3rd Monday of the Month. 7:00 P.M. At:Burke County Public Library, 412 4th St.Waynesboro, Georgia 30830.
Dues: $15.00 per year; Family : $20.00 (Man & Wife).This includes 6 newsletters for the year. Those wishing to join by mail send an ancestor chart Plus $15.00 to above address.

President: Barbara Miller
Vice President: Evans Crockett
Recording Secretary: Barbara Hammett
Corresponding Secretary: Doris Gunn Smith
Treasurer:James W. Nichols
For More information contact write: Burke County Genealogical Society, 536 Liberty St., Waynesboro,GA 30830

Burke County Genealogical Society is dedicated to the family history of Burke County Georgia families.Future Projects will be announced here at a later date. Come join us at the next meeting.Exchange data and learn more of Burke County and your family.
Burke County Surnames held by the Society Surnames

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A Complete Cemetery Book by Marjorie Abbott Braswell. This book covers all cemeteries in Burke Co.GA that the Gravemarkers of Burke County by Albert L. Hillhouse in 1974 did not cover African-American & White. It will include updates to the cemeteries that were in the previous book. There are well over 100 cemeteries besides the updates.
This book is now on line and may be checked out there: Burke County Cemeteries
Marge Braswell


GENEALOGICAL BOOKS FOR SALE
Check this out for the new Columbia Co.Ga Cemetery book.
BURKE COUNTY FOLKS Burke County Folks is a series of four publications of newspaper articles that tell the story of the people of Burke County, Georgia and the surrounding counties during the period of 1882 through 1930. In these books you will find fully abstracted articles of births, marriages, deaths and other articles of interest recorded in Burke County’s weekly newspaper. This information is presented chronically in a way that is similar to reading the local page of your weekly newspaper. It has been indexed for easy reference. Burke County Folks is a valuable resource of information for genealogist and historians, as many of these newspaper articles contain information about individuals and families that is not recorded elsewhere. Publications of this series: Burke County Folks, 1882-1900 Burke County Folks, Vol. II, 1901-1910 Burke County Folks, Vol. III, 1911-1920 Burke County Folks, Vol. IV, 1921-1930 You may order direct from the author by sending a check for $35.00 plus $5 postage and handling for each volume to: Jo Goodson Knight 183 Knight Rd. Waynesboro, GA 30830 Jo Knight

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Anyone who wants a County Map of Burke or any other county may obtain them from GA DOT Map Room, 2 Capital Square, Atlanta, GA 30334.They're available for $1.50 each. These maps are very helpful in locating Cemeteries within the county as they are marked on the maps along with other sites. They have them for all Counties in Georgia.


RESEARCH LINKS
Georgia Baptist Church Records,Mercer University
Militia Districts in Burke County
1850 Burke Co.GA Mortality Schedule
1880 Burke Co GA Mortality Schedule
Emily Jane Lightfoot Bible
Bargeron & Connected Families
Memorial for Young John Allen
Burke County Surnames
Burke County Wills
African-American Marriages Burke Co.GA
A B C-D E-F G-H I-J-K L-M N-O-P-Q R-S T-U-V W Y-Z
Burke Co.Volunteers Co."D"48th Reg
Company "F" Cobb's Legion Calvary
Mt Zion Church Cemetery
Georgia Place Names
African-American Historical & Genealogical Society
Burke County Library
NewsgroupsEnter Genealogy in search
Georgia Historical Society
Confederate Pensions on line [incomplete but more added dailey]
Georgia Genealogical Links
GA State Archives
Georgia Genealogical Society
National Archives
Library of Congress
Genealogy Forum's home page
weekly Online Genealogy Newsletter
World GenWeb

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