Researching land records can help
determine which county your ancestors migrated from:
Georgia
Archives Land Records.
The Georgia
Archives is a good place to do research.
Turner
County Georgia USGenWeb Archives
Edd Dorminey has a a great deal of information at his
webpage on Irwin County. Remember, part of Turner County was formed
from Irwin County. He has a marriage index. He also has some
family outlines. His web page can be found at: South
Georgia & Dorminey Family Genealogy!
Julian Williams has a great web page on Jacksonville
Georgia. Jacksonville is in Telfair County. Some of Turner
County's ancestors migrated through there. There are a lot of great
pictures and stories at Old
Jacksonville Georgia .
Turner
County Georgia Military Resources
Books in Print
History Of Turner County; by
John Ben Pate, (1933) early south Georgia history dating back to the Indians.
Is available through
THE REPRINT COMPANY, PUBLISHERS
P.O. Box 5401
611 Perrin Drive
Spartanburg, SC 29304
Telephone: 864-579-4433
Email: Tom
Smith
Cost as of 01 July 2001 is $25.00
+ $3.50 S/H
They do accept credit card orders
by phone.
Turner County, Georgia Pictorial
History; by David M. Baldwin and Gail Watson Wall. This is a
limited edition hardcover volume with more than 200 historical pictures
and 160 pages 8½" x 11". It is sponsored by the Ashburn Bank
as part of it's 100th anniversary. The book is available from the
Ashburn Bank 229-546-4383 and also Bancorp Finance, 229-567-3436 and Ashburn
Turner County Chamber of Commerce 229-567-9696. The cost is $29.95
+ $2.10 sales tax + $4.00 S/H
Turner County Courthouse
P.O. Box 191
Ashburn, GA 31714
229-567-4313
Information about the creation of the courthouse, historical
maps and profile can be found at: Turner
County Courthouse
Genealogy Material:
Several County and Family
Histories, plus access to other material through the Coastal Plain Regional
Library System and beyond.
Micro-film and Micro-fiche Reader:
Newspapers:
ASHBURN ADVANCE: 1897 -
1900
TURNER COUNTY BANNER: 1905 - 1912
WIREGRASS FARMER AND STOCKMAN:
1906 - 1998
(some early editions missing)
WORTH COUNTY LOCAL: 1895 -
1906
WORTH COUNTY NEWS: 1900 -
1901
IRWIN COUNTY COURIER: 1903
- 1907
IRWIN COUNTY NEWS: 1893 -
1897
(was published in Sycamore GA,
which is now in Turner County. It was the official legal organ of
Irwin County)
Census:
1910 and 1920 US CENSUS
for TURNER COUNTY
County History:
History Of Turner County,
by John Ben Pate, (1933) early south Georgia history dating back to the
Indians.
Survey Of Turner County Cemeteries,
by Jessie H. Paulk and Velma Wilson Paulk (1993)
Survey Of Irwin County Cemeteries,
by Jessie H. Paulk
Survey Of Tift County Cemeteries,
by Jessie H. Paulk
Irwin County Bride and Groom Index
for 1832 - 1959
Funeral Homes
Perry Funeral Chapel
Web site: http://www.perryfuneralchapel.com
301 McLendon Street
Ashburn, Ga. 31714
Telephone: 229-567-3366
Shipp's Funeral Home
137 Toombs Street
Ashburn, Ga. 31714
Telephone: 229-567-3101
Westside Mortuary
614 Hardin Avenue
Ashburn, Ga. 31714
Telephone: 229-567-3675
Other County Resources
Turner County Historical Preservation
Commission
C/O Ashburn City Municipal Building
121 East Madison Avenue
Ashburn, Ga. 31714
Turner County Clerk Of Superior
Court
219 East College Avenue
Ashburn, Ga. 31714
The Wiregrass Farmer Newspaper
109 North Gordon Street
Ashburn, Ga. 31714
(Official legal organ of
Turner County. It has bound copies of the newspaper, with a lot of
earlier years missing. It is suggested that the library copies on
microfilm be used.)
Turner County School Board
423 North Cleveland Street
Ashburn, Ga. 31714
Information on county schools and
records of non existing schools are available.
Thanks to Wayne Blue for help with
these resources.
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