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(This page's most recent update is January 2025)
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Voter registration records are available online and offline from all over the world and are what I consider a hidden gem of information that can assist you in advancing your family history and genealogy research.
Here are several reasons why voter records are such a wonderful tool for researching (and finding) ancestors:
- They fill in the gaps between censuses – in the ten years between censuses – people move, die, get married, etc. The advantage of voter registration records is that they can tell you their address, occupation, etc. And like city directories, they are published yearly or every couple of years.
- Naturalization information – in some records from the 1800s, the date, and place of naturalization are included, which can provide leads for obtaining their detailed naturalization records.
- Middle names – often a complete name is included in voter registration records – in fact, the only place that I ever found my great grandfather’s middle name was in several of these records. Before finding them, I only knew his middle name as an initial.
- You can find a spouse – after 1920 for all of America, women could vote – so at that time, their names began to show up in Voter Registration records. Some states had passed women’s suffrage laws before 1920, but just a few. To be complete – women in some states in the late 1700s had voting rights until they were all taken away by 1807. The given name of a woman is sometimes included in the voter registration record. If a man and a woman with the same last name lived at the same address on the registration list, one could surmise that they were married to each other, or they could be siblings or have a parent-child relationship. But there is a good possibility that they may be married to each other, providing more clues.
- Nativity – again in the 1800s, the place of birth is entered, which is especially helpful for finding naturalized immigrants.
- Physical Characteristics – in a few states, the voter registration form includes the applicant’s age, height, complexion, eye and hair color, as well as any distinguishing marks or scars.
- Political party or affiliation – usually abbreviated as Dem or Rep, but you will find other party names as well in addition to “None”. Remember that Democrats and Republicans from years ago did not necessarily align with the same principles as the parties do today.
- Migration – a few voter registration forms include a question regarding how long the voter lived in the state, the county, and the precinct. This can be useful to determine when they moved, which can help determine their whereabouts for additional research.
Most of the voter registration records are still in paper form or have been microfilmed. There is quite a bit online though, and I am capturing those links and they are below. The paid subscription sites such as Ancestry, Fold3, My Heritage, and FindMyPast have voter registration collections also.
Below are links to voter records available online. Unfortunately, some just list the voter’s name. Although that is sparse information it can help you find a person’s residence at a certain point in time, again helpful to find where ancestors resided between the census years.
Note: There may appear to be duplicate titles in the links. This is because there are scanned images of an original typed list or scanned images of original applications, and also a transcribed copy of a voter registration list.
Note: Some links listed take you to a FamilySearch Collection of digital images. Near the bottom of the page under Film/Digital Notes is the name of each sub-collection. If there is a camera icon at the right of the name (in the Format column) then the collections’ images are browsable. If there is a camera with a key icon, it is only available at a Family History Center or affiliated library. If there is a film reel icon, then it is only available in microfilm format, not digital. To take full advantage make sure that you are logged in to FamilySearch. The results may be different if you are signed in, rather than not.
Georgia Voter Records
- Banks County, Voters Register, 1898
- Berrien County Voters List for 1890-1891, 1892-1893, 1894-1895
- Brooks County, List of Voters, 1898-1900
- Brooks County, Voters Registration for the Year 1910
- Bryan County Voter Register, 1914
- Bulloch County, Voting Registration Books, 1865-1898
- Burke County, Miscellaneous Records in the Office of the Ordinary, 1787-1918
- Camden County, Court of Ordinary Miscellaneous Papers, 1866-1914 [Camden County, Georgia]
- Camden County, Miscellaneous Loose Records of Camden County, 1790-1924
- Carroll County, Voter Registration 1867-1868
- Chatham County, City of Savannah Voters Registers, 1856-1896
- Chattahoochee County, Voters List, 1895-1900, 1907-1909
- Clarke County Voter Lists 1890-1894
- Clarke County Voters List 1908
- Clayton County, Genealogical Resources in the Atlanta Area
- Clayton County, Voters’ Register, 1898-1920
- Clinch County, A List of Voters, 1896 – 1898, 1900, 1904, 1914, 1915
- Cobb County, Genealogical Resources in the Atlanta Area
- Columbia County, Voters Book, 1896-1897
- Columbia County, Voters List, 1909-1912
- Coweta County, Voters List, 1905 and 1908
- Dade County, Register of Voters, 1909-1916, 1920-1928
- De Kalb County, Atlanta, Oak Grove District, Voters List, 1926
- Decatur County White and Colored Voter Registration, 1886-1894
- Decatur County, Voter Registrations, White and Colored, 1902
- DeKalb County, Genealogical Resources in the Atlanta Area
- Dodge County, Register of Voters, 1888-1926, and disqualified Voters, 1894 and 1900
- Douglas County, Genealogical Resources in the Atlanta Area
- Early County Voter Lists 1896, 1898, 1900
- Echols County, Register of Voters, 1910-1912
- Echols County, Voters List, 1896, 1898, 1900, 1902
- Effingham County, Register of Voters, Militia Districts, 1911-1932
- Elbert County Records, 1790-2002
- Elbert County, Election Records
- Fayette County, Genealogical Resources in the Atlanta Area
- Floyd County, Elections and Election Returns, 1859-1889
- Fulton County Records from the Atlanta History Center, 1827-1955
- Fulton County, Atlanta, Voters List, 1926
- Fulton County, Genealogical Resources in the Atlanta Area
- Georgia, County Voter Registrations, 1856-1941
- Georgia, Reconstruction Registration Oath Books, 1867-1868
- Gilmer County, List of Voters, 1895-1898
- Glascock County, Voters Register, 1909
- Hancock County, Voters List, 1895-1900
- Heard County Voter Registration List 1867
- Henry County, Genealogical Resources in the Atlanta Area
- Jasper County, Miscellaneous Records, 1808-1935
- Jasper County, Tax Digests, 1808-1935
- Jefferson County Voter Lists, 1897, 1902
- Johnson County, Qualified Returns of Voters, 1867-1869
- Johnson County, Voters Register, 1898-1908
- Liberty County Voters Books 1896-1899
- Lincoln County Register of Voters, 1896
- Marion County, Voters Lists, White and Colored, 1898-1906, incomplete Years
- McDuffie County, Colored Voters Register, 1886-1894
- McIntosh County, Election Returns and Miscellaneous County Papers
- McIntosh County, Registered Voters, 1877-1934
- Montgomery County Voters Lists, 1902-1912
- Morgan County, Minutes, 1808-1903
- Morgan County, Tax Defaulters, 1885-1895: disqualified Voters, 1891-1895, 1898-1899
- Murray County, Voter Registration List, 1912
- Newton County, Voter Registration, 1895-1897
- Paulding County, Genealogical Resources in the Atlanta Area
- Paulding County, Register of Voters, 1896, 1898, 1900 and 1921
- Pierce County, Disqualified Voters of Pierce County, 1896-1900; Voters List, 1913-1916
- Polk County, Probate Records, Voters List, 1851-1963
- Polk County, Voters List, 1909
- Reconstruction Registration Oath Books, 1867-1868
- Savannah and Chatham County Foreign-born Voters 1867
- Spalding County, Voter Register, 1895-1896
- Sumter County Voting Registers (White and Colored), 1909
- Taliaferro County, Registered Voters, 1892-1903
- Tattnall County Voter Register, 1910
- Tattnall County, Voters List, 1894-1897
- Tattnall County, Voters Register, 1878-1919
- Telfair County, Marriages, White and Colored, Voter Registration, 1810-1902
- Terrell County Voting Registrations, 1895-1909
- Thomas County Voters Registers 1898
- Towns County, Voters Register, 1898-1900
- Union County, Voters Register, 1895-1904
- Walker County, Voters Register, 1899-1900
- Walton County Veterans and Descendants Voter Registers, 1909-1910
- Walton County, Voter Registration Records, 1891-1910
- Ware County, Voters List, 1900
- Warren County, List of Registered Voters, 1893-1899
- Wayne County Registered Voters 1892
- Wayne County, Voters List, 1896-1920
- Wilcox County Voter Registrations, 1894, 1896-98, 1903, 1908
- Wilkes County, Veterans & Descendants, Registered Voters, 1911
For links to other states go to the Voter Records page.
Good Luck and Happy Hunting!