About the Society

Dinner Carriers, circa 1905

Muscogee Genealogical Society, founded in 1976, serves all genealogists researching family records in the origianl Muscogee County. The counties formed from the original Muscoggee County are Muscogee, Harris, Marion, Talbot & Chattahoochee Counties. The Society also includes news from the adjacent counties of Troup, Stewart, Upson, Webster and Meriwether in Georgia and Barbour, Chambers, Lee and Russell in Alabama.

The Society encourages all genealogist living in the Chattahoochee Valley to join regardless of their ancestrial connection to the area. The society encourages affiliation & cooperation of all persons interested in the research of their ancestral heritage.

Society's Mission:

MGS Constitution & By Laws

The Society is a nonprofit corporation authorized by the State Corporation Commission of Georgia and exempt from Federal Income tax under section 501 (c) (3) of the Internal Revenue Code. Contributions are tax deductible as a public charity under Section 170 of the Code. Feel free to review our bylaws.

Contact Us

Muscogee Genealogical Society * P.O. Box 761 * Columbus, GA 31902