Georgia Marriage Records

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Georgia marriage records.

The georgia department of human resources division of public health manages marriage records for the entire state. The list of included counties is available in the browse menu. Marriage records in the state of georgia are generally considered to be public records. However georgia law did not require marriage licenses to be recorded until 1805.

However records of marriages rendered confidential by the couples involved are only available to authorized requestors. Georgia marriage records provide information about marriage licenses certificates and registries in ga. Generally marriages are recorded in the county of residence of the bride. Official marriage records provide information about whether a marriage is legally valid the names of both parties to the marriage and when the wedding took place.

It is used for. Marriage records are available to the general public. Serving as evidence of a name change for the involved parties. Marriage records beginning in 1805 georgia law required marriages to be recorded in the court of ordinary now known as the probate court.

Some georgia counties kept early marriage bonds before 1805. Officials were careless in adhering to the law and some marriages were consequently not recorded. Like in most other states marriage records in georgia are created at the county level. About georgia marriage records from select counties 1828 1978 this database contains marriages records from 45 georgia counties.

The state office of vital records provides certified copies of marriage applications certificates and verifications. Records before that time were kept on a county basis and vary from county to county. The division of public health manages marriage records from 1952 to 1996. Marriage records were kept on a county level and required by law to be recorded beginning in 1805 though compliance was not always the order of the day.

Birth and death records began on a statewide level in 1919.