Georgia Marriage Records

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

Georgia marriage records. How to obtain georgia marriage certificates. Marriage records beginning in 1805 georgia law required marriages to be recorded in the court of ordinary now known as the probate court. Georgia marriage records provide information about marriage licenses certificates and registries in ga. Some georgia counties kept early marriage bonds before 1805.

Compliance was not considered extensive until 1928. However georgia law did not require marriage licenses to be recorded until 1805. It is used for. A marriage application and or certificate is an official recording of a couple s marriage.

The list of included counties is available in the browse menu. Officials were careless in adhering to the law and some marriages were consequently not recorded. Serving as evidence of a name change for the involved parties. The georgia department of human resources division of public health manages marriage records for the entire state.

About georgia marriage records from select counties 1828 1978 this database contains marriages records from 45 georgia counties. Enter a person s name to search the georgia marriage records database first name. The state office of vital records provides certified copies of marriage applications certificates and verifications. Marriage records in the state of georgia are generally considered to be public records.

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. Generally marriages are recorded in the county of residence of the bride. The division of public health manages marriage records from 1952 to 1996. Like in most other states marriage records in georgia are created at the county level.

Records before that time were kept on a county basis and vary from county to county.