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Georgia marriage records index.
1996 to the present records are held exclusively by the probate court in the county where the marriage occurred.
Perform a free georgia public marriage records search including marriage licenses certificates registries and indexes.
Georgia compiled marriages 1754 1850.
Marriage certificate information search yields insight into various areas of genealogy research.
Due to privacy laws recent records may not be displayed.
Marriage records are great sources for genealogists because they document an individual in a particular place and time as well as provide details about that person s marriage.
A few records may be earlier or later.
This database contains marriage information from selected areas of the state of georgia usa up to 1850.
Copies of marriage records before 1952 and after 1996 can be obtained from the probate court where the marriage occurred.
Beginning in 1805 georgia law required marriages to be recorded in the court of ordinary now known as the probate court.
Georgia compiled marriages 1851 1900.
Serving as evidence of a name change for the involved parties legitimation purposes genealogical research divorce proceedings.
Generally marriages are recorded in the county of residence of the bride.
More and more data and specifics now can be availed through cobb county marriage records index.
Currently there are no online indexes to georgia marriage records for the period 1996 to the present.
The year range represents most of the records.
A collection of marriages that took place in georgia between 1851 and 1900.
Marriage records in georgia.
Marriages 1996 to present edit edit source.
Marriage records for most georgia counties except where records were destroyed by fire or other.
Georgia marriages 1811 through 1820.
The state office of vital records provides certified copies of marriage applications certificates and verifications.
Microfilm copies of these records are available at the family history library and familysearch centers.
Name index to marriage records from the state of georgia.
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Each entry includes groom bride marriage date county and state.
