Georgia Marriage Records

The georgia department of human resources division of public health manages marriage records for the entire state.

Georgia marriage records.

However records of marriages rendered confidential by the couples involved are only available to authorized requestors. A marriage application and or certificate is an official recording of a couple s marriage. About georgia marriage records from select counties 1828 1978 this database contains marriages records from 45 georgia counties. How to obtain georgia marriage certificates.

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. The state office of vital records provides certified copies of marriage applications certificates and verifications. Georgia marriage records provide information about marriage licenses certificates and registries in ga. Birth and death records began on a statewide level in 1919.

Officials were careless in adhering to the law and some marriages were consequently not recorded. The division of public health manages marriage records from 1952 to 1996. Enter a person s name to search the georgia marriage records database first name. 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.

It is used for. The list of included counties is available in the browse menu. Generally marriages are recorded in the county of residence of the bride. However georgia law did not require marriage licenses to be recorded until 1805.

Some georgia counties kept early marriage bonds before 1805. Records before that time were kept on a county basis and vary from county to county. Compliance was not considered extensive until 1928. Like in most other states marriage records in georgia are created at the county level.

Serving as evidence of a name change for the involved parties.