Georgia Marriage Records

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

Georgia marriage records.

Some georgia counties kept early marriage bonds before 1805. 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. However georgia law did not require marriage licenses to be recorded until 1805.

A marriage application and or certificate is an official recording of a couple s marriage. Marriage records in the state of georgia are generally considered to be public records. Marriage records beginning in 1805 georgia law required marriages to be recorded in the court of ordinary now known as the probate court. 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. Records before that time were kept on a county basis and vary from county to county. Like in most other states marriage records in georgia are created at the county level. 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.

Marriage records are available to the general public. The georgia department of human resources division of public health manages marriage records for the entire state. However records of marriages rendered confidential by the couples involved are only available to authorized requestors. About georgia marriage records from select counties 1828 1978 this database contains marriages records from 45 georgia counties.

Compliance was not considered extensive until 1928. The division of public health manages marriage records from 1952 to 1996. 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.

Enter a person s name to search the georgia marriage records database first name.