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Many county marriage records dated prior to 1900 are at the Georgia Department of Archives and History. The Family History Library has microfilm copies of marriage records for some counties up to the early 1900s.  
Many county marriage records dated prior to 1900 are at the Georgia Department of Archives and History. The Family History Library has microfilm copies of marriage records for some counties up to the early 1900s.  


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|+ '''Information in Georgia Marriage Records'''  
|+ '''Information in Georgia Marriage Records'''  
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| width="52%" valign="middle" height="50" bgcolor="#99ccff" align="center" | '''Types of Information'''  
| bgcolor="#99ccff" align="center" width="52%" valign="middle" height="50" | '''Types of Information'''  
| width="16%" valign="middle" bgcolor="#99ccff" align="center" | '''early - 1952'''  
| bgcolor="#99ccff" align="center" width="16%" valign="middle" | '''early - 1952'''  
| width="16%" valign="middle" bgcolor="#99ccff" align="center" | '''1952 - present'''
| bgcolor="#99ccff" align="center" width="16%" valign="middle" | '''1952 - present'''
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| width="52%" valign="middle" height="25" bgcolor="#99ccff" align="center" | '''Name of Bride/Groom'''  
| bgcolor="#99ccff" align="center" width="52%" valign="middle" height="25" | '''Name of Bride/Groom'''  
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| width="52%" valign="middle" height="25" bgcolor="#99ccff" align="center" | '''Date of Marriage'''  
| bgcolor="#99ccff" align="center" width="52%" valign="middle" height="25" | '''Date of Marriage'''  
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| width="52%" valign="middle" height="25" bgcolor="#99ccff" align="center" | '''Location of Marriage'''  
| bgcolor="#99ccff" align="center" width="52%" valign="middle" height="25" | '''Location of Marriage'''  
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| width="52%" valign="middle" height="25" bgcolor="#99ccff" align="center" | '''Presiding Official'''  
| bgcolor="#99ccff" align="center" width="52%" valign="middle" height="25" | '''Presiding Official'''  
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| width="52%" valign="middle" height="25" bgcolor="#99ccff" align="center" | '''Date of Birth'''  
| bgcolor="#99ccff" align="center" width="52%" valign="middle" height="25" | '''Date of Birth'''  
| width="16%" valign="middle" align="center" | <br>  
| align="center" width="16%" valign="middle" | <br>  
| width="16%" valign="middle" align="center" | &nbsp;
| align="center" width="16%" valign="middle" | &nbsp;
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| width="52%" valign="middle" height="25" bgcolor="#99ccff" align="center" | '''Place of Birth'''  
| bgcolor="#99ccff" align="center" width="52%" valign="middle" height="25" | '''Place of Birth'''  
| width="16%" valign="middle" align="center" | <br>  
| align="center" width="16%" valign="middle" | <br>  
| width="16%" valign="middle" align="center" | '''&nbsp;'''
| align="center" width="16%" valign="middle" | '''&nbsp;'''
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| width="52%" valign="middle" height="25" bgcolor="#99ccff" align="center" | '''Residence at Time of Marriage'''  
| bgcolor="#99ccff" align="center" width="52%" valign="middle" height="25" | '''Residence at Time of Marriage'''  
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*'''[[Gretna Greens in the United States|Gretna Greens]].''' When an '''eloping''' Georgia couple's marriage is not in their home county, search for it in alternate places like [[Floyd County, Georgia|Rome, Floyd, Georgia]].<ref name="Eakle1">Arlene H. Eakle, "Have you searched and searched for a marriage without finding it?" in ''Genealogy Blog'' at http://www.arleneeakle.com/wordpress/2007/02/19/have-you-searched-and-searched-for-the-marriage-without-finding-it/ (accessed 8 January 2011).</ref>  
*'''[[Gretna Greens in the United States|Gretna Greens]].''' When an '''eloping''' Georgia couple's marriage is not in their home county, search for it in alternate places like [[Floyd County, Georgia|Rome, Floyd, Georgia]].<ref name="Eakle1">Arlene H. Eakle, "Have you searched and searched for a marriage without finding it?" in ''Genealogy Blog'' at http://www.arleneeakle.com/wordpress/2007/02/19/have-you-searched-and-searched-for-the-marriage-without-finding-it/ (accessed 8 January 2011).</ref>  
*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/show#uri=http://www.familysearch.org/searchapi/search/collection/1674807 Georgia, Marriages, 1808-1967] (FamilySearch Historical Records, free)
*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/show#uri=http://www.familysearch.org/searchapi/search/collection/1674807 Georgia, Marriages, 1808-1967] (FamilySearch Historical Records, free)
To see a coverage map of FamilySearch's holdings of Georgia marriages, click [http://www.xmission.com/~jsvare/CM/FusionMap_GA_county_marriages.html here].


== Divorce Records  ==
== Divorce Records  ==