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=== Divorce Records === | === Divorce Records === | ||
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The county superior courts have had jurisdiction over divorce proceedings and records. Divorces in Georgia were allowed as early as 1793 but had to be approved by the state legislature until 1832. Information about these approvals can be found in the Name File Index at the Georgia Department of Archives and History. | The county superior courts have had jurisdiction over divorce proceedings and records. Divorces in Georgia were allowed as early as 1793 but had to be approved by the state legislature until 1832. Information about these approvals can be found in the Name File Index at the Georgia Department of Archives and History. | ||
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*If you are unable to locate vital records recorded by govenments, search for church records of christening, marriage, death or burial. A family Bible may have been used to record births, marriages, and deaths. | *If you are unable to locate vital records recorded by govenments, search for church records of christening, marriage, death or burial. A family Bible may have been used to record births, marriages, and deaths. | ||
*Records for African Americans are often recorded in separate files with separate indexes. | *Records for African Americans are often recorded in separate files with separate indexes. | ||
*Privacy laws may restrict your access to some vital records. Copies of some vital records recorded in the last 100 years may be unavailable to anyone except a direct relative. | *Privacy laws may restrict your access to some vital records. Copies of some vital records recorded in the last 100 years may be unavailable to anyone except a direct relative. | ||
*If the survival of a baby was in question, the birth may not have been recorded. | *If the survival of a baby was in question, the birth may not have been recorded. | ||
*Search for Vital Records in the Family History Library Catalog by using a '''Place Search '''and then choosing '''Vital Records'''. Search for Georgia to loacte records filed by the State and then search the '''name of the county '''to locate records kept by the county. | *Search for Vital Records in the Family History Library Catalog by using a '''Place Search '''and then choosing '''Vital Records'''. Search for Georgia to loacte records filed by the State and then search the '''name of the county '''to locate records kept by the county.<br> | ||
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== Analyzing Records == | == Analyzing Records == | ||
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Over 100,000 early Georgia marriages have also been published in: | Over 100,000 early Georgia marriages have also been published in: | ||
*''37,000 Early Georgia Marriages.'' <ref>Maddox, Joseph T., and Mary Carter. ''37,000 Early Georgia Marriages.'' N.p., 1975. Family History Library [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&amp;amp;columns=*%2C0%2C0&amp;amp;titleno=131860&amp;amp;disp=37%2C000+early+Georgia+marriages++ book 975.8 V2m; microfilm 928351 item 3; microfiche 6046751.] </ref>Covers 29 counties; names are from ''Georgia Pioneers'' magazine. | *''37,000 Early Georgia Marriages.'' <ref>Maddox, Joseph T., and Mary Carter. ''37,000 Early Georgia Marriages.'' N.p., 1975. Family History Library [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&amp;amp;amp;columns=*%2C0%2C0&amp;amp;amp;titleno=131860&amp;amp;amp;disp=37%2C000+early+Georgia+marriages++ book 975.8 V2m; microfilm 928351 item 3; microfiche 6046751.] </ref>Covers 29 counties; names are from ''Georgia Pioneers'' magazine. | ||
*''40,000 Early Georgia Marriages.'' <ref>Maddox, Joseph T., and Mary Carter. ''40,000 Early Georgia Marriages.'' N.p., 1976. Family History Library [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&amp;amp;titleno=131872&amp;amp;disp=40%2C000+early+Georgia+marriages%20%20&amp;amp;columns=*,0,0 book 975.8 V2me; microfilm 982486 item 2; microfiche 6051217]. </ref>Covers 21 counties. | *''40,000 Early Georgia Marriages.'' <ref>Maddox, Joseph T., and Mary Carter. ''40,000 Early Georgia Marriages.'' N.p., 1976. Family History Library [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&amp;amp;amp;titleno=131872&amp;amp;amp;disp=40%2C000+early+Georgia+marriages%20%20&amp;amp;amp;columns=*,0,0 book 975.8 V2me; microfilm 982486 item 2; microfiche 6051217]. </ref>Covers 21 counties. | ||
*''Early Georgia Marriage Roundup.'' <ref>Maddox, Joseph T. ''Early Georgia Marriage Roundup.'' Irwinton, Georgia: J. Maddox, 1980. (Family History Library [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&amp;amp;titleno=174574&amp;amp;disp=Early+Georgia+marriage+roundup%20%20&amp;amp;columns=*,0,0 book 975.8 V2mj 1980; 1976 ed. on microfilm 1036679 item 3; microfiche 6049619]. </ref>Covers 18 counties. | *''Early Georgia Marriage Roundup.'' <ref>Maddox, Joseph T. ''Early Georgia Marriage Roundup.'' Irwinton, Georgia: J. Maddox, 1980. (Family History Library [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&amp;amp;amp;titleno=174574&amp;amp;amp;disp=Early+Georgia+marriage+roundup%20%20&amp;amp;amp;columns=*,0,0 book 975.8 V2mj 1980; 1976 ed. on microfilm 1036679 item 3; microfiche 6049619]. </ref>Covers 18 counties. | ||
*''Early Georgia Marriages''. <ref>Maddox, Joseph T. ''Early Georgia Marriages''. Irwinton, Georgia: J. Maddox, 1981. Family History Library [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&amp;amp;titleno=248134&amp;amp;disp=Early+Georgia+marriages%20%20&amp;amp;columns=*,0,0 book 975.8 V2eg Volume 4; microfilm 1033953 item 2]. </ref> | *''Early Georgia Marriages''. <ref>Maddox, Joseph T. ''Early Georgia Marriages''. Irwinton, Georgia: J. Maddox, 1981. Family History Library [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&amp;amp;amp;titleno=248134&amp;amp;amp;disp=Early+Georgia+marriages%20%20&amp;amp;amp;columns=*,0,0 book 975.8 V2eg Volume 4; microfilm 1033953 item 2]. </ref> | ||
== Archives, Libraries and Societies == | == Archives, Libraries and Societies == | ||