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Before | Before 1919, no births were recorded by the county or state. You must search substitute records to locate your ancestor’s birth date and place. | ||
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In | In 1919, Georgia began statewide registration of births. Currently, there is not a complete index online to Georgia birth certificates from 1919 to the present. If you cannot locate your ancestor in the databases below, try searching for birth information in [[User:Mcbridelw/Sandbox 5|other records]]. | ||
For births that exist during the time period, try the following database: | For births that exist during the time period, try the following database: | ||
Revision as of 11:59, 21 May 2013
How to Find United States Birth Records 
Georgia Births
Statewide registration of births began in 1919 in Georgia with general compliance by 1928.
Next Step: When did the birth occur? [edit | edit source] |
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Births before 1919[edit | edit source]
Before 1919, no births were recorded by the county or state. You must search substitute records to locate your ancestor’s birth date and place.
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Births after 1919[edit | edit source]
In 1919, Georgia began statewide registration of births. Currently, there is not a complete index online to Georgia birth certificates from 1919 to the present. If you cannot locate your ancestor in the databases below, try searching for birth information in other records.
For births that exist during the time period, try the following database:
| Includes Index Only | ||||
| Georgia Births, 1880-1935 | FamilySearch - Free; incomplete | |||
| Can't find your ancestor in the index? | Tips for searching indexes | |||
| No birth record for your ancestor? | Other records with birth information | |||
Obtain the Certificate[edit | edit source]
With full names, dates and places of an event, you can order a copy of the birth certificate for a fee from the Georgia Department of Health or VitalChek.
Restrictions for ordering birth certificates:
To obtain a copy of the birth certificate, you must be:
- The person on the certificate
- The parent of the person on the certificate
- NOTE: A copy of the birth certificate cannot be obtained by anyone except those listed above.
If you do not want to order the birth record, there are other records with birth information you can search.