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Birth

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Birth - Where can I find birth records?

Limited Index Availability:

Due to the lack of complete online birth indexes for Georgia, use index collections with incomplete coverage and substitute records found on the What else you can try - Georgia Births page.

Marriage

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Marriage - Where can I find marriage records?

Start here:

• 1750s-2000s: Georgia Marriage Collections at FamilySearch

If the marriage record was not found, try this next:

• 1750s-1993: United States Marriages, Georgia at Findmypast ($)

What else you can try:

• Additional online resources

• Substitute records

• Improve searching

• Finding town of origin

• Research help

• Why the record may not exist

Death

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Death - Where can I find death records?

Start here:

• 1910s-1990s: Georgia Death Collections at FamilySearch

If the death record was not found, try this next:

• 1919-1998: Georgia, Death Index at Ancestry ($)

What else you can try:

• Additional online resources

• Substitute records

• Improve searching

• Finding town of origin

• Research help

• Why the record may not exist

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-Currently, there is no statewide (or countrywide) birth collection that covers a majority of the births recorded in Georgia. Please see the ''[[GuidedResearch:Why Can't I Find the Record - Georgia Births|'''<u>Why Can't I Find the Record - Georgia Births</u>''']]'' page for substitute records that may provide birth information.
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