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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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| | | bgcolor="#99ccff" height="50" valign="middle" width="52%" align="center" | '''Types of Information''' | ||
| | | bgcolor="#99ccff" valign="middle" width="16%" align="center" | '''early - 1952''' | ||
| | | bgcolor="#99ccff" valign="middle" width="16%" align="center" | '''1952 - present''' | ||
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| | | bgcolor="#99ccff" height="25" valign="middle" width="52%" align="center" | '''Name of Bride/Groom''' | ||
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| | | bgcolor="#99ccff" height="25" valign="middle" width="52%" align="center" | '''Date of Marriage''' | ||
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| | | bgcolor="#99ccff" height="25" valign="middle" width="52%" align="center" | '''Location of Marriage''' | ||
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| | | bgcolor="#99ccff" height="25" valign="middle" width="52%" align="center" | '''Presiding Official''' | ||
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| | | bgcolor="#99ccff" height="25" valign="middle" width="52%" align="center" | '''Date of Birth''' | ||
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| | | bgcolor="#99ccff" height="25" valign="middle" width="52%" align="center" | '''Place of Birth''' | ||
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| | | bgcolor="#99ccff" height="25" valign="middle" width="52%" align="center" | '''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, | *[https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/show#uri=http://www.familysearch.org/searchapi/search/collection/1674807 Georgia, Marriages, 1808-1967] (FamilySearch Historical Records, free) | ||
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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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