Vital records in Georgia are maintained by the Georgia Department of Health in Atlanta, where they issue certified copies of birth, death & marriage records. Divorce records must be requested from the specific county where the divorce took place. Specific county offices have the oldest vital records, but only for citizens of that county.
Below is a table showing the year ranges that the Georgia Department of Health can provide:
Record Type | Available From |
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Georgia Birth Records | January 1919 – 2024 |
Georgia Death Records | January 1919 – 2024 |
Georgia Divorce Records | dependent on county |
Georgia Marriage Records | June 9, 1952 – 1996 records from 1996 – 2024 must be requested from specific county |
County | Year Founded |
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Appling County, GA | December 15, 1818 |
Atkinson County, GA | August 15, 1917 |
Bacon County, GA | July 27, 1914 |
Baker County, GA | December 12, 1825 |
Baldwin County, GA | 1803 |
Banks County, GA | 1859 |
Barrow County, GA | July 7, 1914 |
Bartow County, GA | December 3, 1832 |
Ben Hill County, GA | 1906 |
Berrien County, GA | 1856 |
Bibb County, GA | December 9, 1822 |
Bleckley County, GA | 1912 |
Brantley County, GA | 1920 |
Brooks County, GA | 1858 |
Bryan County, GA | 1793 |
Bulloch County, GA | 1796 |
Burke County, GA | 1777 |
Butts County, GA | 1825 |
Calhoun County, GA | February 20, 1854 |
Camden County, GA | 1777 |
Candler County, GA | 1914 |
Carroll County, GA | June 9, 1826 |
Catoosa County, GA | 1853 |
Charlton County, GA | 1854 |
Chatham County, GA | February 5, 1777 |
Chattahoochee County, GA | 1854 |
Chattooga County, GA | 1838 |
Cherokee County, GA | December 21, 1830 |
Clarke County, GA | December 5, 1801 |
Clay County, GA | 1854 |
Clayton County, GA | November 30, 1858 |
Clinch County, GA | 1850 |
Cobb County, GA | December 2, 1832 |
Coffee County, GA | February 9, 1854 |
Colquitt County, GA | 1856 |
Columbia County, GA | 1790 |
Cook County, GA | 1918 |
Coweta County, GA | 1826 |
Crawford County, GA | 1822 |
Crisp County, GA | 1905 |
Dade County, GA | 1837 |
Dawson County, GA | 1857 |
Decatur County, GA | 1823 |
DeKalb County, GA | December 9, 1822 |
Dodge County, GA | 1870 |
Dooly County, GA | May 15, 1821 |
Dougherty County, GA | 1853 |
Douglas County, GA | 1870 |
Early County, GA | 1818 |
Echols County, GA | 1858 |
Effingham County, GA | February 5, 1777 |
Elbert County, GA | 1790 |
Emanuel County, GA | 1812 |
Evans County, GA | 1914 |
Fannin County, GA | 1854 |
Fayette County, GA | May 15, 1821 |
Floyd County, GA | December 3, 1832 |
Forsyth County, GA | December 3, 1831 |
Franklin County, GA | February 25, 1784 |
Fulton County, GA | December 20, 1853 |
Gilmer County, GA | 1832 |
Glascock County, GA | 1857 |
Glynn County, GA | 1777 |
Gordon County, GA | February 13, 1850 |
Grady County, GA | August 17, 1905 |
Greene County, GA | 1786 |
Gwinnett County, GA | December 15, 1818 |
Habersham County, GA | 1818 |
Hall County, GA | December 15, 1818 |
Hancock County, GA | December 17, 1793 |
Haralson County, GA | January 26, 1856 |
Harris County, GA | December 14, 1827 |
Hart County, GA | December 7, 1853 |
Heard County, GA | December 22, 1830 |
Henry County, GA | May 15, 1821 |
Houston County, GA | May 15, 1821 |
Irwin County, GA | December 15, 1818 |
Jackson County, GA | 1796 |
Jasper County, GA | December 10, 1807 |
Jeff Davis County, GA | August 18, 1905 |
Jefferson County, GA | February 20, 1796 |
Jenkins County, GA | August 17, 1905 |
Johnson County, GA | December 11, 1858 |
Jones County, GA | December 10, 1807 |
Lamar County, GA | 1920 |
Lanier County, GA | 1920 |
Laurens County, GA | December 10, 1807 |
Lee County, GA | June 9, 1825 |
Liberty County, GA | February 5, 1777 |
Lincoln County, GA | February 20, 1796 |
Long County, GA | November 2, 1920 |
Lowndes County, GA | December 23, 1825 |
Lumpkin County, GA | December 3, 1832 |
Macon County, GA | December 14, 1837 |
Madison County, GA | December 5, 1811 |
Marion County, GA | December 14, 1827 |
McDuffie County, GA | 1870 |
McIntosh County, GA | 1793 |
Meriwether County, GA | 1827 |
Miller County, GA | 1856 |
Mitchell County, GA | 1857 |
Monroe County, GA | 1826 |
Montgomery County, GA | December 19, 1793 |
Morgan County, GA | 1807 |
Murray County, GA | 1832 |
Muscogee County, GA | June 9, 1826 |
Newton County, GA | November 30, 1821 |
Oconee County, GA | February 24, 1875 |
Oglethorpe County, GA | December 19, 1795 |
Paulding County, GA | December 3, 1832 |
Peach County, GA | July 8, 1924 |
Pickens County, GA | December 5, 1863 |
Pierce County, GA | December 18, 1857 |
Pike County, GA | 1822 |
Polk County, GA | December 20, 1851 |
Pulaski County, GA | December 13, 1808 |
Putnam County, GA | December 10, 1807 |
Quitman County, GA | December 10, 1858 |
Rabun County, GA | 1819 |
Randolph County, GA | December 20, 1828 |
Richmond County, GA | February 5, 1777 |
Rockdale County, GA | 1854 |
Schley County, GA | December 22, 1857 |
Screven County, GA | December 14, 1793 |
Seminole County, GA | 1920 |
Spalding County, GA | 1851 |
Stephens County, GA | August 18, 1905 |
Stewart County, GA | December 23, 1830 |
Sumter County, GA | December 26, 1831 |
Talbot County, GA | December 14, 1827 |
Taliaferro County, GA | December 24, 1825 |
Tattnall County, GA | December 5, 1801 |
Taylor County, GA | January 15, 1852 |
Telfair County, GA | December 10, 1807 |
Terrell County, GA | February 16, 1856 |
Thomas County, GA | December 24, 1825 |
Tift County, GA | August 17, 1905 |
Toombs County, GA | August 18, 1905 |
Towns County, GA | 1856 |
Treutlen County, GA | November 5, 1918 |
Troup County, GA | June 9, 1826 |
Turner County, GA | August 18, 1905 |
Twiggs County, GA | December 14, 1809 |
Union County, GA | 1832 |
Upson County, GA | December 15, 1824 |
Walker County, GA | December 18, 1833 |
Walton County, GA | December 22, 1818 |
Ware County, GA | December 15, 1824 |
Warren County, GA | December 19, 1793 |
Washington County, GA | February 25, 1784 |
Wayne County, GA | December 7, 1803 |
Webster County, GA | December 16, 1853 |
Wheeler County, GA | November 5, 1912 |
White County, GA | 1857 |
Whitfield County, GA | December 30, 1851 |
Wilcox County, GA | December 22, 1857 |
Wilkes County, GA | February 5, 1777 |
Wilkinson County, GA | May 11, 1803 |
Worth County, GA | December 20, 1853 |