Georgia, 1851-1900 Marriage Index

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About the Data

This data set contains alphabetical listings of approximately 277,000 individuals from Georgia who were married between 1851 and 1900.

It is a great resource because it includes information on marriages that occurred before marriages were registered with the state and brings together previously uncollected marriage records. For each listed individual, you can obtain information such as the individual's name, their spouse's name, the date of their marriage, and the county where the marriage was recorded. You can also learn where to find copies of your ancestor's original marriage record so that you can learn even more detailed family history information.

Information for this data set was provided by Liahona Research. Liahona Research has made great effort to retain all spellings as they appeared in the original texts and to find all available records in existence. The purpose of this work is to serve as a research tool and to provide a time and place within a state of an existing marriage event. It is important that you, as a researcher, go to the original record (usually on microfilm) and glean whatever genealogical information you desire. The record may provide additional information such as parents' names, ages, dates of birth, residences, or previous marriages. While these facts may not always be provided on the original record, in some counties and circumstances they are a standard.

Generally, the date provided for each entry is a couple's marriage date. However, when no marriage date was given, the date of the license was substituted. Occasionally, a marriage may be listed twice but in two different counties. In such cases, a couple would obtain a marriage license in one county but would be married in another county, most often near other relatives. Liahona Research left these marriages listed twice in order to provide the researcher with clues about the existence of family in other counties.

More About this Data Set
While great effort has been taken to eliminate duplicate records, some records are entered twice. This is because of differences in knowledge of the recorder, variations in spelling of names, and the filing of marriage intentions in more than one location. You'll generally learn the following information about an ancestor included in this data set:

Name — In some records, you will find three question marks in place of the given name or surname. This indicates that the name was not listed on the original record. You may also find question marks in place of missing letters.

A question mark after a name indicates that the name spelling was unclear. You may also occasionally find the same record listed in the index under two different name spellings. Please note that not all unusual and uncertain names were noted by question marks, so always be sure to check under various spellings if you are having trouble locating a name.

Marriage date — As noted in the previous section of this introduction, this date is usually the marriage date. When no marriage date was available in the records, the date of the license application or the date that the license was issued was substituted.

County — This is the county in which the marriage was recorded. In most cases, this is also the county in which the marriage took place. However, as noted in the previous section of this introduction, some couples would obtain a marriage license in one county, but would be married in another county, most often near other relatives. When this was the case, you can sometimes find the marriage listed twice in the index, once for each county.

Location of records — This tells you where you can find a copy of the original record. The original record may provide you with more complete information, such as the name of the couple's parents, the couple's ages, and where they lived at the time of their marriage.

Soundex code — The Soundex code for each individual's surname.