Georgia Birth RecordsThe state vital records office maintains Georgia birth records and death records filed from 1919 to the present. Marriage applications and licenses from 1952-1996 are also on file. No divorce records are on file at the state office, however, an index of divorce events from 1952 to the present is available. Some counties may have older birth, death, marriage, or divorce records in their files, but county files only contain records of vital events that occurred in that county. For other historical information you may want to contact the Georgia Division of Archives and History. The Archives maintains a large public collection of historical records plus a library of genealogical histories. There are 159 counties in Georgia. Each county has a vital records registrar and vital records custodian appointed by the state registrar. Depending upon the county, the vital records registrar or custodian may be located at the county health department or in the office of the probate judge. Call the state vital records office at (404) 679-4701 if you need the mail address or telephone number of a specific county vital records office. The state vital records office is organized into the Registration, Data Entry, Photo Reproduction, Search, Customer Service, Legal, Quality Assurance Units and Administrative Staff. Two vital records field coordinators provide assistance and education services to county, hospital and funeral home staff about the completion and registration of vital records. The field staff are also responsible for the installation of electronic vital event registration software in hospitals and health facilities across the state. Birth records are available from 1919 to the present. Georgia law and Department of Human Resources regulation require that all requests for vital records include the signature of the requestor and the proper fee. Access to birth records is limited to:
VITAL RECORDS & STATISTICS Vital Records Georgia Birth Records
State of Georgia Vital Records Department
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