Georgia, Hall County Marriages, 1950-2005

What is in This Collection?

The collection consists of images of marriage licenses acquired at the Hall County Courthouse in Gainesville, Georgia. Marriages were recorded by the clerk of the district court for each county from the time the county was formed. Persons desiring to marry obtained a license that they presented to the minister or other person authorized to marry, such as a justice of the peace. Once the marriage was performed, the officiator sent a return to the clerk confirming that the marriage had occurred. Civil marriage records were created to legalize marital relationships and to protect the interests of the wife and other heirs to legal claims on property. The records are arranged by county, then by volume and year range. Marriage records were generally well preserved, although fires, floods, or other disasters may have destroyed some. The earliest records were usually handwritten on loose papers and later bound into lettered volumes. Some marriage records had multiple entries on each page while others had single records per page. The marriage date, place, residence of the bride and groom, and occupations are relatively reliable. Other information, such as age or birthplace, is dependent on the knowledge, memory, and accuracy of the informants, usually the bride and groom.

Additional records and/or images may be added to this collection in the future.

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What Can These Records Tell Me?

The following information may be found in these records:

Marriage

• Name of the groom
• Name of the bride, often including the maiden name of the bride
• Names of the officiators
• Marriage date
• Filing date
• Names of bride's parents
• Parents' residence

Collection Content

Sample Images

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  1950 Marriage License and Certificate

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  1960 Waiver of Parent or Guardian