> > From: [email protected] > Date: 2002/04/11 Thu PM 01:05:15 EDT > To: [email protected] > Subject: [GA-Roots] Marriage > > Hi, > > I am wondering where I can get a Marriage Certificate for Ernest M. DEAN and > Rosa COBB. > They were married Dec 6 1899 in Plains Sumter Co GA. but vital statistics > says that they dont have marriages before 1919, I believe. So where do I go? > > Thanks, Gloria > > > ==== GA-ROOTS Mailing List ==== > Faye Dyess [email protected] Listmanager > When in doubt, save thy message overnight and reread it in the light of dawn. > GA Volunteer lookups:http://www.usgennet.org/usa/ga/state/volunteer.html > >There were no state wide marriage recordings in Georgia until 1919. However, they are recorded in the county where the license was issued, which was the couny of the bride's residence. That does,t necessarily mean that the marriage took place in the county where the license was issued. Plains is in Sumter Co., so write to the Office of Judge of Probate, c/o Sumter County Courthouse, Americus, Ga. They will not have the certificate, but it will be recorded in their marriage books. Good luck. Jimmy