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US TERRITORY OR
COLONY SETTLED
1733

STATEHOOD
1788

AVAILABLE STATE CENSUSES
(OR SIMILAR)
State census,1798-1879 (1790, 1800 and 1810 lost); tax and property records, 1790, 1800 and 1810; land lottery, 1805

FIRST FEDERAL CENSUS
1820

PUBLIC-LAND OR
STATE-LAND STATE
State

BIRTH AND DEATH RECORDS
BEGIN
1919

MARRIAGE RECORDS
BEGIN
1952

CONTACT FOR VITAL RECORDS
Georgia Department of
Public Health
Vital Records
2600 Skyland Drive NE
Atlanta, GA 30319
(404) 679-4702