Online Georgia Death Indexes, Records & Obituaries

Online Georgia Death Indexes

Georgia Death Index 1919-1998 2.7 million entries/at Ancestry.com (requires payment)

Georgia Death Certificates 1919-1927 includes scanned copies of the death certificates available for free downloading

Georgia Obituaries Archive - Recent (you can obtain copies of individual obituaries online for a fee) includes...
- Alpharetta-Roswell Revue & News (1/5/2006-Current)
- Athens Banner-Herald (8/10/2006-Current)
- Atlanta Journal-Constitution (1985-Current)
- Augusta Chronicle (1994-Current)
- Columbus Ledger-Enquirer (7/22/1994-Current)
- Gainesville Times (4/1/1999-4/29/2004)
- Macon Telegraph (8/18/1994-Current)
- Savannah Morning News (7/1/1999-Current)
- Walton Tribune (Monroe, GA) (8/3/2003-Current)
- Plus 8 more Georgia Newspapers

Bibb County: Riverside Cemetery Burials in Macon, Georgia (includes Civil War veterans)
Chatham County: Savannah Morning News Obituaries Index 1916-1926 and 1987-1996 from Live Oak Public Libraries
Cherokee County Death Index 1919-1943
Cobb County Death Index 1919-1940
Decatur County Death Index 1919-ongoing
Dougherty County: City of Albany Clerk of Court Public Records Indexes includes death certificates & probate records
Floyd County Death Index 1919-1925
Fulton County...
- Atlanta Constitution Birth & Marriage Announcements and Death & Funeral Notices 1868-1929 (requires payment)
- Fulton County: Oakland Cemetery Burials, Atlanta, Georgia (requires payment) over 40,000 names
  - The above 2 databases are part of an Ancestry subscription, which also includes the Georgia death index 1919-1998, listed above
- Franklin Garrett Atlanta Necrology Database 1857-1931 (includes white males 21 and over - 163,000 entries) from the Atlanta History Center
Jones County Death Index 1919-1940
Lee County Cemetery Records
Lumpkin County Cemeteries
Muscogee County Death Index 1919-1939
Oglethorpe County, Georgia Index to Probate Files 1790s-1960s
Paulding County Death Index 1919-1927
Quitman County Deaths 1919-1930
Randolph County Deaths 1919-1930
Richmond County: Augusta-Richmond County Library Vital Records Database 1982-present
Schley County Death Index 1919-1940
Seminole County Death Index 1923-1931 & 1942
Stewart County Deaths 1919-1930
Terrell County Deaths 1919-1930
Twiggs County Deaths 1919-1930
Webster County Death Index 1919-1924
Wilkes County Deaths 1919-1930

Assorted Listings for Georgia Cemeteries
- African American Cemeteries and Obituaries about 80,000 entries for Chattahoochee, Harris, Marion, Muscogee, Schley & Sumter counties in Georgia, and Russell County, Alabama
- Friends of Cemeteries of Middle Georgia presently indexes 43,000 graves in Baldwin, Hancock, Jones, Washington & Wilkinson Counties

Ordering Georgia Vital Records

Order Georgia Birth or Death Certificates Online from Vitalchek (1919-Present) for delivery by mail (fee required; there may be restrictions on who can order the records)
Order Georgia Vital Records by Mail - Georgia Division of Public Health (fee required; there may be restrictions on who can order the records)

Online Georgia Death Records & Indexes

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