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Keeping public records public: What you can do

by Tammy Joyner February 25, 2021July 19, 2021

Looking for your grandfather’s 1919 birth certificate to fill out your family tree? Need your mother’s 1943 death certificate in order to file an insurance claim? Under current Georgia law, you face a lengthy and costly challenge getting those vital records, which are currently closed to the public. At one time, records were available to […]

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