The Ancestor Hunt regularly adds and updates new collection links, as well as searches for and fixes broken links.
(This page's most recent update is December 2024)
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One of the main goals for genealogists is finding birth, baptism, and/or christening information about their ancestors.
Over the past few decades, thanks to volunteers, librarians, and archivists, a great number of indexes to birth and baptism collections have been provided for free online. These searchable indexes provide specific birth, baptism, or christening information, and sometimes scanned images of the actual birth documents themselves. These free online collections have millions of records in them in total.
There are a great number of online and offline collections that may include birth information that is not included in the lists below. These different types can be found in 32 Ways to Find Ancestor Birth Information
If you are interested in baptism indexes that may include the birth date as well as baptism information, make sure to check out Church Records.
The lists below are specific birth, baptism, and christening indexes and record collections available for free online for the state.
Note: Some links listed take you to a FamilySearch Collection of digital images. Near the bottom of the page under Film/Digital Notes is the name of each sub-collection. If there is a camera icon at the right of the name (in the Format column) then the collections’ images are browsable. If there is a camera with a key icon, it is only available at a Family History Center or affiliated library. If there is a film reel icon, then it is only available in microfilm format, not digital. To take full advantage make sure that you are logged in to FamilySearch. The results may be different if you are signed in, rather than not.
Note: I have included links to Free Ancestry records and indexes. You do not need a subscription, but do need an Ancestry account. Without a subscription, you can view indexes. If there is an image associated with a record, in most cases you will need a subscription, but the index does include very usable information.
Georgia Birth Records
- Appling County, Birth Indexes
- Atkinson County, Birth Indexes
- Bacon County, Birth Indexes
- Banks County Birth Indexes
- Banks County, Birth Indexes
- Bryan County General Index to Vital Statistics (Births and Deaths), Early to 1940
- Campbell County Vital Statistics Index to Births and Deaths, 1927-1931
- Carroll County Birth Records, 1920-1959
- Catoosa County Birth, Marriage, and Death Indexes
- Catoosa County Vital Statistics Index, 1919-1940
- Charlton County General Index to Delayed Birth Records, and Death Certificates 1877-1893.
- Clarke County Book of Illegitimacy, 1873-1888
- Clarke County Records of Births, Licenses, and School Boards, 1808-1914
- Clarke County, Birth Indexes
- Clay County Delayed Birth Certificates
- Coweta County, Index to Delayed Births; Birth and Death Certificates
- Dade County Index to Delayed Birth, Birth and Death Certificates
- Dade County, Birth Indexes
- Dawson County Birth, Marriage, and Death Index
- Dougherty County Indexes to Births and Deaths, 1918-1929
- Eggingham County, Birth Indexes
- Elbert County Records, 1790-2002
- Elbert County Births, Marriages, Deaths, 1875-1878
- Elbert County Marriage Records and Register of Births and Deaths, 1802-1960
- Emanuel County Mixed Register of Births, Druggists, and Estates, 1818-1894
- Fulton County Records from the Atlanta History Center, 1827-1955
- Georgia Births and Christenings, 1754-1960
- Georgia Vital Records
- Georgia, County Delayed Birth and Death Records, 1870-1960
- Georgia, Social Security Deaths with Births from 1846-1869
- Gilmer County Index to Delayed Births, 1880-1960
- Glascock County Live Birth Index, 1956-1965; Delayed Birth Records and Death Index, 1956-1965
- Greene County Index to Records, 1790-1942
- Gwinnett County Index to Delayed Certificates of Births, 1943-1963
- Habersham County Vital Statistics Index, 1927-1964
- Hancock County Advertiser Newspaper Abstracts 1826-1860
- Heard County Vital Records: Index to Births and Deaths, 1927-1965 and Delayed Birth and Birth Certificates, and Marriage Records 1886-1965
- Henry County Records, 1822-1854
- Henry County Index of Delayed Birth Certificates (Miscellaneous Dates)
- Jones County Vital Records
- Jones County General Index to Delayed Births, Birth and Death Certificates
- Lincoln County General Index to All Records, 1796-1939
- Lowndes County, Affidavit of Parents or Guardians, Giving Age or Birthdate of Child Working in Cotton Mill
- Macon County Newspaper Extracts, 1837-1902
- McDuffie County Index to Delayed Births, 1949-1960
- Meriwether County Newspaper Extracts, 1828-1889
- Miscellaneous BMD Records by County
- Morgan County Newspapers 1870s
- Murray County Birth and Delayed Birth Index
- Oconee County Index of Delayed Births, Birth and Death Records, and Marriage Records, 1875-1966
- Paulding County Index to Birth, Death and Delayed Birth Certificates
- Pickens County Birth and Deaths Record Index
- Pickens County Birth Records Index
- Polk County Index to Vital Statistics, Delayed Births, Births and Death Certificates
- Polk County, Birth Indexes
- Pulaski County Newspaper Clippings
- Putnam County Birth and Death Records Index 1927-1964
- Randolph County Birth Records 1875-1877
- Randolph County, Birth Indexes
- Richmond County Vital Records Indexes 1982-2008
- Stewart County Newspaper Extracts 1831-1889
- Sumter County Vital Records Indexes
- Talbot County, Birth Indexes
- Taliaferro County Early Records
- Taliaferro County Records of Births, 1875-1878; Records of Deaths, 1875-1876
- Towns County Index to Births and Deaths with Some Delayed Births
- Towns County, Birth Indexes
- Towns County, Birth Records
- United States Births and Christenings, 1867-1931
- Upson County Index to Delayed Birth Certificates, 1943-1962
- Upson County, Birth Indexes
- Walker County Messenger Births, Marriages, & Deaths Newspaper Extracts
- Walker County Births, Marriages, Deaths 1892-1896
- Walker County Marriages, Births, Deaths, Legal Notices 1883-1887
- Walker County Marriages, Births, Deaths, Legal Notices, 1888-1892
- Walton County Vital Records Indexes
- Walton County Marriage Records, 1825-1923; Index to Marriages, 1820-1938; Births, Marriages and Deaths 1832-1922
- Washington County Records
- Washington County Delayed Birth Index, 1879-1958
- Worth County Applications for Delayed Birth Certificates 1943-1963
Good Luck and Happy Hunting!
2 replies on “Free Online Georgia Birth Records and Indexes”
Why dont you have Wilcox county listed?
Because I didn’t find any free online collections for that county. I research the best that I can and list those that I find. I can certainly miss things.