10 "Georgia" Category Articles

Step-by-step instructions for how to complete a Georgia marriage license. Examples and answers to commonly asked questions, for wedding officiants and newlyweds, plus tips from the GA Probate Court Clerk!

2025 AMM Officiant Accelerator Tour: Wedding officiant training & networking seminars in NV, GA, WA, IL, and FL. Take your officiant business to the next level and make lasting connections.

Elope with wedding inspiration from Dolly Parton and Carl Dean’s 1966 Spring Elopement Ceremony in Ringgold, Georgia. These 5 ideas will help you plan a memorable, intimate elopement ceremony, filled with retro charm, vintage style, and lots of love.

In addition to officiating with Savannah Simple Weddings, Wedding Officiant Helen P. Bradley is also a successful novelist! Her debut novel, Breach of Trust, was published by Moonshine Cove Publishing in April and launched in June, 2023. Learn about Helen's new book, her previous work as a victim advocate with the Chatham County Victim-Witness Assistance Program, her thriving wedding officiant business, her advice for first-time officiants, whether there's another novel exciting novel on the way, and more.

For a spooktacular ceremony! Whether you’re planning a spine-tingling themed Halloween wedding, an eerie autumn handfasting or vow renewal, or just love the idea ghosts and ghouls joining the wedding party, start planning with this list of the most haunted places to say 'I do' in the U.S. Featuring locations in some of America's most haunted cities, including Chicago, Savannah, Salem, St. Augustine, San Antonio, and beyond.

Get ordained online free in Georgia with AMM! Learn the best place to get ordained online for your budget and how to officiate a wedding in Georgia today.

Join American Marriage Ministries for a day of wedding officiant education and networking on April 12, 2023 in Atlanta, Georgia! This live event includes guest speakers with expert advice on how to be an incredible wedding officiant and build a successful business, networking and strategy seminars, and community building for officiants in the greater Atlanta area and beyond. Tickets are available now on Eventbrite.

Meet 'Ordinary' Margaret Hall, an AMM-ordained minister and wedding officiant, and proud owner of The Matchbox Drive Thru -- an inclusive Vegas-themed wedding and elopement chapel located in Lafayette, Georgia, just outside Chattanooga Tennessee. Learn about Margaret's path to ordination with American Marriage Ministries, how she started a successful wedding officiant business, and how her unique marriage services support diverse communities in Georgia and beyond.

A step-by-step guide to getting married in Georgia - from finding an officiant and choosing a wedding venue, to how to apply for, complete, and return your Georgia marriage license.

Courthouses across the US have stopped offering courthouse weddings in response to the Supreme Court decision on same-sex weddings. AMM went to Gainesville GA to investigate.