Our Services
Here at The Manchester House we provide additional services to suit all types of needs.
Notary Services
Need a Notary?
Only $2.00/notary stamp/signature
In Georgia, notaries can perform several services including witnessing signatures, taking acknowledgments, administering oaths and affirmations, and notarizing various documents like deeds, wills, and powers of attorney. We can also notarize documents related to financial transactions, automotive matters, healthcare, travel, and legal affairs. Additionally, notaries may be involved in field inspections, permit expediting, and even acting as wedding & ceremony officiants.
General Notary Services at Manchester House
Witnessing Signatures:
As a Notary we verify the identity of individuals signing documents and witness the actual signing.
Taking Acknowledgments:
This involves the Notary confirming that the signer acknowledges their signature on a document.
Administering Oaths and Affirmations:
Notaries can administer oaths and affirmations for various legal and official purposes.
Notarizing Documents:
This includes a wide range of documents like deeds, mortgages, powers of attorney, wills, and affidavits.
Journaling:
Georgia notaries are required to maintain a journal-and we journal all services.
Don't sign those documents!
Wait until signing can be witnessed.
You Must Bring a government Photo ID.
You must be present at signing.
Specialized Services
Financial: Notaries can notarize documents like loan agreements, loan modifications, and closing disclosures.
Automotive: Ask about notarizing your documents related to vehicle bills of sale, title applications, and title transfers.
Healthcare: Notaries can notarize documents like living wills, medical directives, and healthcare powers of attorney.
Legal: divorce agreements, wills, power of attorney, court documents, permits and releases.
Field Inspections: Notaries can be hired to inspect properties, often for lenders or real estate investors. Ask for an estimate.
Officiant: We offer Celebrant officiant services for naming ceremonies, hand fasting and weddings.
Important Considerations:
No Legal Advice:
We DO NOT provide legal advice or draft legal documents.
Document Verification:
Notarization does not guarantee the truth or accuracy of the document's content.
Acceptable Identification:
Notaries must verify the identity of signers, usually through a government-issued photo ID.
Celebrant Services
Celebrants officiate and lead personalized ceremonies for a range of life's milestones, including weddings, funerals, vow renewals, and baby-naming ceremonies. We work closely with clients to create a unique and meaningful event that reflects individual values and wishes, often offering an alternative to more restrictive civil or religious ceremonies.
Weddings and commitment ceremonies:
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For couples, celebrants provide personalized, non-traditional wedding ceremonies and other relationship-based rites.
Weddings: Celebrants conduct wedding ceremonies that tell the couple's unique love story. Unlike registrars, who follow a standardized script, celebrants offer flexibility in the venue, theme, and content of the ceremony, including personalized vows and readings.
Vow renewals: For married couples, a celebrant can lead a vow renewal ceremony to reaffirm their commitment to one another.
Commitment ceremonies: Celebrants also officiate ceremonies for same-sex couples or others seeking to honor their partnership without a formal marriage contract.
Adoption celebrations:
A special ceremony may be held to formally welcome an adopted child into their new family.
Funerals and memorials:
A celebrant can help a family navigate the grief process by creating a memorial service that truly honors the deceased.
Memorial services: The celebrant works with the families to gather stories and memories, which are then used to craft a unique service that celebrates the life of the person who has passed.
Celebrations of life: These less formal ceremonies, often centered around joyful memories, can take place at a variety of non-traditional venues and include personalized details like the deceased's favorite music or foods.
Scattering services: A celebrant can oversee the ceremony for scattering a loved one's ashes, providing a formal or informal way to say a final goodbye.
Naming ceremonies:
For parents who prefer a secular or inclusive ceremony, a naming celebrant can lead a special event to welcome a child into the family and community.
Traditional naming ceremony: An alternative to a religious christening, this event is designed to honor a baby or child and formally announce their name.
Naming for older children: A celebrant can lead a naming ceremony for older children, including those who have been adopted or are part of a blended family.
Personal name change: Celebrants can also mark an individual's transition and formation of a new identity with a ceremony to recognize a personal name change.
Other life events:
Beyond major life events, we offer celebrants ceremonies marking other milestones.
Retirement: A celebrant can officiate a ceremony to honor a person's significant service and welcome their new beginning.
Promotions: A ceremony can be used to recognize the new challenges and opportunities of a career advancement.
Reunions: A celebrant can help celebrate the gathering of family, club members, or other groups.
Free Little Library
Our Little Free Library is a free book-sharing box on the porch of the Manchester House.
Anyone may take a book or share a book. The box functions on the honor system. You do not need to share a book in order to take one. If you take a book or two from our little library, try to bring some to share another time. It is ok to sit on the porch to read or chose your book.
This Free little library was set up to honor Dr. Roger Duane Harman's love for books and reading. His family is very proud to present and maintain this Charter for the Manchester Community to enjoy!
If you would like to make a financial contribution to the Library, there is a box on the side. Along with a QR Code to scan and Venmo your donation. Thank you for your support.
We do support the Color Series in our Free Little Library.
If you are collecting map sites for The Free Little Library - or want to get started today! - click the link below.
