Virginia Online Genealogy Records

Virginia Statewide Online Genealogy Records

This table shows links to statewide collections. To find links to collections on the county level, use the county Wiki pages. Some subscription websites listed below can be searched for free at a FamilySearch center or FamilySearch affiliate library.

For United States nationwide collections, go to the United States Online Genealogy Records page.

Vital Records

Births

1584-1917: Virginia Births and Christenings at FamilySearch; index
1660-1923: Virginia Extracted Vital Records at Ancestry; index & images ($)
1715-1901: Virginia Vital Records at FamilySearch; index & images
1721-2015: Virginia Birth Records, 1912-2015 & Delayed Birth Records, 1721-1911 at Ancestry; index & images ($)
1853-1896: Virginia, Bureau of Vital Statistics, Birth Records at FamilySearch; index & images
1853-1911: Virginia, U.S., Birth Registers at Ancestry; index & images ($)
1853-1949: Virginia, Bureau of Vital Statistics, Birth Records at FamilySearch; index & images
1912-1913: Virginia Birth Certificates at FamilySearch; index & images
Iowa, State Employees at MyHeritage — index & images ($)

Marriages

Pre-1824: Virginia Marriages at Ancestry; index only ($)
Pre-1853: Early Virginia Marriages at FamilySearch; e-book
1600's to 1900's: US Marriages at Findmypast; index only ($)
1639-1850: Virginia Land, Marriage, and Probate Records at Ancestry; index only ($)
1660-1800: Virginia Compiled Marriages at Ancestry; index only ($)
1660-1923: Virginia Extracted Vital Records at Ancestry; index & images ($)
1700-1850: Virginia Marriage Records at Ancestry; index & images ($)
1715-1901: Virginia Vital Records at FamilySearch; index & images
1740-1850: Virginia Compiled Marriages at Ancestry; index only ($)
1771-1943: Virginia County Marriage Records at FamilySearch; index & images
1785-1940: Virginia Marriages at FamilySearch; index only; Also at Ancestry ($), MyHeritage ($)
1851-1929: Virginia Compiled Marriages at Ancestry; index only ($)
1853-1935: Virginia, Bureau of Vital Statistics, County Marriage Registers at FamilySearch; index & images
1853-1935: Virginia, U.S., Marriage Registers, 1853-1935 at Ancestry; index & images ($)
1936-1988: Virginia, Marriage Certificates at FamilySearch; index & images
1936-2014: Virginia Marriage Records at Ancestry; index & images ($)

Deaths

1660-1923: Virginia Extracted Vital Records at Ancestry; index & images ($)
1715-1901: Virginia Vital Records at FamilySearch; index & images
1853-1897: Virginia Deaths at MyHeritage; index & images ($)
1853-1911: Virginia, U.S., Death Registers at Ancestry; index & images ($)
1853-1912: Virginia, Bureau of Vital Statistics, Death Records at FamilySearch; index & images
1853-1912: Virginia, Deaths and Burials at FamilySearch; index only; Also at Ancestry ($)
1912-1987: Virginia, Death Certificates at FamilySearch; index & images
1912-2014: Virginia Death Records at Ancestry; index only ($)
1935-2009: Virginia, African-American Funeral Programs at FamilySearch; index & images; Also at Ancestry ($)

Divorce

1918-2014: Virginia Divorce Records at Ancestry; index & images ($)

African American

See US African American Online Genealogy Records
1703-1865: U.S., Virginia Untold: Bills of Sales and Deeds of Enslaved Individuals, - at Ancestry; index & images ($)
1744-1861: U.S., Virginia Untold: Requisitions for Public Use, - at Ancestry; index & images ($)
1744-1861: U.S., Virginia Untold: Commonwealth Causes, - at Ancestry; index & images ($)
1754-1865: U.S., Virginia Untold: Petitions to Remain and Petitions for Re-Enslavement, - at Ancestry; index & images ($)
1754-1865: U.S., Virginia Untold: Petitions to Remain and Petitions for Re-Enslavement, - at Ancestry; index & images ($)
1774-1875: U.S., Virginia Untold: Coroners' Inquisitions, - at Ancestry; index & images ($)
1777-1893: U.S., Virginia Untold: Indentures of Apprenticeships, - at Ancestry; index & images ($)
1779-1865: U.S., Virginia Untold: Public Claims, - at Ancestry; index & images ($)
1779-1867: U.S., Virginia Untold: Fiduciary Records, - at Ancestry; index & images ($)
1780-1819: U.S., Virginia Untold: Certificates of Importation, - at Ancestry; index & images ($)
1782-1865: U.S., Virginia Untold: Deeds of Emancipation and Manumission and Freedom Suits, - at Ancestry; index & images ($)
1792-1866: U.S., Virginia Untold: Free Negro Registration and Tax Records, - at Ancestry; index & images ($)
1793-1805: U.S., Virginia Untold: Judgements, - at Ancestry; index & images ($)
1806-1863: U.S., Virginia Untold: "Runaway Slaves" Records, - at Ancestry; index & images ($)
1836-1853: U.S., Virginia Untold: Colonization Records, - at Ancestry; index & images ($)
1853-1866: Virginia Slave Birth Index at FamilySearch; index & images
1865-1868: U.S., Virginia Untold: Freedman's Contracts, - at Ancestry; index & images ($)
1935-2009: Virginia, African-American Funeral Programs at FamilySearch; index & images; Also at Ancestry ($)

Archives and Libraries

Biography

1640-1800: Virginia Apprentices Index at Ancestry; index only ($)
Encyclopedia of Virginia Biography, Vol. II, Vol. III, Vol. IV, Vol. V at Ancestry; index & images ($)
Virginia and Virginians, Vol. I, Vol. II; index & images ($)
Virginia Biographical Encyclopedia at Ancestry; index only ($)
Virginia Biography, Volume I-II at Ancestry; images only ($)
Virginia, Colonial Planters, ($), index & images
County and Town Histories, includes biographies

Cemetery Records

1800-1986: Virginia, Jewish Cemetery Records Index at FamilySearch; index only
BillionGraves Index at FamilySearch; index & images
Cemetery Search at BillionGraves
Cemetery Search at Find a Grave

Census

See US Census Online Genealogy Records

Church Records

1750-1899: U.S., Southern Baptist Church Records at Ancestry; index & images ($)
Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy. Vol. VI: (Virginia) at Ancestry; images only ($)

Compiled Genealogies

1607-2007: Virginia Historical Society Papers, 1607-2007 at FamilySearch; index & images
Virginia and Kentucky, Genealogies and Sketches Of Some Old Families, at Findmypast; index only ($)
Virginia Historical Genealogies at Ancestry; index & images ($)

Court and Criminal Records

Directories

History

1607-1853: Virginia Colonial Records at Ancestry; index & images ($)
1607-2007: Virginia Historical Society Papers at FamilySearch; index & images
1632-1810: Virginia Colonial Abstracts, Vol. I, Vol. II, Vol. III at Ancestry; images only ($)
Old Virginia and her Neighbours at Ancestry; images only ($)
Records of the Virginia Company of London, Volume I-IV at Ancestry; images only ($)
County and Town Histories, includes biographies

Immigration Records

See US Immigration Online Genealogy Records
1500s-1900s: All US and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index at Ancestry; index only ($); Also at MyHeritage; index only ($); includes those with Destination of Virginia
1623-1666: Virginia Immigrants at Ancestry; index only ($)
1623-1666: Early Virginia Immigrants at Ancestry; index & images ($); Also at Google Books; e-book
1895-1956: US Border Crossings from Canada at MyHeritage; index & images ($); includes those with Destination of Virginia
1895-1964: All US Border Crossings from Mexico to US at Ancestry; index & images ($); includes those with Destination of Virginia
1904-1963: Virginia Arriving Passenger and Crew Lists at Ancestry; index & images ($)
1946-1957: Virginia, Alexandria Passenger and Crew Lists of Vessels at FamilySearch; index & images

Cultural Immigration Groups

1920-1939: Germany, Bremen Emigration Lists at MyHeritage; index only ($); includes those with Destination of Virginia
Germans Immigrating to the US at MyHeritage; index only ($); includes those with Destination of Virginia
Italians Immigrating to the US at MyHeritage; index only ($); includes those with Destination of Virginia
Russians Immigrating to the US at MyHeritage; index only ($); includes those with Destination of Virginia