Virginia Online Genealogy Records

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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.
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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 ($); includes those with Destination of Virginia Indigenous Peoples of Virginia See US Native American Online Genealogy Records Land Records 1639-1850: Virginia Land, Marriage, and Probate Records at Ancestry; index only ($) 1623-1666: Cavaliers and Pioneers. Abstracts of Virginia Land Patents and Grants, Vol. I at Ancestry; images only ($) 1704: The Quit Rents of Virginia at Ancestry; images only ($) Revolutionary war records: army & navy bounty land warrants for Virginia Military District at FamilySearch Digital Library Virginia Gleanings in England at Ancestry; images only ($) Virginia Land Records at Ancestry; images only ($) Full-Text Search - Land Records at FamilySearch; index & images; dates, records, and places vary Maps Atlas of Historical County Boundaries at The Newberry Library Maps of Virginia at MapOfUS Military Nationwide Databases US Military Online Genealogy Records General Records 1651-1776: Virginia Colonial Militia, Vol. II, 1651-1776 at Ancestry; images only ($) 1876-1947: Virginia, U.S., Department of Military Affairs Records, - at Ancestry; index & images ($) List of the Colonial Soldiers of Virginia at Ancestry; images only ($) Virginia Colonial Soldiers at Ancestry; images only ($) Indian Wars, dates vary See US Military Online Genealogy Records Revolutionary War, 1774-1783 See US Military Online Genealogy Records 1775-1783: Virginia, Revolutionary War Soldiers, 1775-1783 at Findmypast; index only ($); Also at Internet Archive; e-book 1830-1875: US Revolutionary War, Virginia Pension Application Files, 1830-1875 at FamilySearch; images only Revolutionary war records: army & navy bounty land warrants for Virginia Military District at FamilySearch Digital Library Revolutionary War Records: Virginia at Ancestry; images only ($) Virginia Militia in the Revolutionary War at Ancestry; index only ($) Virginia Soldiers of 1776 at Ancestry; images only ($) Virginia Soldiers of 1776, Vol. 1 at Ancestry; index only ($) War of 1812, 1812-1815 See US Military Online Genealogy Records Virginia Militia in the War of 1812, Vol.I, Vol. 2 at Ancestry; images only ($) Mexican War, 1846-1848 See US Military Online Genealogy Records Florida War, 1855-1858 See US Military Online Genealogy Records Civil War, 1861-1865 See US Military Online Genealogy Records 1861-1865: Virginia, Civil War Service Records of Confederate Soldiers at FamilySearch; index & images 1861-1865: Virginia, Civil War Service Records of Union Soldiers at FamilySearch; index & images 1871-1880: Virginia, Southern Claims Commission Approved Claims at FamilySearch; index & images 1915-1967: Virginia, United Daughters of the Confederacy, Applications for the Relief of Needy Confederate Women at FamilySearch; index & images Spanish-American War, 1898 See US Military Online Genealogy Records World War I, 1917-1918 See US Military Online Genealogy Records World War II, 1941-1945 See US Military Online Genealogy Records 1940-1945: Virginia, WW II Draft Registration Cards at FamilySearch; index & images Korean War, 1950-1953 See US Military Online Genealogy Records US Military Fatal Casualties of the Korean War for Virginia Vietnam War, 1964-1972 See US Military Online Genealogy Records US Military Fatal Casualties of the Vietnam War for Virginia Naturalization See US Naturalization Online Genealogy Records 1901-1938: Virginia, Federal Naturalization Records at Ancestry; index & images ($) 1906-1929: Virginia Naturalization Petitions at FamilySearch; index & images Newspapers 1736-1986: Virginia Newspapers at GenealogyBank 1792-2008: Virginia Newspapers at MyHeritage; index & images ($) Names and Stories in Newspapers from OldNews.com™ (Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia, Pennsylvania) at MyHeritage; index & images ($) Virginia Digitized Newspapers at Chronicling America Virginia Newspapers & Periodicals at Ancestry; index only ($) Obituaries 1980-2014: US GenealogyBank Obituaries at FamilySearch; index & images Virginia Obituaries at Obituary Link Page Occupations Periodicals PERiodical Source Index (PERSI) at Allen County Public Library; index Probate Records Pre-1799: Virginia Wills at Ancestry; images only ($) 1639-1850: Virginia Land, Marriage, and Probate Records at Ancestry; index only ($) 1652-1900: Virginia, U.S., Wills and Probate Records at Ancestry; index & images ($) Virginia Will Records at Ancestry; index & images ($) Full-Text Search - Wills and Probate Records at FamilySearch; index & images; dates, records, and places vary Tax Records 1782-1900: Virginia, U.S., Personal Property Tax Records at Ancestry; index & images ($) Voting Records

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