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The Library of Virginia has compiled a database entitled "[http://www.lva.virginia.gov/whatwehave/vital/marriage-records/index.htm Marriage Records Collection]" of various card index files to marriages, formerly available to researchers in their reading room, that were created over the years by different individuals. It indexes selected information found in a variety of collections and sources at the Library. | The Library of Virginia has compiled a database entitled "[http://www.lva.virginia.gov/whatwehave/vital/marriage-records/index.htm Marriage Records Collection]" of various card index files to marriages, formerly available to researchers in their reading room, that were created over the years by different individuals. It indexes selected information found in a variety of collections and sources at the Library. | ||
Freedmen's Bureau Virginia Marriages ca. 1815-1866--A free index can be viewed at [http://pilot.familysearch.org/recordsearch/start.html#p=collectionDetails;t=searchable;c=1414908 FamilySearch Record Search]. Records may include the name of the bride & groom, date of marriage registration, residence, previous marriages, names and ages of children. | |||
The Family History Library has microfilm copies of marriage bonds and marriage registers for most counties to about 1935 (and some to the 1960s). They can be found in the Family History Library Catalog Locality Search under VIRGINIA - VITAL RECORDS, or VIRGINIA, [COUNTY] - VITAL RECORDS. The Family History Library does not have copies of the marriage indexes at the Library of Virginia but has the Marriage Registers, 1853-1935, on 53 Family History Library films beginning with [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=775529&disp=Marriage+registers%2C+1853%2D1935+%28Vir%20%20&columns=*,0,0 2056971 item 4]. | The Family History Library has microfilm copies of marriage bonds and marriage registers for most counties to about 1935 (and some to the 1960s). They can be found in the Family History Library Catalog Locality Search under VIRGINIA - VITAL RECORDS, or VIRGINIA, [COUNTY] - VITAL RECORDS. The Family History Library does not have copies of the marriage indexes at the Library of Virginia but has the Marriage Registers, 1853-1935, on 53 Family History Library films beginning with [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=775529&disp=Marriage+registers%2C+1853%2D1935+%28Vir%20%20&columns=*,0,0 2056971 item 4]. | ||
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'''Divorce Records''' | '''Divorce Records''' | ||
Divorce records are usually kept by the county court. The records for 1853 to the present can be obtained by going to http://vitalrec.com/va.html. The library has not obtained copies of divorce records. | Divorce records are usually kept by the county court. The records for 1853 to the present can be obtained by going to http://vitalrec.com/va.html. The library has not obtained copies of divorce records. | ||
=== Online Resources === | === Online Resources === | ||