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Before the American Revolution, the state church of Virginia was the Church of England (also called Anglican, and later Protestant Episcopal). Besides keeping parish registers, the church kept many records of a civil nature in their vestry books. In many instances, parish registers containing baptism, marriage, and death records have not survived when vestry books have. | Before the American Revolution, the state church of Virginia was the Church of England (also called Anglican, and later Protestant Episcopal). Besides keeping parish registers, the church kept many records of a civil nature in their vestry books. In many instances, parish registers containing baptism, marriage, and death records have not survived when vestry books have. | ||
Some early parish registers are incomplete or missing. Those still existing are available at the Library of Virginia and the Family History Library. Many have been published. Baptisms and marriages from most Virginia parishes are indexed in the [http://www.familysearch.org International Genealogical Index]. | Some early parish registers are incomplete or missing. Those still existing are available at the Library of Virginia and the Family History Library. Many have been published. Baptisms and marriages from most Virginia parishes are indexed in the [http://www.familysearch.org International Genealogical Index], see: [http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~hughwallis/IGIBatchNumbersNA/SPVirginia.htm#PageTitle Hugh Wallis's IGI Batch Numbers for Virginia, USA]. | ||
You may need to study parish boundaries to determine which parish an ancestor attended. There are three excellent sources, which include maps, written by Charles Francis Cocke: | |||
*''Parish Lines, Diocese of Southern Virginia''. Richmond, Va.: Virginia State Library, 1996. {{FHL|975.5 K2co 1996}} | *''Parish Lines, Diocese of Southern Virginia''. Richmond, Va.: Virginia State Library, 1996. {{FHL|975.5 K2co 1996}} | ||
*''Parish Lines, Diocese of Southwestern Virginia''. Richmond, Va.: Virginia State Library, 1960. {{FHL|975.5 K2c}} | *''Parish Lines, Diocese of Southwestern Virginia''. Richmond, Va.: Virginia State Library, 1960. {{FHL|975.5 K2c}} | ||
*''Parish Lines, Diocese of Virginia''. Richmond, Va.: Virginia State Library, 1967. 1978 reprint: {{FHL|975.5 K2cf 1978}} | *''Parish Lines, Diocese of Virginia''. Richmond, Va.: Virginia State Library, 1967. 1978 reprint: {{FHL|975.5 K2cf 1978}} | ||
Freddie Spradlin has analyzed references to the formations and boundary changes of Church of England parishes found in ''Hening's Statutes at Large''. His notes are available online at [http://vagenweb.org/parishes.htm Parishes of Virginia] (part of [http://vagenweb.org/ VAGenWeb Project]). | Freddie Spradlin has analyzed references to the formations and boundary changes of Church of England parishes found in ''Hening's Statutes at Large''. His notes are available online at [http://vagenweb.org/parishes.htm Parishes of Virginia] (part of [http://vagenweb.org/ VAGenWeb Project]). | ||
The following sources also have information on churches, officials, and members of the Church of England: | The following sources also have information on churches, officials, and members of the Church of England: | ||