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[[United States Vital Records|Vital Records]] consist of [[United States Birth Records|births]], adoptions, [[United States Marriage Records|marriages]], divorces, and [[United States Death Records|deaths]] recorded on registers, certificates, and documents. [[Locating United States Vital Records|United States Vital Records]] has additional research guidance on researching and using vital records. A copy or an extract of most original records can be purchased from the [http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/w2w/Virginia.htm Virginia Vital Records State Department of Health] or the County Clerk's office of the county where the event occurred. | [[United States Vital Records|Vital Records]] consist of [[United States Birth Records|births]], adoptions, [[United States Marriage Records|marriages]], divorces, and [[United States Death Records|deaths]] recorded on registers, certificates, and documents. [[Locating United States Vital Records|United States Vital Records]] has additional research guidance on researching and using vital records. A copy or an extract of most original records can be purchased from the [http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/w2w/Virginia.htm Virginia Vital Records State Department of Health] or the County Clerk's office of the county where the event occurred. | ||
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== Vital Records Reference Dates == | == Vital Records Reference Dates == | ||
Virginia's civil records start the following years: | Virginia's civil records start the following years: | ||
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| bgcolor="#ffffcc | | bgcolor="#ffffcc" width="16.6%" align="center" | '''[http://wiki.familysearch.org/en/Virginia_Vital_Records#Birth_and_Death_Records Birth]''' | ||
| bgcolor="#ffffcc | | bgcolor="#ffffcc" width="16.6%" align="center" | '''[http://wiki.familysearch.org/en/Virginia_Vital_Records#Marriage_Records County Marriages]''' | ||
| bgcolor="#ffffcc | | bgcolor="#ffffcc" width="16.6%" align="center" | '''[http://wiki.familysearch.org/en/Virginia_Vital_Records#Birth_and_Death_Records Deaths]''' | ||
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| bgcolor="#ffffcc | | bgcolor="#ffffcc" width="16.6%" align="center" | Earliest | ||
| width="16.6%" align="center" | 1853-1896 | |||
| | | width="16.6%" align="center" | 1706 | ||
| width="16.6%" align="center" | 1853-1896 | |||
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| bgcolor="#ffffcc | | bgcolor="#ffffcc" width="16.6%" align="center" | Statewide Registration | ||
| | | width="16.6%" align="center" | 1912 | ||
| width="16.6%" align="center" | 1853 | |||
| width="16.6%" align="center" | 1912 | |||
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| bgcolor="#ffffcc | | bgcolor="#ffffcc" width="16.6%" align="center" | General Compliance | ||
| | | width="16.6%" align="center" | late 1917 | ||
| | | width="16.6%" align="center" | 1853 | ||
| width="16.6%" align="center" | late 1917 | |||
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Few births were recorded by civil authorities before 1853. You may find some information on pre-1853 births and deaths in genealogies, histories, church and Bible records, and collections of personal papers. | Few births were recorded by civil authorities before 1853. You may find some information on pre-1853 births and deaths in genealogies, histories, church and Bible records, and collections of personal papers. | ||
From 1853 to 1896, the state required the counties to record births and deaths. Microfilm copies of these are at the Library of Virginia. The Library of Virginia has indexes of the birth records to 1896. A fully searchable index to Virginia city and county [http://ajax.lva.lib.va.us/F/?func=file&file_name=find-b-clas29&local_base=clas29 Death Registers] for 1853-1896 are on-line. This is an on-going project sponsored by the Virginia Genealogical Society. Fifteen cities and counties have been indexed to date. The Family History Library has microfilm copies of many of the county birth and death records at the Library of Virginia. The statewide birth record index from 1853 to 1896. {{FHL|777933|item}} 2026327-52, with birth records from 1853 to 1896 on films beginning with 2046907). | From 1853 to 1896, the state required the counties to record births and deaths. Microfilm copies of these are at the Library of Virginia. The Library of Virginia has indexes of the birth records to 1896. A fully searchable index to Virginia city and county [http://ajax.lva.lib.va.us/F/?func=file&file_name=find-b-clas29&local_base=clas29 Death Registers] for 1853-1896 are on-line. This is an on-going project sponsored by the Virginia Genealogical Society. Fifteen cities and counties have been indexed to date. The Family History Library has microfilm copies of many of the county birth and death records at the Library of Virginia. The statewide birth record index from 1853 to 1896. {{FHL|777933|item}} 2026327-52, with birth records from 1853 to 1896 on films beginning with 2046907). | ||
Registration of births and deaths was not required between 1896 and 14 June 1912, but the health departments of some cities kept birth and death records during that period. Delayed birth registrations for the years 1896-1912 are available at the Division of Vital Records (see address below), and an index is on Family History Library films. {{FHL|777933|item}} 2026352-3. | Registration of births and deaths was not required between 1896 and 14 June 1912, but the health departments of some cities kept birth and death records during that period. Delayed birth registrations for the years 1896-1912 are available at the Division of Vital Records (see address below), and an index is on Family History Library films. {{FHL|777933|item}} 2026352-3. | ||
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::VIRGINIA, [COUNTY] - VITAL RECORDS. | ::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. <ref>53 Family History Library films beginning with {{FHL|775529|item}} 2056971 item 4.fckLRfckLRThe many published marriage records that are available include: fckLRfckLR''Marriage Records: Early to 1850'', ''Southern States.'' [Novato, California]: Brøderbund Software, 1995. {{FHL|609208|item}} compact disc #9 part 229. Can not be circulated to Family History Centers. Indexes tens of thousands of Virginia county marriage records from 1735 to 1850 on microfilms at the Family History Library fckLRfckLR''Marriage Records'' ''[Maryland, Virginia, and North Carolina].'' [Novato, California]: Brøderbund Software, 1994. {{FHL|963986|item}} compact disc #9 part 4. Can not circulate to Family History Centers.Also called “Hunting for Bears” collection Indexes tens of thousands of original county marriage records from the late 1700s to 1880. fckLRfckLR''Virginia Marriage Records from the Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, the William and Mary Quarterly, and Tyler's Quarterly''. Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing, 1982. {{FHL|149032|item}} This is especially useful for finding marriage information from the 1700s. It is based on various sources for 41 counties. fckLRfckLRA guide to [[Virginia]] marriage records is ''Marriage Records in the Virginia State Library: A Researcher's Guide''. Vogt, John, and T., William Kethley. ''Marriage Records in the Virginia State Library: A Researcher's Guide''. Athens, Georgia: Iberian Pub. Co. 1988. ({{FHL|624073|item}} 975.5 V23v 1988. Describes the available microfilmed and published records and has helpful background information. More published marriage records can be found in the Family History Library Catalog Locality Search underfckLRfckLR::VIRGINIA - VITAL RECORDSfckLR::VIRGINIA, [COUNTY] - VITAL RECORDS. fckLRfckLR==== Cohabitation 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. <ref>53 Family History Library films beginning with {{FHL|775529|item}} 2056971 item 4.fckLRfckLRThe many published marriage records that are available include: fckLRfckLR''Marriage Records: Early to 1850'', ''Southern States.'' [Novato, California]: Brøderbund Software, 1995. {{FHL|609208|item}} compact disc #9 part 229. Can not be circulated to Family History Centers. Indexes tens of thousands of Virginia county marriage records from 1735 to 1850 on microfilms at the Family History Library fckLRfckLR''Marriage Records'' ''[Maryland, Virginia, and North Carolina].'' [Novato, California]: Brøderbund Software, 1994. {{FHL|963986|item}} compact disc #9 part 4. Can not circulate to Family History Centers.Also called “Hunting for Bears” collection Indexes tens of thousands of original county marriage records from the late 1700s to 1880. fckLRfckLR''Virginia Marriage Records from the Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, the William and Mary Quarterly, and Tyler's Quarterly''. Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing, 1982. {{FHL|149032|item}} This is especially useful for finding marriage information from the 1700s. It is based on various sources for 41 counties. fckLRfckLRA guide to [[Virginia]] marriage records is ''Marriage Records in the Virginia State Library: A Researcher's Guide''. Vogt, John, and T., William Kethley. ''Marriage Records in the Virginia State Library: A Researcher's Guide''. Athens, Georgia: Iberian Pub. Co. 1988. ({{FHL|624073|item}} 975.5 V23v 1988. Describes the available microfilmed and published records and has helpful background information. More published marriage records can be found in the Family History Library Catalog Locality Search underfckLRfckLR::VIRGINIA - VITAL RECORDSfckLR::VIRGINIA, [COUNTY] - VITAL RECORDS. fckLRfckLR==== Cohabitation Records ==== fckLRThe Cohabitation Records, offically titled, "Register of Colored Persons, Augusta County, State of Virginia, Cohabiting Together as Husband and Wife," are a record of free African American families living in Virginia immediately after the end of the Civil War. The records were created by the Freedmen's Bureau in an effort to document the marriages of formerly enslaved men and women that were legally recognized by an act of the Virginia Assembly in February 1866. Virginia State Law (White, Barnetta McGhee, Ph.D.,) ''Somebody Knows My Name: Marriages of Freed People in N.C. County by County.''(Athens, GA: Iberian Publishing Co.), 1995: xxxiv. For more information about these records see the [[Cohabitation Records]] and [[Virginia Cohabitation Records]] Wiki pages.</ref> | ||
=== '''Divorce Records''' === | === '''Divorce Records''' === | ||
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*[http://fhlfavorites.info/Links/USA_States/States_Frames/Virginia/virginia.htm Virginia Links] from [http://fhlfavorites.info/ fhlfavorites.info] - Free | *[http://fhlfavorites.info/Links/USA_States/States_Frames/Virginia/virginia.htm Virginia Links] from [http://fhlfavorites.info/ fhlfavorites.info] - Free | ||
*[http://userdb.rootsweb.ancestry.com/regional.html# Virginia Databases] listed on [http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/ Rootsweb.com] ;- Free | *[http://userdb.rootsweb.ancestry.com/regional.html# Virginia Databases] listed on [http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/ Rootsweb.com] ;- Free | ||
*[http://vagenweb.org/ VAGenWeb Project] - Free | *[http://vagenweb.org/ VAGenWeb Project] - Free | ||
*The Vital Records Search and Information Directory for [http://www.daddezio.com/records/room/RR-VA-NDX.html Virginia] - Free/$ | *The Vital Records Search and Information Directory for [http://www.daddezio.com/records/room/RR-VA-NDX.html Virginia] - Free/$ | ||
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*''Virginia Genealogical Resources'' Clay, Robert Young. ''Virginia Genealogical Resources''. Detroit, Michigan: Detroit Society of Genealogical Research, 1980. {{FHL|330258|item}} Explains Virginia geography and the usefulness and availability of civil, church, and personal record types in Virginia, especially at the Library of Virginia. | *''Virginia Genealogical Resources'' Clay, Robert Young. ''Virginia Genealogical Resources''. Detroit, Michigan: Detroit Society of Genealogical Research, 1980. {{FHL|330258|item}} Explains Virginia geography and the usefulness and availability of civil, church, and personal record types in Virginia, especially at the Library of Virginia. | ||
*''Ancestry's Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources''. <ref>Eichholtz, Alice, ed. ''Ancestry's Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources''. Revised edition. Salt Lake City, Utah: Ancestry, 1992. {{FHL|611946|item}} D27rb 1992. Contains bibliographies and background information on history and ethnic groups. Also contains maps and tables showing when each county was created. | *''Ancestry's Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources''. <ref>Eichholtz, Alice, ed. ''Ancestry's Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources''. Revised edition. Salt Lake City, Utah: Ancestry, 1992. {{FHL|611946|item}} D27rb 1992. Contains bibliographies and background information on history and ethnic groups. Also contains maps and tables showing when each county was created.fckLRfckLR*''Virginia Genealogy: Sources and Resources.'' <ref>McGinnis, Carol. ''Virginia Genealogy: Sources and Resources.'' Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publication Company, 1993. {{FHL|638715|item}} 975.5 A3m.fckLRfckLR*''Virginia Genealogical Research''. <ref>Schweitzer, George K. ''Virginia Genealogical Research''. Knoxville, Tennessee: G. Schweitzer, 1984. {{FHL|435227|item}} 975.5 D27s. Includes geography, bibliographies, repositories, and county-by-county inventories.fckLRfckLR== Family History Library Virginia Vital Records Collections ==fckLRfckLR<br>This is a collection of Family History Library records which are abstracted, indexed and titled the [[Virginia Vital Records Index (FamilySearch Historical Records)|Virginia Vital Records Index.]] For over 30 years, volunteer indexers extracted this information from microfilm copies of the original records. In 1998, a few of the entries were published on 7 CDs by the Family History Department of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints as the "North America Vital Records Index." This index is an index of the births, marriages, and deaths throughout Kentucky. The index is not necessarily complete for any particular place or region. fckLRfckLRThese records are availble online for free at [https://beta.familysearch.org/s/collection/list FamilySearch Historical Records Collection]. fckLRfckLR== References ==fckLR{{reflist}}fckLRfckLR{{Virginia|Virginia}} fckLRfckLR{{Virginia-stub}}fckLR[[Category:Virginia]]</ref> | ||
*''Virginia Genealogy: Sources and Resources.'' | |||
*''Virginia Genealogical Research''. | |||
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