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:*''Index to Obituary Notices in The Religious herald, 1828-1938.'' Baltimore, Md.: Clearfield Company, 1996. {{FHL|758579|item|disp=FHL Book 975.5 V42h}}. | :*''Index to Obituary Notices in The Religious herald, 1828-1938.'' Baltimore, Md.: Clearfield Company, 1996. {{FHL|758579|item|disp=FHL Book 975.5 V42h}}. | ||
====Church of England/ | ====Anglican Church Protestant Episcopal (Church of England)==== | ||
[[Image:Virginia churches.png|thumb|right|500px]] Before the American Revolution, the state church of Virginia was the Church of England (also called Anglican, and later Protestant Episcopal (P.E.). 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. Colonial vestries largely ceased functioning in 1786, when local overseers of the poor took charge of some of the vestries' main responsibilities.<ref>John Frederick Dorman, "Review of ''Albemarle Parish Vestry Book,"'' in ''The Virginia Genealogist,'' Vol. 49, No. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 2005):320. Digital version at [http://www.americanancestors.org/ American Ancestors] ($); {{FHL|33159|item|disp=FHL Book 975.5 B2vg v. 49 (2005)}}.</ref><br> | |||
=== Colonial Parishes === | |||
Some early parish registers are incomplete or missing. Rivah Research charts the survival of Virginia's Church of England records in [https://web.archive.org/web/20151231223255/http://www.rivahresearch.com/westmorelandcty/vitals/resources/religion/parishregister.htm Virginia Parish Registers Information & Location]. Many have been published. | |||
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|1149675|item|disp=FHL Book 975.5 K2co 1996}}. | |||
*''Parish Lines, Diocese of Southwestern Virginia''. Richmond, Va.: Virginia State Library, 1960. {{FHL|72445|item|disp=FHL Book 975.5 K2c}}. | |||
*''Parish Lines, Diocese of Virginia''. Richmond, Va.: Virginia State Library, 1967. 1978 reprint: {{FHL|1010149|item|disp=FHL Book 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]). | |||
Information is included on [[:Category:Virginia Parishes|Virginia Parish Wiki pages]] | |||
===Correspond with or visit the actual churches.=== | ===Correspond with or visit the actual churches.=== | ||
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