Virginia Vital Records: Difference between revisions

From '''1853 to 1896''', the state required county officials to record births and deaths. Abstracts are available [[Virginia Vital Records#Online_Birth.2C_Marriage_and_Death_Records_for_Virginia|online]]. Microfilm copies are available at the [[Library of Virginia]] (site includes a [http://lva1.hosted.exlibrisgroup.com/F/?func=file&file_name=find-b-clas29&local_base=clas29 Death Registers Index]<ref>On-going project sponsored by the [[The Virginia Genealogical Society|Virginia Genealogical Society]], which currently includes the counties or independent cities of Albemarle, Alleghany, Amherst, Appomattox, Bath, Bedford, Botetourt, Bristol, Buchanan, Charlottesville, Danville, Elizabeth City, Essex, Fairfax, Fauquier, Floyd, Goochland, Halifax, Henry, King George, Loudoun, Louisa, Patrick, Portsmouth, Prince Edward, Prince William, Princess Anne, Southampton, Stafford, Warren, Washington, Wise, Warwick, and Wythe.</ref> and a [http://www.lva.virginia.gov/public/using_collections.asp#_guides-BirthsDeathsMarriagesVitalRecords Guide for Using the Collections]) and the [https://www.familysearch.org/family-history-library/welcome-to-the-family-history-library Family History Library] {{FHL|777933|item|disp=FS Library Films 2026327-52, 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|disp=FS Library Films 2026352-3}}.  

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>On 53 Family History Library films beginning with {{FHL|775529|item|disp=FS Library Film 2056971 item 4}}.</ref>  

*''Marriage Records: Early to 1850'', ''Southern States.'' (Novato, Calif.: Brøderbund Software, 1995). ({{FHL|609208|item|disp=Compact disc #9 part 229}}). Cannot 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.

*''Marriage Records'' ''(Maryland, Virginia, and North Carolina).'' (Novato, Calif.: Brøderbund Software, 1994). ({{FHL|963986|item|disp=Compact disc #9 part 4}}). Does 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.

*''Virginia Marriage Records from the Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, the William and Mary Quarterly, and Tyler's Quarterly''. (Baltimore: Genealogical Publ., 1982). ({{FHL|149032|item}}) This is especially useful for finding marriage information from the 1700s. It is based on various sources for 41 counties.

Another guide to [[Virginia, United States Genealogy|Virginia]] marriage records is ''Marriage Records in the Virginia State Library: A Researcher's Guide''.<ref>John Vogt and T. William Kethley, ''Marriage Records in the Virginia State Library: A Researcher's Guide'' (Athens, Ga.: Iberian Pub. Co. 1988). {{FHL|624073|item|disp=FS Library Book 975.5 V23v 1988}}. Describes the available microfilmed and published records and has helpful background information.</ref>  

:British Mercantile Claims identify deaths of many Virginians (1775 to 1803) who owed debts to British merchants at the opening of the Revolutionary War. Dorman published these records in ''The Virginia Genealogist'', beginning with Volume 6, No. 4 and continuing for numerous volumes. Digital version at [https://www.americanancestors.org/search/databasesearch/285/virginia-genealogist-the American Ancestors] by NEHGS ($). {{FHL|33159|item|disp=FS Library Book 975.5 B2vg v. 6 (1962)}}.

*Clay, Robert Young. ''Virginia Genealogical Resources''. Detroit, Mich.: 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.  

*Eichholz, Alice, ed. ''Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources. 3rd ed''. Provo, Utah: Ancestry, 2004. ({{FHL|1185723|item|disp=FS Library Book 973 D27rb 2004}}) [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/55947869 WorldCat entry]. Contains bibliographies and background information on history and ethnic groups. Also contains maps and tables showing when each county was created.  

*McGinnis, Carol. ''Virginia Genealogy: Sources and Resources.'' Baltimore: Genealogical Publ., 1993. ({{FHL|638715|item|disp=FS Library Book 975.5 A3m}}).  

*Schweitzer, George K. ''Virginia Genealogical Research''. Knoxville, Tenn.: G. Schweitzer, 1984. ({{FHL|435227|item|disp=FS Library Book 975.5 D27s}}). Includes geography, bibliographies, repositories, and county-by-county inventories.