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''[[United States]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png|go to]] [[Virginia]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png|go to]] '''[[ | ''[[United States]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png|go to]] [[Virginia]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png|go to]] '''[[Virginia_Vital_Records|Vital Records]]''''' | ||
[[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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Statewide registration of vital statistics began in 1912. The Division of Vital Records has the records from '''14 June 1912 to the present'''. The Family History Library does not have copies of these records. You can obtain copies by going to [http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/w2w/virginia.htm Virginia Certificates] (official government site) or [http://vitalrec.com/va.html VitalRecords.com] (commercial site). | Statewide registration of vital statistics began in 1912. The Division of Vital Records has the records from '''14 June 1912 to the present'''. The Family History Library does not have copies of these records. You can obtain copies by going to [http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/w2w/virginia.htm Virginia Certificates] (official government site) or [http://vitalrec.com/va.html VitalRecords.com] (commercial site). | ||
Birth records more than 100 years old and death | Birth records more than 100 years old and death records more than 50 years old are available to immediate family members only who provide proper identification. | ||
== Marriage Records == | == Marriage Records == | ||
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Contact the clerk of the court of the county or independent city for copies of the certificates, licenses, and registers kept by the county. | Contact the clerk of the court of the county or independent city for copies of the certificates, licenses, and registers kept by the county. | ||
Marriage records more than 50 years old are available to immediate family members only who provide proper identification. | |||
The Library of Virginia for copies of extant county marriage records and indexes from 1853 to 1935, microfilmed marriage bonds, and published marriage records for many counties. Vogt's book (see below) describes the holdings of the Library of Virginia. | The Library of Virginia for copies of extant county marriage records and indexes from 1853 to 1935, microfilmed marriage bonds, and published marriage records for many counties. Vogt's book (see below) describes the holdings of the Library of Virginia. | ||
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::VIRGINIA - VITAL RECORD | ::VIRGINIA - VITAL RECORD | ||
::VIRGINIA, [COUNTY] - VITAL RECORDS. | ::VIRGINIA, [COUNTY] - VITAL RECORDS. | ||
==== Cohabitation Records ==== | ==== Cohabitation Records ==== | ||
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The Cohabitation Records, officially 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. | The Cohabitation Records, officially 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. | ||
=== | === 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 VitalRecords.com] . The | 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 VitalRecords.com]. The [[Family History Library|Family History Library]] has not obtained copies of divorce records. | ||
Divorce records more than 50 years old are available to immediate family members only who provide proper identification. | |||
== Adoption Records == | == Adoption Records == | ||
open / closed / state statues | open / closed / state statues | ||
[[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] See [[Adoption Research|Adoption Research]] | |||
== Additional Helps == | == Additional Helps == | ||