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''[[United States|United States ]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Virginia|Virginia ]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Virginia_Church_Records|Church Records]]'' | ''[[United States|United States ]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Virginia|Virginia ]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Virginia_Church_Records|Church Records]]'' | ||
[[Image:Bruton Parish Church.jpg|thumb|right|200px]]The Church of England (now Protestant Episcopal) was the established church in Virginia from 1624 to 1786. Between the time of the American Revolution and the year 1900, the largest religious groups in [[Virginia]] were the Baptist, Methodist Episcopal, and Presbyterian churches.<ref>William Chamberlin Hunt and United States Bureau of the Census, ''Religious Bodies: 1906'' (Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1910), Vol. 1:365. Digital version at [http://books.google.com/books?id=Z6ZdiZWeStAC Google Books].</ref> | [[Image:Bruton Parish Church.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Bruton Parish Church.jpg]]The Church of England (now Protestant Episcopal) was the established church in Virginia from 1624 to 1786. Between the time of the American Revolution and the year 1900, the largest religious groups in [[Virginia]] were the Baptist, Methodist Episcopal, and Presbyterian churches.<ref>William Chamberlin Hunt and United States Bureau of the Census, ''Religious Bodies: 1906'' (Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1910), Vol. 1:365. Digital version at [http://books.google.com/books?id=Z6ZdiZWeStAC Google Books].</ref> | ||
=== Introduction === | === Introduction === | ||
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=== Identifying Ancestors' Religions === | === Identifying Ancestors' Religions === | ||
It can be difficult to identify the religion of your Virginia ancestors. One source that can help from the period 1780 forward are marriage returns by ministers. If you can identify the religion of the person who performed your ancestor's marriage ceremony, this can lead you to the church that one or both parties likely attended. | It can be difficult to identify the religion of your Virginia ancestors. One source that can help from the period 1780 forward are marriage returns by ministers. If you can identify the religion of the person who performed your ancestor's marriage ceremony, this can lead you to the church that one or both parties likely attended. | ||
=== Baptist === | === Baptist === | ||
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=== Church of England (Anglican, Protestant Episcopal) === | === Church of England (Anglican, Protestant Episcopal) === | ||
[[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). 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] ($); {{FHL|33159|item|disp=FHL Book 975.5 B2vg v. 49 (2005)}}.</ref><br> | [[Image:Virginia churches.png|thumb|right|500px|Virginia churches.png]] Before the American Revolution, the state church of Virginia was the Church of England (also called Anglican, and later Protestant Episcopal). Besides keeping parish registers, the church kept many records of a civil nature in their vestry books. In many instances, parish registers containing baptism, marriage, and death records have not survived when vestry books have. Colonial vestries largely ceased functioning in 1786, when local overseers of the poor took charge of some of the vestries' main responsibilities.<ref>John Frederick Dorman, "Review of ''Albemarle Parish Vestry Book,"'' in ''The Virginia Genealogist,'' Vol. 49, No. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 2005):320. Digital version at [http://www.americanancestors.org/ American Ancestors] ($); {{FHL|33159|item|disp=FHL Book 975.5 B2vg v. 49 (2005)}}.</ref><br> | ||
==== Colonial Parishes ==== | ==== Colonial Parishes ==== | ||
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*Goodwin, Edward L. ''The Colonial Church in Virginia: With Biographical Sketches of the First Six Bishops of the Diocese of Virginia, and Other Historical Papers, Together with Brief Biographical Sketches of the Colonial Clergy of Virginia''. Milwaukee, Wisc.: Morehouse Pub., 1927. {{FHL|72470|item|disp=FHL Book 975.5 K2g}}. | *Goodwin, Edward L. ''The Colonial Church in Virginia: With Biographical Sketches of the First Six Bishops of the Diocese of Virginia, and Other Historical Papers, Together with Brief Biographical Sketches of the Colonial Clergy of Virginia''. Milwaukee, Wisc.: Morehouse Pub., 1927. {{FHL|72470|item|disp=FHL Book 975.5 K2g}}. | ||
*Hawks, Francis Lister. ''A Narrative of Events Connected with the Rise and Progress of the Protestant Episcopal Church in Virginia: To Which is Added an Appendix, Containing the Journals of the Conventions in Virginia from the Commencement to the Present Time''. New York: Harper and Brothers, 1836. Digital version at [http://books.google.com/books?id=2p89AAAAYAAJ Google Books]. | *Hawks, Francis Lister. ''A Narrative of Events Connected with the Rise and Progress of the Protestant Episcopal Church in Virginia: To Which is Added an Appendix, Containing the Journals of the Conventions in Virginia from the Commencement to the Present Time''. New York: Harper and Brothers, 1836. Digital version at [http://books.google.com/books?id=2p89AAAAYAAJ Google Books]. | ||
*Meade, William. ''Old Churches, Ministers and Families of Virginia''. 2 vols. 1857. Reprint, Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing, 1966. Digital versions of volume 1 at [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=48592 Ancestry] ($) and [http://www.archive.org/details/oldchurchesminis01meaduoft Internet Archive]. Digital version of volume 2 at [http://www.archive.org/details/oldchurchesminis003253mbp Internet Archive]. {{FHL|218395|item|disp=FHL Book 975.5 K2m 1966}}. Mostly histories of early parishes but includes 6,900 names of individuals. | *Meade, William. ''Old Churches, Ministers and Families of Virginia''. 2 vols. 1857. Reprint, Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing, 1966. Digital versions of volume 1 at [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=48592 Ancestry] ($) and [http://www.archive.org/details/oldchurchesminis01meaduoft Internet Archive]. Digital version of volume 2 at [http://www.archive.org/details/oldchurchesminis003253mbp Internet Archive]. {{FHL|218395|item|disp=FHL Book 975.5 K2m 1966}}. Index: {{FSbook|927241}} - free. Mostly histories of early parishes but includes 6,900 names of individuals. | ||
*Upton, Dell. ''Holy Things and Profane: Anglican Parish Churches in Virginia.'' Yale University Press, 1997. | *Upton, Dell. ''Holy Things and Profane: Anglican Parish Churches in Virginia.'' Yale University Press, 1997. | ||
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To learn more about the origins of Church of England ministers sent to Virginia from England during the colonial period, start with these books: | To learn more about the origins of Church of England ministers sent to Virginia from England during the colonial period, start with these books: | ||
*Fothergill, Gerald. ''A List of Emigrant Ministers to America, 1690-1811''. London: E. Stock, 1904. Digital versions at [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=4760 Ancestry] ($); [http://books.google.com/books?id=lVgEAAAAIAAJ Google Books]; [http://www.archive.org/details/listofemigrantmi00fothuoft Internet Archive], 1965 reprint: {{FHL|283621|item|disp=FHL Book 973 W2f 1965}}. Addendum published in ''Caribbeana'', Vol. 3 (1914):312-313. Digital version at [http://dloc.com/UF00075409/00003/336j?search=caribbeana dLOC] - free.<br> | *Fothergill, Gerald. ''A List of Emigrant Ministers to America, 1690-1811''. London: E. Stock, 1904. Digital versions at [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=4760 Ancestry] ($); [http://books.google.com/books?id=lVgEAAAAIAAJ Google Books]; [http://www.archive.org/details/listofemigrantmi00fothuoft Internet Archive], 1965 reprint: {{FHL|283621|item|disp=FHL Book 973 W2f 1965}}. Addendum published in ''Caribbeana'', Vol. 3 (1914):312-313. Digital version at [http://dloc.com/UF00075409/00003/336j?search=caribbeana dLOC] - free.<br> | ||
*Weis, Frederick Lewis. ''The Colonial Clergy of Virginia, North Carolina and South Carolina''. Boston, Mass.: Society of the Descendants of Colonial Clergy, 1955. {{FHL|291278|item|disp=FHL Book 975 D3wc}}; digital version at [http://www.worldvitalrecords.com/indexinfo.aspx?ix=gpc0806307315_fredericklewisweis1955 World Vital Records] ($). | *Weis, Frederick Lewis. ''The Colonial Clergy of Virginia, North Carolina and South Carolina''. Boston, Mass.: Society of the Descendants of Colonial Clergy, 1955. {{FHL|291278|item|disp=FHL Book 975 D3wc}}; digital version at [http://www.worldvitalrecords.com/indexinfo.aspx?ix=gpc0806307315_fredericklewisweis1955 World Vital Records] ($). | ||
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[http://www.theclergydatabase.org.uk/jsp/search/index.jsp The Clergy of the Church of England] website (work in progress) also contains details of many of their ministerial careers before departing for America. | [http://www.theclergydatabase.org.uk/jsp/search/index.jsp The Clergy of the Church of England] website (work in progress) also contains details of many of their ministerial careers before departing for America. | ||
Very few of Virginia's colonial glebe houses (residences of Church of England ministers owned by the parish) survive today.<ref>John Frederick Dorman, "Review of ''The Glebe Houses of Colonial Virginia,"'' in ''The Virginia Genealogist,'' Vol. 47, No. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 2003):313. Digital version at [http://www.americanancestors.org/ American Ancestors] ($); {{FHL|33159|item|disp=FHL Book 975.5 B2vg v. 47 (2003)}}.</ref> | Very few of Virginia's colonial glebe houses (residences of Church of England ministers owned by the parish) survive today.<ref>John Frederick Dorman, "Review of ''The Glebe Houses of Colonial Virginia,"'' in ''The Virginia Genealogist,'' Vol. 47, No. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 2003):313. Digital version at [http://www.americanancestors.org/ American Ancestors] ($); {{FHL|33159|item|disp=FHL Book 975.5 B2vg v. 47 (2003)}}.</ref> | ||
=== Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormons) === | === Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormons) === | ||