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[[Library of Virginia]] | |||
*[https://www.lva.virginia.gov/public/guides/generesearch.pdf '''Genealogical Records at the Library of Virginia'''] | |||
'''''"A Guide to Church Records in the Library of Virginia (2002)"''''' lists these records in the Archives collection, some of which date from the colonial | |||
period and most of which are administrative. They contain very few references to births, deaths, or marriages. Represented denominations | |||
include Baptist, Christian (Disciples of Christ), Episcopal, Jewish, Lutheran and German Reformed, Methodist, Presbyterian, Roman Catholic, | |||
Society of Friends (Quakers), and Unitarians. There is no master index to information recorded in the materials in this collection, and individual | |||
volumes usually are not indexed. Records of a small number of churches have been transcribed and published. | |||
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"As administrative units of the established church in Virginia until 1786, the Anglican parishes were charged by law with keeping records | |||
of births or baptisms, marriages, and deaths or burials. Few of these registers are extant, and all that survive have been published. Each | |||
parish also was required to keep minutes of the meetings of the vestry as a record of the administrative affairs of the church. Such vestry | |||
books generally do not contain vital statistics. The '''''"Hornbook of Virginia History"''''' contains convenient cross-referenced lists of parishes of the | |||
established church of Virginia between 1607 and 1785. | |||
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"Other denominations were not required by law to record births, deaths, and marriages; therefore, the types of records and the information | |||
recorded therein vary. Although some churches did record vital statistics, most kept only records of business meetings and financial affairs. | |||
Published church records can be located by searching the Library’s online catalog." | |||
== Baptist == | == Baptist == | ||