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====Indexes====
====Indexes====
*{{RecordSearch|1932510| Virginia, Historical Society Papers, 1607-2007}}, index/images - [[Virginia, Historical Society Papers - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to Use this Collection]]
*{{RecordSearch|1932510| Virginia, Historical Society Papers, 1607-2007}}, index & images - [[Virginia, Historical Society Papers - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to Use this Collection]]
*[http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=61462 Virginia Vital Records, 1660-1923] ($) index and images
*[http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=61462 Virginia Vital Records, 1660-1923] ($) index & images
*{{RecordSearch|1708698|Virginia, Marriages, 1785-1940}} Index only. Incomplete. [http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~hughwallis/genealogy/IGIBatchNumbersNA/SPVirginia.htm#PageTitle Coverage Table] - [[Virginia Marriages - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to Use this Collection]]  Also at [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=60214 Ancestry.com] ($),  Also at [http://www.myheritage.com/research/collection-30207/virginia-marriages-1785-1940?s=218489221 MyHeritage], ($), index
*{{RecordSearch|1708698|Virginia, Marriages, 1785-1940}} Index only. Incomplete. [http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~hughwallis/genealogy/IGIBatchNumbersNA/SPVirginia.htm#PageTitle Coverage Table] - [[Virginia Marriages - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to Use this Collection]]  Also at [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=60214 Ancestry.com] ($),  Also at [http://www.myheritage.com/research/collection-30207/virginia-marriages-1785-1940?s=218489221 MyHeritage], ($), index
*{{RecordSearch|1708660|Virginia, Births and Christenings, 1853-1917}} Index only Incomplete. [http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~hughwallis/genealogy/IGIBatchNumbersNA/SPVirginia.htm#PageTitle Coverage Table] - [[Virginia Births and Christenings - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to Use this Collection]]
*{{RecordSearch|1708660|Virginia, Births and Christenings, 1853-1917}} Index only Incomplete. [http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~hughwallis/genealogy/IGIBatchNumbersNA/SPVirginia.htm#PageTitle Coverage Table] - [[Virginia Births and Christenings - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to Use this Collection]]
*{{RecordSearch|1708697|Virginia, Deaths and Burials, 1853-1912}} Index only Incomplete. - [[Virginia Deaths and Burials - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to Use this Collection]]
*{{RecordSearch|1708697|Virginia, Deaths and Burials, 1853-1912}} Index only Incomplete. - [[Virginia Deaths and Burials - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to Use this Collection]]
*[http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=2558 Virginia, Deaths and Burials Index, 1853-1917] ($)
*[http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=2558 Virginia, Deaths and Burials Index, 1853-1917] ($)
*[https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/48593/ Old Churches, Ministers and Families of Virginia With Index and Genealogical Guide, Vol. Ii], index, ($)
*[https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/48593/ Old Churches, Ministers and Families of Virginia With Index and Genealogical Guide, Vol. Ii], index ($)


====Baptists====
====Baptists====
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====Protestant Episcopal (Anglican Church or Church of England)====
====Protestant Episcopal (Anglican Church or Church of England)====
*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/113539 '''''Index to Marriage Notices in The Southern Churchman (Newspaper), 1835-1941.'''''] Baltimore, Md.: Clearfield Company, 1996. The "Southern Churchman'' was a newspaper published by the Episcopal faith.
*{{FSC|113539|item|disp='''''Index to Marriage Notices in The Southern Churchman (Newspaper), 1835-1941.'''''}} Baltimore, Md.: Clearfield Company, 1996. The "Southern Churchman'' was a newspaper published by the Episcopal faith.


====Lutheran====
====Lutheran====
*'''1781-1969'''  - [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/60722/ U.S., Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Church Records, 1781-1969], index and images, incomplete.($)
*'''1781-1969'''  - [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/60722/ U.S., Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Church Records, 1781-1969], index & images, incomplete.($)


====Quaker (Society of Friends)====
====Quaker (Society of Friends)====
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*Online church records can be listed in the FamilySearch Catalog under the state, county, or town.
*Online church records can be listed in the FamilySearch Catalog under the state, county, or town.
*If you find a record that has not yet been digitized, see [https://beta.familysearch.org/help/helpcenter/article/how-do-i-request-that-a-microfilm-be-digitized '''How do I request that a microfilm be digitized?''']
*If you find a record that has not yet been digitized, see [https://beta.familysearch.org/help/helpcenter/article/how-do-i-request-that-a-microfilm-be-digitized '''How do I request that a microfilm be digitized?''']
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:::a. Click on the [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/results?count=20&placeId=351&query=%2Bplace%3A%22United%20States%2C%20Virginia%22 '''records of United States, Virginia'''].
:::a. Click on the [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/results?count=20&placeId=46&query=%2Bplace%3A%22United%20States%2C%20Virginia%22 '''records of United States, Virginia'''].
:::b. Click on '''Places within United States, Virginia''' and a list of counties will appear.
:::b. Click on '''Places within United States, Virginia''' and a list of counties will appear.
:::c. Click on your county if it appears.
:::c. Click on your county if it appears.
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*Taylor, James Barnett. ''Lives of Virginia Baptist Ministers''. 2nd ed. Richmond: Yale & Wyatt, 1838. Digital versions at [https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/546678-lives-of-virginia-baptist-ministers-2nd-ed?offset=1 FamilySearch Digital Library], [http://books.google.com/books?id=NBs8QlRJaoQC Google Books].  
*Taylor, James Barnett. ''Lives of Virginia Baptist Ministers''. 2nd ed. Richmond: Yale & Wyatt, 1838. Digital versions at [https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/546678-lives-of-virginia-baptist-ministers-2nd-ed?offset=1 FamilySearch Digital Library], [http://books.google.com/books?id=NBs8QlRJaoQC Google Books].  
*Taylor, George Braxton. ''Virginia Baptist Ministers: 3d Series''. J.P. Bell Company, Inc., 1912. Digital versions at [https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/434200-virginia-baptist-ministers?offset=2 FamilySearch Digital Library], [http://books.google.com/books?id=b6Q9AAAAYAAJ Google Books].  
*Taylor, George Braxton. ''Virginia Baptist Ministers: 3d Series''. J.P. Bell Company, Inc., 1912. Digital versions at [https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/434200-virginia-baptist-ministers?offset=2 FamilySearch Digital Library], [http://books.google.com/books?id=b6Q9AAAAYAAJ Google Books].  
*Taylor, George Braxton. ''Virginia Baptist Ministers: 4th Series''. J.P. Bell, 1913. Digital book at [http://books.google.com/books?id=XU7SAAAAMAAJ Google Books].  
*Taylor, George Braxton. ''Virginia Baptist Ministers: 4th Series''. J.P. Bell, 1913. Digital book at [http://books.google.com/books?id=XU7SAAAAMAAJ Google Books].  
*Taylor, George Braxton. ''Virginia Baptist Ministers: 5th Series, 1902-1914, with Supplement''. J.P. Bell, 1915. Digital book at [http://books.google.com/books?id=Mys_AAAAIAAJ Google Books].
*Taylor, George Braxton. ''Virginia Baptist Ministers: 5th Series, 1902-1914, with Supplement''. J.P. Bell, 1915. Digital book at [http://books.google.com/books?id=Mys_AAAAIAAJ Google Books].
*An 1899 directory of Baptist ministers lists biographical details about many ministers born or serving in the state:<ref>Davis points out that not all ministers participated, see: Robert S. Davis, "Some Baptist Ministers of South Carolina at the Turn of the Century," ''The South Carolina Magazine of Ancestral Research,'' Vol. 32, No. 1 (Winter 2004):13-22. {{FSC|43856|item|disp=FS Library Book 975.7 B2sc v. 32}}</ref>
*An 1899 directory of Baptist ministers lists biographical details about many ministers born or serving in the state:<ref>Davis points out that not all ministers participated, see: Robert S. Davis, "Some Baptist Ministers of South Carolina at the Turn of the Century," ''The South Carolina Magazine of Ancestral Research,'' Vol. 32, No. 1 (Winter 2004):13-22. {{FSC|43856|item|disp=FS Library Book 975.7 B2sc v. 32}}</ref>
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'''Colonial Parishes'''<br>
'''Colonial Parishes'''<br>
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 &amp; Location]. Many have been published. <br>


Study parish boundaries to determine which parish an ancestor attended. There are three excellent sources, which include maps, written by Charles Francis Cocke:<br>  
Study parish boundaries to determine which parish an ancestor attended. There are three excellent sources, which include maps, written by Charles Francis Cocke:<br>  
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*''Parish Lines, Diocese of Virginia''. Richmond, Va.: Virginia State Library, 1967. 1978 reprint: {{FSC|1010149|item|disp=FS Library Book 975.5 K2cf 1978}}<br>
*''Parish Lines, Diocese of Virginia''. Richmond, Va.: Virginia State Library, 1967. 1978 reprint: {{FSC|1010149|item|disp=FS Library Book 975.5 K2cf 1978}}<br>


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]).<br>  
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 [https://freepages.rootsweb.com/~grannyapple/genealogy/HANCOCK/VA%20Colonial%20Parishes.html Parishes of Virginia] (part of [https://usgenwebsites.org/vagenweb/ VAGenWeb Project]).<br>  


''Information is included on [[:Category:Virginia Parishes|Virginia Parish Wiki pages]]''<br>
''Information is included on [[:Category:Virginia Parishes|Virginia Parish Wiki pages]]''<br>
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'''Histories and Guides'''<br>
'''Histories and Guides'''<br>
During the last half of the eighteenth century, the Church of England in Virginia&nbsp;lost much of its membership to dissenting religions. Many of the grand church buildings fell into disrepair. In the nineteenth century, "Many Virginians had a deep sense of living among the ruins of a more glorious past."<ref>Rhys Isaac, ''The Transformation of Virginia 1740-1790'' (Chapel Hill, N.C.: The University of North Carolina Press, 1982), 417.</ref> <br>
During the last half of the eighteenth century, the Church of England in Virginia lost much of its membership to dissenting religions. Many of the grand church buildings fell into disrepair. In the nineteenth century, "Many Virginians had a deep sense of living among the ruins of a more glorious past."<ref>Rhys Isaac, ''The Transformation of Virginia 1740-1790'' (Chapel Hill, N.C.: The University of North Carolina Press, 1982), 417.</ref> <br>
*Anderson, J.S. ''The History of the Church of England in the Colonies and Foreign Dependencies of the British Empire''. 3 vols. London: Rivington, 1856. Digital versions at Internet Archive: [http://www.archive.org/details/historyofchurch01ande Vol. 1], [http://www.archive.org/details/historyofchurcho02andeuoft Vol. 2], [http://www.archive.org/details/historyofchurcho03ande Vol. 3. [All three volumes include material on the history of the Church of England in Virginia.]  
*Anderson, J.S. ''The History of the Church of England in the Colonies and Foreign Dependencies of the British Empire''. 3 vols. London: Rivington, 1856. Digital versions at Internet Archive: [https://www.archive.org/details/historyofchurch01ande Vol. 1], [https://www.archive.org/details/historyofchurcho02andeuoft Vol. 2], [https://www.archive.org/details/historyofchurcho03ande Vol. 3. [All three volumes include material on the history of the Church of England in Virginia.]  
*Axelson, Edith F. ''A Guide to Episcopal Church Records in Virginia''. Athens, Georgia: Iberian Publishing, 1988. {{FSC|384322|item|disp=FS Library Book 975.5 K27a}}. Includes parish register and vestry book inventories.  
*Axelson, Edith F. ''A Guide to Episcopal Church Records in Virginia''. Athens, Georgia: Iberian Publishing, 1988. {{FSC|384322|item|disp=FS Library Book 975.5 K27a}}. Includes parish register and vestry book inventories.  
*Bryden, George MacLaren. ''Virginia's Mother Church and the Political Conditions Under Which It Grew''. 2 vols. Richmond, Va.: Virginia Historical Society Press, 1947-1952. {{FSC|72441|item|disp=FS Library Book 975.5 K2bg v. 1-v. 2}}  
*Bryden, George MacLaren. ''Virginia's Mother Church and the Political Conditions Under Which It Grew''. 2 vols. Richmond, Va.: Virginia Historical Society Press, 1947-1952. {{FSC|72441|item|disp=FS Library Book 975.5 K2bg v. 1-v. 2}}  
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*Goodwin, Wm. A.R. ''History of The Theological Seminary in Virginia and Its Historical Background.'' 1923. Digital versions at [https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/392083-history-of-the-theological-seminary-in-virginia-and-its-historical-background?viewer=1&offset=1#page=2&viewer=picture&o=info&n=0&q= FamilySearch Digital Library]-Vol. 1, [https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/380116-history-of-the-theological-seminary-in-virginia-and-its-historical-background?viewer=1&offset=2#page=2&viewer=picture&o=info&n=0&q= FamilySearch Digital Library]-Vol. 2.  
*Goodwin, Wm. A.R. ''History of The Theological Seminary in Virginia and Its Historical Background.'' 1923. Digital versions at [https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/392083-history-of-the-theological-seminary-in-virginia-and-its-historical-background?viewer=1&offset=1#page=2&viewer=picture&o=info&n=0&q= FamilySearch Digital Library]-Vol. 1, [https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/380116-history-of-the-theological-seminary-in-virginia-and-its-historical-background?viewer=1&offset=2#page=2&viewer=picture&o=info&n=0&q= FamilySearch Digital Library]-Vol. 2.  
*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 [https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/509913-old-churches-ministers-and-families-of-virginia-vol-01?offset=1 FamilySearch Digital Library], [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=48592 Ancestry] ($), [http://www.archive.org/details/oldchurchesminis01meaduoft Internet Archive]. Digital version of volume 2 at [http://www.archive.org/details/oldchurchesminis003253mbp Internet Archive], [https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/461500-old-churches-ministers-and-families-of-virginia-vol-02?offset=2 FamilySearch Digital Library]-Vol. 2. {{FSC|218395|item|disp=FS Library Book 975.5 K2m 1966}}. Mostly histories of early parishes but includes 6,900 names of individuals.  
*Meade, William. ''Old Churches, Ministers and Families of Virginia''. 2 vols. 1857. Reprint, Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing, 1966. Digital versions of volume 1 at [https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/509913-old-churches-ministers-and-families-of-virginia-vol-01?offset=1 FamilySearch Digital Library], [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=48592 Ancestry] ($), [https://www.archive.org/details/oldchurchesminis01meaduoft Internet Archive]. Digital version of volume 2 at [https://www.archive.org/details/oldchurchesminis003253mbp Internet Archive], [https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/461500-old-churches-ministers-and-families-of-virginia-vol-02?offset=2 FamilySearch Digital Library]-Vol. 2. {{FSC|218395|item|disp=FS Library Book 975.5 K2m 1966}}. 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.<br>
*Upton, Dell. ''Holy Things and Profane: Anglican Parish Churches in Virginia.'' Yale University Press, 1997.<br>


For images and brief histories of colonial churches where your ancestors worshipped, see:<br>  
For images and brief histories of colonial churches where your ancestors worshipped, see:<br>  
*''Colonial Churches: A Series of Sketches of Churches in the Original Colony of Virginia: With Pictures of Each Church.'' Richmond, Va.: Southern Churchman Co., 1907. Digital versions at [http://search.ancestry.com/iexec/Default.aspx?htx=BookList&dbid=28949 Ancestry] ($); [http://books.google.com/books?id=TSISAAAAYAAJ Google Books]; [http://www.archive.org/details/colonialchurches00rich Internet Archive]; 2nd ed. (1908): [http://books.google.com/books?id=MjFLAAAAMAAJ Google Books]; 1990 reprint: {{FSC|521948|item|disp=FS Library Book 975.5 K2cc}}.  
*''Colonial Churches: A Series of Sketches of Churches in the Original Colony of Virginia: With Pictures of Each Church.'' Richmond, Va.: Southern Churchman Co., 1907. Digital versions at [http://search.ancestry.com/iexec/Default.aspx?htx=BookList&dbid=28949 Ancestry] ($); [http://books.google.com/books?id=TSISAAAAYAAJ Google Books]; [https://www.archive.org/details/colonialchurches00rich Internet Archive]; 2nd ed. (1908): [http://books.google.com/books?id=MjFLAAAAMAAJ Google Books]; 1990 reprint: {{FSC|521948|item|disp=FS Library Book 975.5 K2cc}}.  
*Wigmore, Francis Marion. ''Old Parish Churches of Virginia: A Pictorial-Historic Exhibition of Photographs in Colors Lent to the Library of Congress''. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1929. Digital version at [http://archive.org/details/oldparishchurche00wigm Internet Archive] - free.<br>
*Wigmore, Francis Marion. ''Old Parish Churches of Virginia: A Pictorial-Historic Exhibition of Photographs in Colors Lent to the Library of Congress''. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1929. Digital version at [http://archive.org/details/oldparishchurche00wigm Internet Archive] - free.<br>


'''Clergy'''<br>
'''Clergy'''<br>
To learn more about the origins of Church of England ministers sent to Virginia from England during the colonial period, start with these books:<br>
To learn more about the origins of Church of England ministers sent to Virginia from England during the colonial period, start with these books:<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] ($); [http://books.google.com/books?id=lVgEAAAAIAAJ Google Books]; [http://www.archive.org/details/listofemigrantmi00fothuoft Internet Archive], 1965 reprint: {{FSC|283621|item|disp=FS Library Book 973 W2f 1965}}. Addendum published in ''Caribbeana'', Vol. 3 (1914):312-313. Digital version at [http://dloc.com/UF00075409/00003/336j?search=caribbeana dLOC] - free.<br>  
*Fothergill, Gerald. ''A List of Emigrant Ministers to America, 1690-1811''. London: E. Stock, 1904. Digital versions at [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=4760 Ancestry] ($); [http://books.google.com/books?id=lVgEAAAAIAAJ Google Books]; [https://www.archive.org/details/listofemigrantmi00fothuoft Internet Archive], 1965 reprint: {{FSC|283621|item|disp=FS Library 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. {{FSC|291278|item|disp=FS Library Book 975 D3wc}}; digital version at [https://www.myheritage.com/research/collection-55744/the-colonial-clergy-of-virginia-north-carolina-south-carolina MyHeritage] ($).
*Weis, Frederick Lewis. ''The Colonial Clergy of Virginia, North Carolina and South Carolina''. Boston, Mass.: Society of the Descendants of Colonial Clergy, 1955. {{FSC|291278|item|disp=FS Library Book 975 D3wc}}; digital version at [https://www.myheritage.com/research/collection-55744/the-colonial-clergy-of-virginia-north-carolina-south-carolina MyHeritage] ($).


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==== Baptist  ====
==== Baptist  ====
*'''1750-1899''' [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/62267/ U.S., Southern Baptist Church Records, 1750-1899] at Ancestry - index & images, ($)
*'''1750-1899''' [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/62267/ U.S., Southern Baptist Church Records, 1750-1899] at Ancestry - index & images ($)
[http://www.baptistheritage.org/ '''Virginia Baptist Historical Society''']<br>Boatwright Memorial Library<br>28 Westhampton Way<br>University of Richmond, VA 23173<br>Telephone: (804)289-8669
[http://www.baptistheritage.org/ '''Virginia Baptist Historical Society''']<br>Boatwright Memorial Library<br>28 Westhampton Way<br>University of Richmond, VA 23173<br>Telephone: (804)289-8669


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=====Vestry Books=====
=====Vestry Books=====
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 [https://www.americanancestors.org/search/databasesearch/285/virginia-genealogist-the American Ancestors] by NEHGS ($); {{FSC|33159|item|disp=FS Library Book 975.5 B2vg v. 49 (2005)}}.</ref><br>  
Before the American Revolution, the state church of Virginia was the Church of England (also called Anglican, and later Protestant Episcopal). Besides keeping parish registers, '''the church kept many records of a civil nature in their vestry books. In many instances, parish registers containing baptism, marriage, and death records have not survived when vestry books have.''' Colonial vestries largely ceased functioning in 1786, when local overseers of the poor took charge of some of the vestries' main responsibilities.<ref>John Frederick Dorman, "Review of ''Albemarle Parish Vestry Book,"'' in ''The Virginia Genealogist,'' Vol. 49, No. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 2005):320. Digital version at [https://www.americanancestors.org/search/databasesearch/285/virginia-genealogist-the American Ancestors] by NEHGS ($); {{FSC|33159|item|disp=FS Library Book 975.5 B2vg v. 49 (2005)}}.</ref><br>  
=====Finding Aid=====
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20151231223255/http://www.rivahresearch.com/westmorelandcty/vitals/resources/religion/parishregister.htm '''Virginia Parish Registers: Information and Location''']


====Lutheran====
====Lutheran====
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<br>
<br>
Phone: 803-461-3234<br>
Phone: 803-461-3234<br>
E-mail: crumleyarchivist@gmail.com<br>
Email: crumleyarchivist@gmail.com<br>
*Archives hold records for '''closed churches.'''  '''For open churches write directly to [[Lutheran Church in the United States#Correspond with or visit the actual churches.|the local church.''']]
*Archives hold records for '''closed churches.'''  '''For open churches write directly to [[Lutheran Church in the United States#Correspond with or visit the actual churches.|the local church.''']]


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Arlington, Virginia 22203 <br>
Arlington, Virginia 22203 <br>
Phone:(703) 841-2500<br>
Phone:(703) 841-2500<br>
E-mail: communications@arlingtondiocese.org<br>
Email: communications@arlingtondiocese.org<br>
*Contact the local parish with requests for records and information. Use the '''"Find Parish"'''  button on the main page for a drop-down menu.<br>
*Contact the local parish with requests for records and information. Use the '''"Find Parish"'''  button on the main page for a drop-down menu.<br>
'''Diocese of Arlington ''' covers the counties of ([[Arlington County, Virginia|Arlington]], [[Clarke County, Virginia|Clarke]], [[Culpeper County, Virginia|Culpeper]], [[Fairfax County, Virginia|Fairfax]], [[Fauquier County, Virginia|Fauquier]], [[Frederick County, Virginia|Frederick]], [[King George County, Virginia|King George]], [[Lancaster County, Virginia|Lancaster]], [[Loudoun County, Virginia|Loudoun]], [[Madison County, Virginia|Madison]], [[Northumberland County, Virginia|Northumberland]], [[Page County, Virginia|Page]], [[Prince William County, Virginia|Prince William]], [[Rappahannock County, Virginia|Rappahannock]], [[Richmond County, Virginia|Richmond]], [[Shenandoah County, Virginia|Shenandoah]], [[Stafford County, Virginia|Stafford]], [[Warren County, Virginia|Warren]], [[Westmoreland County, Virginia|Westmoreland]] counties).
'''Diocese of Arlington ''' covers the counties of ([[Arlington County, Virginia|Arlington]], [[Clarke County, Virginia|Clarke]], [[Culpeper County, Virginia|Culpeper]], [[Fairfax County, Virginia|Fairfax]], [[Fauquier County, Virginia|Fauquier]], [[Frederick County, Virginia|Frederick]], [[King George County, Virginia|King George]], [[Lancaster County, Virginia|Lancaster]], [[Loudoun County, Virginia|Loudoun]], [[Madison County, Virginia|Madison]], [[Northumberland County, Virginia|Northumberland]], [[Page County, Virginia|Page]], [[Prince William County, Virginia|Prince William]], [[Rappahannock County, Virginia|Rappahannock]], [[Richmond County, Virginia|Richmond]], [[Shenandoah County, Virginia|Shenandoah]], [[Stafford County, Virginia|Stafford]], [[Warren County, Virginia|Warren]], [[Westmoreland County, Virginia|Westmoreland]] counties).
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