Lunenburg Parish, Virginia

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United States Gotoarrow.png Virginia Gotoarrow.png Lunenburg Parish

History

Lunenburg Parish has served Richmond County, Virginia. The parish's Lower Church was later called St. John's Church.[1]

Founded

Resources

Cemetery

  • Findagrave is an international database of cemetery interments. In some cases there are photographs and comments regarding the deceased's family. It is a collaborative project, meaning any volunteer may add names and photos. As of 2016 it contained over 150 million burial records and 75 million photos. [3]


Parish History

Meade's 1861 history of Lunenburg Parish is available online.[4]

Parish Records

  • 1783-1800 - Lunenburg Parish Christening Index 1783-1800. Batch C505341 at FamilySearch - free.[5]
  • 1783-1800 - King, George Harrison Sanford. The Registers of North Farnham Parish, 1663 - 1814 and Lunenburg Parish, 1783 - 1800, Richmond County, Virginia. Fredericksburg, Virginia, 1966. FS Library Collection; digital book available at MyHeritage ($).

Websites

References

  1. Saint John's Church, The Historical Marker Database
  2. Freddie Spradlin, "Parishes of Virginia," VAGenWeb, accessed 29 January 2011; Hening's Statutes at Large; Emily J. Salmon and Edward D.C. Campbell Jr., The Hornbook of Virginia History (Richmond: Library of Virginia, 1994).
  3. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Find_a_Grave
  4. William Meade, Old Churches, Ministers and Families of Virginia, 2 vols. (Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott and Co., 1861). Digital versions at Internet Archive: Vol. I and Vol. II.
  5. Genealogical Society of Utah, Parish and Vital Records List (July 1998). Microfiche. Digital version at https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/images/3/37/Igivirginia.pdf.