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Adoptee Rights Law Center - Virginia

Summary of the laws in this state for adoptees and their original birth certificates.

Ancestors at Rest - Death Records for Virginia

Coffin plates, funeral cards, death cards, wills, memorial cards, cemeteries, vital stats, obituaries, church records, family bibles, cenotaphs and tombstone inscriptions.

Ancestry.com - Search Birth, Marriage & Death Records

Including baptisms, christenings, divorces, burials, cemeteries and obituaries. Ancestry.com has searchable indexes; database results and some digitized images are available with a fee-based subscription.

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FamilySearch - Free Family History and Genealogy Records

FamilySearch - Virginia Births and Christenings, 1853-1917 ^FREE

Name index to birth, baptism and christening records from the state of Virginia. Microfilm copies of these records are available at the Family History Library and Family History Centers. This set contains 1,422,855 records. Due to privacy laws, recent records may not be displayed. The year range represents most of the records. A few records may be earlier or later.

FamilySearch - Virginia Deaths and Burials, 1853-1912 ^FREE

Name index to death and burial records from the state of Virginia Deaths. Microfilm copies of these records are available at the Family History Library and Family History Centers. This set contains 785,241 records. Due to privacy laws, recent records may not be displayed. The year range represents most of the records. A few records may be earlier or later.

FamilySearch - Virginia Marriages, 1785-1940 ^FREE

Name index to marriage records from the state of Virginia. Microfilm copies of these records are available at the Family History Library and Family History Centers. This set contains 1,264,889 records. Due to privacy laws, recent records may not be displayed. The year range represents most of the records. A few records may be earlier or later.

FamilySearch Wiki - Virginia Cohabitation Records

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.

FamilySearch Wiki - Virginia Vital Records

An overview of vital records for this state and information for getting them by mail or online.

I Dream of Genealogy - Virginia Birth Records

A list of links to other sites.

Library of Virginia Digital Collections - Cohabitation Registers

Office of Vital Records

From the Virginia Department of Health. Includes information on availability, cost, and contact information for obtaining certificates.

Online Virginia Death Indexes, Records & Obituaries

A Genealogy Records Guide by Joe Beine.

USGenWeb Archives

Virginia Wedding Bells

Post marriages that took place prior to 1900.

Vital Records US - Virginia Vital Records

Information and guidelines on acquiring vital records information in the United States. Includes state and county contact and pricing information.

VitalChek Network - Virginia