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US TERRITORY OR
COLONY SETTLED
1607
STATEHOOD
1788
AVAILABLE STATE CENSUSES
(OR SIMILAR)
1624–25, 1782, 1783, 1784, 1785, 1786 (1700s censuses are partial)
FIRST FEDERAL CENSUS
1810 (partial)
PUBLIC-LAND OR
STATE-LAND STATE
State
BIRTH AND DEATH RECORDS
BEGIN
1830
MARRIAGE RECORDS
BEGIN
1830
CONTACT FOR VITAL RECORDS
Virginia Department of Health
Office of Vital Records and Health Statistics
Box 1999
Richmond, VA 23218
(804) 662-6200