Virginia Genealogy

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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

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Colonial Genealogy Resources

Connecticut, Delaware, Early American, Georgia, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Virginia

Were your ancestors some of the earliest Americans? Use this list, organized by state, of some colonial genealogy resources for you to use in your research.

Tracking Down Southern Ancestors After the Civil War

Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia

Did your Southern ancestors vanish in the social and economic upheaval that followed the Civil War? We’ll show you the best records to track them down.

Southerners’ Migrations: Where Did They Go?

Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia

Looking for Southern US ancestors who disappeared after the Civil War? Start your search in these common destinations of Southerners who left the South post...

City Guide: Richmond, VA

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Whether your Richmond ancestors came in Colonial times and migrated to other places or stayed and helped build what is today one of the centers of the New S...