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    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

    Virginia See All

    Colonial Genealogy Resources

    Connecticut, Delaware, 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.

    City Guide: Richmond, VA

    Virginia

    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...

    Richmond Ironworks Workers

    Virginia

    I've always been told that my ancestor worked at the "Richmond Ironworks" during the Civil War. But his son was born in Tallassee, Ala., in early 1865. Can ...

    Virginia Records Details and Resources

    Virginia

    Where to find Virginia census records, immigration records, land records, maps, vital records and more.
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