Click on the links below to search free birth, death, marriage, and divorce record databases in Virginia.
To order copies of birth and death certificates, and marriage & divorce records, contact:
Virginia Department of Health
Office of Vital Records
P.O. Box 1000
Richmond, VA 23218
(804) 662-6200
The Department of Health provides:
Birth and Death records from Jan 1853 to Dec 1896, and records since June 14, 1912. Only the cities of Hampton, Newport News, Norfolk and Richmond have records between 1896 and June 14, 1912. Birth records are public information 100 years after the date of the event. Death records are public information 50 years after the event. You must be the subject, or next of kin to receive more recent records.
Marriage and Divorce records since 1853. Marriage and divorce records are public information 50 years after the event. You must be the subject, or next of kin to receive more recent records. If the records are not available from the State office, they should be available from the Clerk of Court in the county where the marriage license was issued, or the divorce was granted.
More vital records can be found at:
The Archives Division
The Library of Virginia
800 East Broad Street
Richmond, Virginia, 23219-1905
They have copies of surviving birth and death records for the period 1853 to 1896 and marriage records prior to 1936. They also have Bible, Church, Census, Land, Military and Tax records, as well as, passenger lists.
Events that occurred in the portion of Virginia that is now West Virginia are recorded in the:
Archives of the Division of Culture and History
Capital Complex, Cultural Center
1900 Kanawha Boulevard East
Charleston, WV 25305-0300
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| Deaths and Burials 1853-1912 Deaths and Burials in Virginia between 1853 and 1912. |
| Deaths | Cemetery Records Cemetery records in Virginia, including interment records, cemetery maps, gravestone photographs. |
| Deaths | Social Security Administration Virginia Social Security death index. |
| Divorces | Chancery Court Records before 1913 Search this Library of Virginia database of pre 1913 chancery records that were filed in circuit county clerk offices. Chancery causes include estate records, divorces, business partnership settlements, and resolution of land disputes. |
| Marriages | 1785-1940 Search for Virginia Marriages recorded between 1785 and 1940. |
| Marriages | Library of Virginia Library of Virginia collection of marriage records by County. Card index provides groom name, bride name, and marriage date. |
| Augusta County Civil War Burials Browse this Allen County, Indiana database by name for Civil War era burials in the Staunton National Cemetery in Augusta County, Virginia. |
| Divorces | Pulaski County Register with iCRIS to use their service to search their Pulaski County recorded documents for divorces, divorce decrees, and marriage dissolutions by document number, book & page, date, document type, name, and/or date. |
| Fairfax County | Burials Cemeteries and burials in Fairfax County. |
| Fluvanna County | Funeral Home Records Fluvanna County 1929-1976 death records from the Colbert Funeral Home in Bremo Bluff, Virginia. |
| Loudoun County Cemeteries & Burials Search this Leesburg Public Library database of burials and cemeteries in Loudoun County by name, or browse by cemetery location. |
| Richmond | L. T. Christian Funeral Home Records Funeral records from the L. T. Christian Funeral Home Records in Richmond, for the period 1912-1986. |
| Russell County | Deaths 1853-1896 RootsWeb index of Russell County between 1853 and 1896, also 1912, 1913, 1923, and 1924. |
| Virginia Beach Marriages Provided by: Virginia Beach Clerk of Circuit Court. Search by name and/or date for marriage licenses. Internet Explorer required. |
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