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Record Description
This index is an electronic index for the years 1785 to 1940. It is not necessarily intended to index any specific set of records. This index is not complete for any particular place or region. This collection may include information previously published in the International Genealogical Index or Vital Records Index collections.
Coverage Table
The Coverage Table shows the places and time periods of the original records in this collection. The table indicates how many records the collection has from each place. Most of the records in the collection are from the time periods listed in the table; however, the collection may have a few records from before or after the time period.
| Locality | Births and Christenings, 1853-1917 | Marriages, 1785-1940 | Deaths and Burials, 1853-1912 |
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| Accomack | 44,037 | 13,045 | 10,726 |
| Albemarle | 32,833 | 186 | 8,149 |
| Alexandria (city) | 9,323 | 6,523 | 7,917 |
| Alleghany | 3,409 | 6,056 | 790 |
| Amelia | 11,363 | 3,871 | 6,919 |
| Amherst | 18,039 | 11,242 | 5,438 |
| Appomattox | 8,118 | 0 | 4,650 |
| Arlington | 0 | 2,184 | 0 |
| Augusta | 29,888 | 9,528 | 10,715 |
| Bath | 3,380 | 2,134 | 1,864 |
| Bedford | 35,994 | 24,507 | 18,322 |
| Bland | 3,245 | 2,765 | 1,167 |
| Botetourt | 11,736 | 22,750 | 4,184 |
| Bristol (city) | 0 | 10,300 | 0 |
| Brunswick | 29,995 | 9,210 | 9,150 |
| Buchanan | 20,112 | 151 | 1,194 |
| Buckingham | 15,322 | 0 | 6,529 |
| Buena Vista (city) | 315 | 1,404 | 0 |
| Campbell | 17,601 | 10,051 | 18,193 |
| Caroline | 6,236 | 4,000 | 6,705 |
| Carroll | 20,810 | 7,463 | 6,648 |
| Charles City | 3,005 | 3,557 | 2,163 |
| Charlotte | 21,772 | 7,423 | 11,937 |
| Charlottesville (city) | 0 | 4,572 | 0 |
| Chesterfield | 16,773 | 9,560 | 12,265 |
| Clarke | 4,858 | 3,711 | 2,080 |
| Craig | 3,021 | 2,534 | 1,015 |
| Culpeper | 15,232 | 6,240 | 2,929 |
| Cumberland | 4,279 | 707 | 4,684 |
| Danville (city) | 4,129 | 38,005 | 4,985 |
| Dickenson | 3,549 | 0 | 688 |
| Dinwiddie | 17,722 | 5,913 | 7,846 |
| Elizabeth City | 4,399 | 575 | 3,978 |
| Essex | 14,156 | 5,511 | 6,042 |
| Fairfax | 6,809 | 7,183 | 3,670 |
| Falls Church (city) | 0 | 531 | 0 |
| Fauquier | 25,939 | 13,289 | 4,525 |
| Floyd | 13,892 | 9,367 | 3,269 |
| Fluvanna | 9,753 | 136 | 3,319 |
| Franklin | 24,458 | 16,290 | 10,254 |
| Frederick | 11,628 | 13,013 | 1,197 |
| Fredericksburg (city) | 0 | 4,682 | 3,040 |
| Giles | 12,096 | 5,684 | 1,991 |
| Gloucester | 10,139 | 6,481 | 1,778 |
| Goochland | 12,668 | 10,177 | 4,154 |
| Grayson | 16,231 | 11,153 | 1,736 |
| Greene | 6,179 | 4,346 | 3,457 |
| Greensville | 4,153 | 10,471 | 3,339 |
| Halifax | 27,351 | 41,963 | 17,879 |
| Hampton (city) | 0 | 4,612 | 1,451 |
| Hanover | 28,342 | 12,452 | 6,381 |
| Harrisonburg (city) | 0 | 318 | 0 |
| Henrico | 29,587 | 19,176 | 21,906 |
| Henry | 22,452 | 33,979 | 473 |
| Highland | 6,344 | 7,368 | 0 |
| Hopewell (city) | 0 | 106 | 0 |
| Isle of Wight | 14,949 | 16,234 | 6,310 |
| James City | 3,611 | 1,786 | 0 |
| King and Queen | 0 | 4,624 | 5,969 |
| King George | 7,861 | 7,233 | 2,178 |
| King William | 9,415 | 3,521 | 3,600 |
| Lancaster | 7,112 | 10,089 | 3,157 |
| Lee | 16,000 | 13,157 | 5,131 |
| Loudoun | 16,188 | 66,700 | 4,299 |
| Louisa | 15,577 | 24,158 | 7,232 |
| Lunenburg | 24,624 | 15,209 | 9,381 |
| Lynchburg (city) | 6,549 | 16,967 | 1,641 |
| Madison | 9,040 | 5,481 | 2,562 |
| Mathews | 2,517 | 4,341 | 1,204 |
| Mecklenburg | 18,404 | 25,201 | 1,312 |
| Middlesex | 8,443 | 4,914 | 4,293 |
| Montgomery | 10,115 | 14,360 | 2,839 |
| Nelson | 15,766 | 10,864 | 4,701 |
| New Kent | 4,150 | 0 | 1,828 |
| Newport News (city) | 0 | 1,995 | 0 |
| Norfolk (city) | 4,399 | 57,004 | 28,568 |
| Northampton | 6,019 | 7,626 | 3,784 |
| Northumberland | 11,535 | 10,387 | 5,446 |
| Nottoway | 8,589 | 5,811 | 4,192 |
| Orange | 12,333 | 13,791 | 5,092 |
| Page | 0 | 11,372 | 910 |
| Patrick | 18,678 | 14,981 | 3,690 |
| Petersburg (city) | 6,034 | 27,044 | 25,930 |
| Pittsylvania | 46,709 | 9,773 | 20,851 |
| Portsmouth (city) | 0 | 18,766 | 16,685 |
| Powhatan | 11,008 | 8,622 | 6,043 |
| Prince Edward | 25,202 | 13,712 | 4,984 |
| Prince George | 16,320 | 5,464 | 2,747 |
| Prince William | 6,126 | 9,698 | 1,499 |
| Princess Anne | 6,363 | 5,029 | 209 |
| Pulaski | 7,825 | 8,286 | 2,773 |
| Radford (city) | 0 | 1,906 | 131 |
| Rappahannock | 6,222 | 9,933 | 2,242 |
| Richmond | 183 | 187 | 76,377 |
| Richmond (city) | 52,732 | 0 | 0 |
| Roanoke | 15,562 | 3,879 | 2,954 |
| Roanoke (city) | 2,279 | 0 | 0 |
| Rockbridge | 36,254 | 19,162 | 3,531 |
| Rockingham | 13,399 | 10,560 | 0 |
| Russell | 15,691 | 7,578 | 3,034 |
| Salem (city) | 0 | 0 | 585 |
| Scott | 16,496 | 16,899 | 636 |
| Shenandoah | 11,269 | 7,481 | 139 |
| Smyth | 18,757 | 149 | 7,154 |
| Southampton | 17,830 | 8,811 | 9,376 |
| Spotsylvania | 9,103 | 5,262 | 4,256 |
| Stafford | 7,974 | 2,876 | 5,922 |
| Staunton (city) | 0 | 6,415 | 5,706 |
| Suffolk (city) | 10,520 | 6,073 | 106 |
| Surry | 6,301 | 8,236 | 4,516 |
| Sussex | 15,014 | 12,401 | 8,070 |
| Tazewell | 13,958 | 13,297 | 6,699 |
| Virginia | 86,360 | 112,822 | 130,663 |
| Virginia Beach (city) | 224 | 0 | 0 |
| Warren | 12,927 | 15,013 | 3,131 |
| Warwick | 427 | 1,891 | 952 |
| Washington | 19,205 | 12,609 | 5,606 |
| Westmoreland | 12,540 | 5,937 | 7,072 |
| Williamsburg (city) | 0 | 1,680 | 386 |
| Winchester (city) | 0 | 2,940 | 1,841 |
| Wise | 13,765 | 4,636 | 3,439 |
| Wythe | 17,006 | 19,744 | 3,608 |
| York | 2,190 | 3,857 | 2,378 |
| Total | 1,514,321 | 1,264,889 | 785,241 |
Citation for This Collection
The following citation refers to the original source of the information published in FamilySearch.org Historical Record collections. Sources include the author, custodian, publisher and archive for the original records.
- "Virginia Marriages, 1785-1940." Index. FamilySearch. http://FamilySearch.org : accessed 2013. Index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City.
Suggested citation format for a record in this collection.
Record Content and Use
For details about the contents of these records and help using them see the wiki article Marriages Vital Record Index Collections (FamilySearch Historical Records).
Known Issues with This Collection
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Related Websites
- Virginia Marriage Records at The USGenWeb Archives Project - free.
- Virginia Marriages to 1800 at Ancestry ($).
- Virginia Marriages, 1740-1850 at Ancestry ($).
- Virginia Marriages, 1851-1929 at Ancestry ($).
- Virginia Marriages, 1851-1929 at Ancestry ($). There are two separate Ancestry databases with the same title.
- Virginia Marriage Records at Ancestry ($).
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Citation Example for a Record Found in This Collection
"Virginia Marriages, 1785-1940," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XRVP-W9H : accessed 10 May 2012), John E. Marshall and Virginia Chilton, married 23 April 1891; citing Marriage Records, FHL microfilm 0,030,597. Index based on the International Genealogical Index, Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah.
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