Registers of marriages, 1787-1913, births and deaths, 1853-1870

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Microfilm of original records at the Botetourt County Courthouse in Fincastle, Virginia.

Includes indexes.

The registers of births and deaths may have been recorded by the commissioner of the revenue. The commissioner of the revenue registered births and deaths for the county and then turned his books over to the clerk of the County Court. The clerk made abstracts to send to the state auditor and would also preserve the books in his office.

Marriage registers, v. 1-2, gives name of person who solemnized marriage, names of the parties, date of marriage, and when certificate was issued or certificate number. Register of marriages, 1853-1913, gives date and place of marriage, full names of parties, age and marital status, birthplaces, residences, husband's occupation, and name of person performing marriage ceremony. Information is not always complete.

Register of births gives date and place of birth, name of child, race (if "colored and before 1864, says whether free or slave), sex, born alive or dead, father's name (or before 1864 slave owner's name), father's occupation and residence, mother's name, birth defects or other problems at birth, and sources of information. Register of deaths gives name of deceased, race (if "colored" and before 1864, whether free or slave), name of slave owner (before 1864), sex, date and place of death, cause of death, age, parents' names, birthplace, name of spouse if married, and sources of information. Information is not always complete.

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