Danville (Independent City), Virginia Genealogy
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Danville, Virginia | |
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— Independent City — | |
Location in Virginia | |
Founded | 1890 |
Website | Danville |
County Information[edit | edit source]
Description[edit | edit source]
The City of Danville is located in the Southern portion of the Commonwealth of Virginia and was named by Colonel William Byrd after the Dan River[1].
Courthouse[edit | edit source]
For additional records, see Pittsylvania County.
Cemeteries[edit | edit source]
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History[edit | edit source]
Parent County[edit | edit source]
1890 -- Danville was created in 1890 from Pittsylvania County. [2]
Resources[edit | edit source]
African American[edit | edit source]
- Search the Library of Virginia's Virginia Untold collection for digitized images of African Americans of the City of Danville.
Cemeteries[edit | edit source]
- 1833-2006 - Virginia, Danville City Cemetery Records, 1833-2006 at FamilySearch — index and images
A wiki article describing an online collection is found at:
Court[edit | edit source]
Library of Virginia's Chancery Record Index includes digital images for Danville City chancery court records for the years 1842-1913.
Occupations[edit | edit source]
- Cutten, George Barton. The Silversmiths of Virginia (together with Watchmakers and Jewelers) from 1694 to 1850. Richmond, Va.: The Dietz Press, Incorporated, 1952. Available at FHL. [Includes a section on Danville silversmiths.]
Maps[edit | edit source]
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Vital Records[edit | edit source]
Birth[edit | edit source]
Marriage[edit | edit source]
- 1785-1940 Virginia Marriages, 1785-1940 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; Index; Also at: MyHeritage ($)
- 1785-1940 Virginia, Select Marriages, 1785-1940 at Ancestry.com ($) — index
Death[edit | edit source]
Danville (Independent City), Virginia Genealogy deaths are online in the Library of Virginia's Death Index of Virginia, 1853-1896, sponsored by Virginia Genealogical Society.
Societies, Libraries and Museums[edit | edit source]
Family History Centers[edit | edit source]
Websites[edit | edit source]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ http://danvillehistory.org/history.html
- ↑ The Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America,10th ed. (Draper, UT:Everton Publishers, 2002).
- ↑ Genealogical Society of Utah, Parish and Vital Records List (July 1998). Microfiche. Digital version at https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/images/3/37/Igivirginia.pdf.