How to Obtain Virginia Birth, Marriage and Death Certificates
This page provides information on obtaining copies of Virginia
birth certificates, Virginia marriage licenses, Virginia divorce
decrees and Virginia death records. There are also useful
links to past Virginia Vital Records for those of you conducting
family history research. General information about US vital
records can be viewed on this site's homepage
Virginia birth, marriage and death certificates may be obtained
from the following government office:
Division of Vital Records
P.O. Box 1000
Richmond, VA 23218-1000
Virginia birth, marriage and death certificate order forms as
well as more information are available on the following
pages:
The Virginia State Department of Health may be contacted
by phone on (804) 662-6200 or online at http://www.vdh.state.va.us/
Remarks: State office has records from January 1853 to
December 1896 and since June 14, 1912. Only the cities of
Hampton, Newport News and Norfolk have records between 1896
and June 14, 1912
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Birth, Death, Marriage and Divorce Records Online via Vital
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Other Virginia Vital Records Resources
I have included these additional sites because they may
contain Virginia vital records (birth records, marriage records,
divorce records or death records) that you might find useful
if you are conducting genealogy research:
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Vital Records Online search over 400 million records online
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Obituaries and Death Records - Over 3 Billion Names
search obituaries and death records in hundreds of newspapers
going back over 200 years
Virginia Birth Records free online birth indexes for Virginia
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Virginia Marriage Records Online - a comprehensive collection
of many online marriage databases for Virginia indexed in
county order
USGenweb
Archives Project - Virginia USGenWeb is an archive of
free databases including vital and other records such as
marriages, church records, wills,censusesand cemetery records.
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