Vital Records
[Births] [Deaths] [Marriages] [Bible Records] [Wills]
Bible Records: |
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Births |
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Marriages | 1800 - 1849 1850 - 1899 1900 - 1920 |
Deaths | 1853 - 1896 |
Wills | John
Grigsby |
Virginia started keeping birth
and death records in 1853, but some county clerks did a better job than
others. And, the commonwealth of Virginia stopped requiring the registration
of births and deaths from 1896-June 1912.
Marriages were recorded as usual. There are even marriage records from before
1853. Unfortunately, Stafford County lost a lot of records during the Civil
War.
The Library of Virginia in Richmond has microfilms of all the counties' birth,
death, and marriage records. See
Library of
Virginia
They do charge for providing records by mail.
Official birth, death, and marriage CERTIFICATES are expensive but available
through the State. See
Virginia Department of Health
The Stafford County Courthouse has some records for the county. I do not know
exactly which ones they have, except that they have all real estate records.
See
Stafford County Circuit Court Clerk