The state and counties began keeping official births, deaths and marriages in
1853. This continued until 1896 when it was discontinued due to a budget
crunch. They were paying pensions to the Civil War veterans. The statewide
records began again in 1912. Some localities did keep their own records in
the 1896-1912 period.

Edith
In a message dated 12/5/02 10:32:45 AM, [log in to unmask] writes:

<< Not sure when Va. Counties began keeping official death records on
anybody, Henry, but if you are searching the earlier times, I have
stumbled across their births & death records right within the parish
registers of the plantation owners. >>

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