Greetings,
Here is some info for Vital Statistcs for the state of Virginia.
Larry
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From the
]Virginia State Library and Archives,
Archives and Records Division, Research Notes, Number 2,
It states:
"A law requiring the Systematic Statewide recording of births and deaths was
passed by the Virginia General Assembly on April 11, 1853. The law required
every commissioner of revenue to make an annual registration of births and
deaths in his district at the time personal property subject to taxation was
ascertained.
The commissioner was to record births and deaths that occurred prior to
December 31 of the preceding year and return the record to the clerk of the
court by June 1.
Information was obtained from heads of family, Physicians, or Coroners, and
the law imposed penalties for failing to furnish or collect the information.
The Clerk of Court in each locality was directed to enter the information
supplied by the commissioner into registers and prepare an alphabetical index
to each record. A copy of each register was forwarded to the Virginia
Auditor of Public Accounts.
The law went into effect on July 1, 1853, and continued until 1896 when an
economy-consious legislature repealed the recording provisions.
Birth and Death registers in the Virginia State Library and Archives are
copies of these records made by local clerks from the lists compiled by the
commissioner
and forwarded to the Auditor of Public Accounts. The Auditor was directed to
turn the lists over to the Bureau of Vital Statistics in 1918 and the
registers were later transferred to the Archives. The records are an
indispensable source for the most basic of biographical facts about earlier
generations of Virginians.
WHAT THE RECORDS SHOW
Information found on birth and death registers changed little between 1853
and 1896. For births, the registers have headings for the date of birth; name
of child, if named; color (if "colored," whether slave or free); sex;
whether born dead or alive; the place of birth; the name of the father or
owner; the fathers occupation; the fathers residence (the county or locality
in the county); the mother's name in full; how many infants at this birth
(whether this was a multiple birth); deformities or any circumstances of
interest; the name of the person giving the information, and the relation of
the informant to the person born.
Death registers record the name of the deceased; race; sex; name of the
owner;, if a slave; date of death; place of death; place of death; name of
the disease or cause of death; age (years, months, days); the name of the
parents of the deceased; where born; occupation; consort of, or unmarried;
name of the person giving the information; and a description of the informant
(weather a physician, consort, head of family, or friend).
It is not unusual to find some of the information missing from the records.
If an infant had not been named at the time of birth or death, the entry
would record only the surname or note "Smith Infant." Only the month appears
for the date of birth or death in some instances. On the death registers, the
names of parents of the deceased are frequently omitted or unreliable since
the person giving the information may not have known. Caused of death are
frequently not known.
When John Doublin reported the death of his friend Charles Beasley in
Lancaster County in November 1896, the only information given was that
Beasley was 120 years old and had died from "old age."
An index to birth records between 1853 and 1896 is available on microfilm in
the Archives. The index is arranged in ten-year periods alphabetically by
Surname (i.e. names A through Z for the years 1853 through 1869). The index
lists the name of the child, the names of the father and mother, the date of
birth, the county in which the birth was recorded, and the page number of the
birth register for the year of the birth.
After locating an entry in the index, the researcher should find the county
register for the year and examine the appropriate page for the record.
There is also an index to births of slaves for the years 1853 through 1865.
The index is arranged alphabetically by the name of the owner, overseer,
employer, or informant. The name of the slave, name of the mother, date of
birth, county of birth, and page number are listed.
There is no index to death records for the period of 1853 through 1896.
Some county court clerks prepared indexes to births and deaths for this
period Microfilm copies of the indexes may be available among the county
court records in the Archives collection. Examine the guides to county court
records in the Archives to determine if indexes are available".
END OF THE ABOVE INFO
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THE FOLLOWING INFO IS FROM ME, LARRY
There are Birth and Death Vital Statistics available via ILL from the Library
of Virginia.
Most of the info is on 35 mm film.
These are registers, not indexes.
Birth Vital Statistics are available on:
Film # 34, for the years 1853 to 1881.
Film # 35 covers 1881 to 1885
Film # 57 covers 1878 to 1896
Missing: 1862-64, 1869, 1895
Films # 34 & 57 cover 1853 to 1896
Death Vital Statistics:
Reel 13, 1853-1890
Reel 14, 1890-1896
Missing: 1857, 1862-64, 1869, 1895
Marriages:
Reel 22, 1854-1922;
Reel 23, 1923-1935
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There is a Birth Index of Slaves 1853 - 1866, available via ILL
It is a 16 mm film.
ital Statistics Old Slave Births"
The Slaves are filed alphabetically under Owners name if given,
if not under informant, former owner, overseer, employer, guardian.
All Slaves recorded in this film were Colored.
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Also:
Birth Indexes
Reel Contents
1A Birth Index: 1853-1866 Slaves
1 Birth Index: 1853-1866 A-Z; 1867-1879 A-Blythe, William N.
2 Birth Index: 1867-1879 Bo-Griggs, Nannie
3 Birth Index: 1867-1879 Griggs-Roscher, John
4 Birth Index: 1867-1879 Rose-Z; 1880-1896 A-Bozzell, Peter
5 Birth Index: 1880-1896 Bra-Frazure, William
6 Birth Index: 1880-1896 Fre-Mathenes, Pattie
7 Birth Index: 1880-1896 Matheney-Sthreshley, Sadie Va.
8 Birth Index: 1880-1896 Sti-Z; 1866-1899 A-Y Misc.
Marriage Index - Husbands
Reel Contents
1 Marriage Index: 1853-1859 A-Z; 1860-1869 A-Z; 1870-1879 A-O
2 Marriage Index: 1870-1879 P-Z; 1880-1889 A-Q
3 Marriage Index: 1880-1889 R-Z; 1890-1899 A-Uz
4 Marriage Index: 1890-1899 V-Z; 1900-1911 A-Parsons, J.H.
5 Marriage Index: 1900-1911 Parsons, J. M.- Z; 1912-1921
A-Hector,
Raymond J.
6 Marriage Index: 1912-1921 Hedd-Z; 1922-1929 A-Cly
7 Marriage Index: 1922-1929 Coa-Z; 1930-1935 A-Cly
8 Marriage Index: 1930-1935 Coa-Z; 1936-1940 A-Bywaters, Louis
James
Marriage Index - Wives
Reel Contents
1 Marriage Index: 1853-1859 A-Z; 1860-1869 A-Z; 1870-1879
A-Hyte,
Jennie
2 Marriage Index: 1870-1879 I-Z; 1880-1889 A-Meyers, M. Ettie
3 Marriage Index: 1880-1889 Mi-Z; 1890-1899 A-Ozmore, Rose E.
4 Marriage Index: 1890-1899 P-Z; 1900-1911 A-Johnstone, Sadie
Wood
5 Marriage Index: 1900-1911 Joi-Z; 1912-1921 A-Cazort, Annie
6 Marriage Index: 1912-1921 Cea-Zypprecht, Mary
7 Marriage Index: 1922-1929 A-Zych, Nonra J.
8 Marriage Index: 1930-1935 A-Tyus, Olive Frances
9 Marriage Index: 1930-1935 U-Z; 1936-1940 A-Quivas
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For info on the above go to:
http://www.lva.lib.va.us/whatwehave/
Go to bottom of page, click on Vital Statistics.
Scroll down to Birth and marriage indexes, click on it
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SEARCHING HALIFAX CO. VA FOR:
BALLOU,
BROWN,
BIRD
BYRD,
CHANDLER,
CHAPPELL,
IRBY,
LACY,
McCRAW
YOUNGER
AND KING & QUEEN CO. VA FOR:
CARLTON
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