my mother was born in 1912 in manchester va. her birth was recorded in the births register for manchester. i have found that if one consults the microfilm available at the LoV that many birth, death and marriage info can be found that cannot be accessed by the div of vital statistics. best, shirley cox schroeder On Mar 4, 2011 3:53 PM, "Bill Davidson" <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Alice, > > As to your first question, when I contacted the VA Dept. of Vital Records a > few years ago, they indicated that they had no birth or death records for > 1896-1912. If there were any exceptions to that "blanket statement," they > certainly made no mention of them to me. > > Bill > > To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe, please see the instructions at > http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-roots.html To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe, please see the instructions at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-roots.html