Augusta County VA Genealogy

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If you're not sure which records would be helpful, you can try our Ancestor Source Finder tool. Augusta County Records by Type Birth Records (18) Cemetery Records (562) Census Records (35) Church Records (48) City Directories (8) Court Records (12) Death Records (15) Histories and Genealogies (47) Immigration Records (2) Land Records (19) Map Records (15) Marriage Records (38) Military Records (14) Minority Records (5) Miscellaneous Records (2) Newspapers and Obituaries (16) Probate Records (16) School Records (50) Tax Records (3)

Overview of Augusta County Records

• Augusta County was created in 1738 from Orange County.
• Copies of birth and death records from 1853-1896 and 1912 to the present can be obtained from the Virginia Department of Health.
• The Augusta County Clerk Circuit Court has birth and death records from 1853 to 1896, marriage records starting in 1785, probate and land records starting in 1745, property tax records from 1800 to 1851, land tax records from 1786, and court claims from 1782 to 1785.
• Online indexes and images of some of the above records can be found by using the links on this site.