City of Chesapeake VA Genealogy
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City of Chesapeake Records by TypeBirth Records (5)Cemetery Records (199) Census Records (5) Church Records (4) City Directories (2) Court Records (10) Death Records (11) Histories and Genealogies (8) Immigration Records (2) Land Records (6) Map Records (6) Marriage Records (15) Military Records (3) Minority Records (1) Miscellaneous Records (6) Newspapers and Obituaries (4) Probate Records (25) School Records (62) Tax Records (3) 
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Overview of City of Chesapeake Records
- Chesapeake (Independent City) was created in 1963 from Norfolk 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 Chesapeake Clerk Circuit Court has birth and death records starting in 1853, marriage records starting in 1706, divorce records starting in 1800, and probate and land records starting in 1637.
- Online indexes and images of some of the above records can be found by using the links on this site.