City of Danville VA Genealogy

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Overview of City of Danville Records

  • Danville (Independent City) was created in 1890 from Pittsylvania 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 Danville Clerk Circuit Court has marriage, divorce, land, and court records starting in 1841; probate records starting in 1857; and military records starting in 1942.
  • Online indexes and images of some of the above records can be found by using the links on this site.