City of Lynchburg VA Genealogy

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Overview of City of Lynchburg Records

  • Lynchburg (Independent City) was created in 1852 from Campbell 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 Lynchburg Clerk Circuit Court has birth and death records from 1853 to 1868; marriage, divorce, probate, court, and land records starting in 1805; military discharge records starting in 1919; and military records from the Civil War and slave registers.
  • Online indexes and images of some of the above records can be found by using the links on this site.