City of Lynchburg VA Genealogy
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City of Lynchburg Records by TypeBirth Records (4)Cemetery Records (80) Census Records (12) Church Records (16) City Directories (90) Court Records (8) Death Records (20) Histories and Genealogies (17) Immigration Records (1) Land Records (7) Map Records (8) Marriage Records (19) Military Records (11) Minority Records (4) Miscellaneous Records (7) Newspapers and Obituaries (111) Probate Records (11) School Records (29) Tax Records (1) 
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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.