City of Petersburg VA Genealogy
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City of Petersburg Records by TypeBirth Records (5)Cemetery Records (42) Census Records (12) Church Records (15) City Directories (68) Court Records (10) Death Records (8) Histories and Genealogies (13) Immigration Records (2) Land Records (6) Map Records (9) Marriage Records (12) Military Records (16) Minority Records (3) Miscellaneous Records (5) Newspapers and Obituaries (120) Probate Records (6) School Records (14) Tax Records (1) 
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Overview of City of Petersburg Records
- Petersburg (Independent City) was created in 1850 from Dinwiddie, Prince George, and Chesterfield counties.
- Copies of birth and death records from 1853-1896 and 1912 to the present can be obtained from the Virginia Department of Health.
- The Petersburg Clerk has birth records from 1853 to 1896, death records starting in 1853, and marriage, divorce, probate, and land records starting in 1784.
- Online indexes and images of some of the above records can be found by using the links on this site.