City of Portsmouth VA Genealogy

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Overview of City of Portsmouth Records

• Portsmouth (Independent City) was created in 1858 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 Portsmouth Clerk Circuit Court has birth and death records from 1858 to 1896, as well as marriage, divorce, probate, court, and land records starting in 1848.
• The Portsmouth (Ind. City) County Portsmouth Public Health Department has birth, death, and burial records.
• Online indexes and images of some of the above records can be found by using the links on this site.