City of Virginia Beach VA Genealogy

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Overview of City of Virginia Beach Records

  • Virginia Beach (Independent City) was created in 1963 from Princess Anne 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 Virginia Beach Clerk Circuit Court has birth and death records from 1864 to 1894, marriage records starting in 1749 (except marriage records from 1822 to 1852 which were destroyed in fire), divorce records starting in 1814, and probate, court, and land records starting in 1691.
  • Online indexes and images of some of the above records can be found by using the links on this site.