Gloucester County VA Genealogy

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Overview of Gloucester County Records

• Gloucester County was created in 1651 from York 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 Gloucester County Clerk Circuit Court has birth records from 1863 to 1890 and 1912 to 1916, death records from 1865 to 1890, marriage records starting in 1853, divorce records, probate records starting in 1865, and court and land records starting in 1865.
• Online indexes and images of some of the above records can be found by using the links on this site.