Westmoreland County VA Genealogy

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Overview of Westmoreland County Records

• Westmoreland County was created in 1653 from Northumberland 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 Westmoreland County Clerk Circuit Court has birth and death records from 1855 to 1895, marriage records starting in 1786, divorce records starting in 1850, probate records starting in 1653, court records, and land records starting in 1653.
• Online indexes and images of some of the above records can be found by using the links on this site.