Christ Church Parish, Middlesex Genealogy, Virginia

History
Christ Church Parish has served Lancaster and Middlesex counties. Not to be confused with Christ Church Parish (Lancaster Co.).

Founded

 * 1666

Cemetery
(550+ entries)

Parish History
Meade's 1861 history of Christ Church Parish is available online.


 * Mason, George Carrington. "The Colonial Churches of Christ Church Parish, Middlesex County, Virginia," The William and Mary Quarterly, 2nd Ser., Vol. 19, No. 1 (Jan. 1939):8-24. Digital version at JSTOR ($).
 * Mason, George Carrington. Colonial Churches of Tidewater Virginia. Richmond, Virginia: Whittet &amp; Shepperson, 1945. Available at FamilySearch Digital Library; . [Includes Middlesex County.]

Rev. John Moncure's history of Christ Church, Middlesex County, Virginia (1907) has been digitized by Google Books.

Parish Registers
The original parish registers are kept at ????. They have been abstracted several times:


 * The National Society of the Colonial Dames of America in the State of Virginia. The Parish Register of Christ Church, Middlesex County, Va. from 1653 to 1812. Richmond, Va.: Wm. Ellis Jones, Steam Book and Job Printer, 1897. Digital version at Internet Archive.

This book has also been converted into databases at FamilySearch - free:


 * Christ Church Parish Christenings 1653-1808. Batch
 * Christ Church Parish Marriages 1660-1819. Batch

This book has also been converted into databases at Ancestry ($):


 * Christ Church Parish, Virginia Births, 1653-1812
 * Christ Church Parish, Virginia Marriages, 1653-1812
 * Christ Church Parish, Virginia Deaths, 1653-1812
 * Christ Church Parish, Virginia Records, 1653-1812

O'Brien attempts to identify Irish surnames in this parish's register:


 * O'Brien, Michael J. "Virginia, Middlesex County. - Extracts from the Parish Register of Christ Church," The Journal of the American Irish Historical Society, Vol. 12 (1913):149-155. Available at ; digital version at Google Books.

Vestry Books

 * Chamberlayne, C.G. The Vestry Book of Christ Church Parish, Middlesex County, Virginia, 1663-1767. Richmond, Va.: Old Dominion Press, 1927. Digital version at FamilySearch Digital Library.

Websites

 * Christ Church, The Historical Marker Database