Lynchburg (Independent City), Virginia Genealogy

Description
The City of Lynchburg is located in the Piedmont area of the Commonwealth of Virginia and was named for John Lynch, who established a ferry service on the James River in 1757.

Courthouse
For additional records, see Campbell County.

Parent County
1852--Lynchburg was created in 1852 from Campbell County.

African American

 * Search the Library of Virginia's Virginia Untold collection for digitized records related to African Americans of the City of Lynchburg.

Cemeteries

 * 1820-1971 at FamilySearch — index and images


 * J. E. Fauber Funeral Home


 * Funeral home collection from the Jones Memorial Library, the second oldest public library in Virginia. The Whitten Funeral Home gave these burial records to the library for preservation.


 * This collection includes burial records, “first call sheets” and sales records of the J. E. Fauber Funeral Home of Lynchburg, Virginia for the period from 1919 through 1952. Also included in the collection are the burial records of J. J. Hughes and Company for 1915 through 1917, and the Lynchburg Undertaking Company, Inc. for 1918. These establishments were predecessors of the Fauber Funeral home. The burial records of the Virginia Funeral Chapel, Inc., for the period from 1952 through 1985.

Quaker

 * Brown, Jane Douglas Summers and Jones Memorial Library. Jane Douglas Summers Brown (1903-) Quaker Records: Jones Memorial Library (Lynchburg, Virginia); MS 1515. MSS, Jones Memorial Library, Lynchburg, Va. Available on 26 microfilms at . [Includes records of Lynchburg Quakers; Brown assisted "William Wade Hinshaw in the writing of the Virginia volume of the Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy."]

Court

 * Library of Virginia's Virginia Memory: Chancery Records Index can be used to search Lynchburg City's chancery records for the years 1807-1945. Digital images are available for the years 1805-1829 and indexed information and originals are available through 1945 - see online catalog or contact Archives Research Services for availabilty.

Genealogy

 * [Page] Rutherford, Dolores Crumrine. Page Family Records in Virginia Counties. 2 vols. Carmichael, Calif.: D.C. Rutherford, 1982-2006. [Lynchburg appears in Vol. 2 Part 3]
 * [Page] Rutherford, Dolores Crumrine. The Page Family in Virginia Personal Property Taxes (1782-1850). 2 vols. Carmichael, Calif.: D.C. Rutherford, 2002. [Lynchburg appears in Vol. 2]

Immigration

 * Coldham, Peter Wilson. North American Wills Registered in London 1611-1857. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 2007. [Includes will a of resident of Lynchburg proved in London. These records often help establish an immigrant's place of origin.]

Civil War Battle
The following Civil War battle was fought in Lynchburg:


 * June 17-18, 1864 = Lynchburg


 * Maps of Civil War battles in Virginia: 1861, 1862, 1863, 1864, 1865

Civil War records were kept by the city of Lynchburg.

Newspapers

 * 1797-1798 - Lynchburg Weekly Museum at Genealogy Bank ($).


 * 1798-1799 - Lynchburg Weekly Gazette at Genealogy Bank ($).


 * 1809-1818 - Lynchburg Press at Genealogy Bank ($).

Occupations

 * Cutten, George Barton. The Silversmiths of Virginia (together with Watchmakers and Jewelers) from 1694 to 1850. Richmond, Va.: The Dietz Press, Incorporated, 1952. Available at . [Includes a section on Lynchburg silversmiths.]

Probate

 * 1652-1900 Virginia, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1652-1900 at Ancestry — index & images, ($)

London Courts

 * Coldham, Peter Wilson. North American Wills Registered in London 1611-1857. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 2007. [Includes will a of resident of Lynchburg proved in London. These records often help establish an immigrant's place of origin.]

Vital Records

 * 1853-1935 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index & images; Also at: Ancestry ($)

Birth

 * 1853-1868 - Lynchburg Christening Index 1853-1868. Batch at FamilySearch - free.

Marriage

 * 1785-1940 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; Index; Also at: MyHeritage ($)
 * 1785-1940 Virginia, Select Marriages, 1785-1940 at Ancestry ($) — index
 * 1805-1853 - Lynchburg Marriage Index 1805-1853. Batch at FamilySearch - free.
 * 1853-1909 - Lynchburg Marriage Index 1853-1909. Batch at FamilySearch - free.

Death

 * 1853-1911 Virginia, U.S., Death Registers, 1853-1911 at Ancestry — index & images, ($)

FamilySearch Centers

 * Introduction to FamilySearch Centers
 * Lynchburg Virginia Family History Center