Virginia Beach (Independent City), Virginia Genealogy

Description
The City of Virginia Beach is located on the Eastern seaboard of the Commonwealth of Virginia and more than likely took its name from the Virginia Company of London.

Courthouse
For additional records, see Princess Anne County.

Parent County
1 January 1963 - Virginia Beach was created from Princess Anne County.

Court Records

 * Creecy, John Harvie. Virginia Antiquary: Princess Anne County Loose Papers 1700 - 1789, Volume 1. Richmond [Virginia]: Dietz Press, c1954. . Digital version at Internet Archive.

Directories
The following Virginia Beach directories are available online for free at Internet Archive: 1962 | 1963 | 1964-65 | 1966 | 1967 | 1968 | 1969 | 1970 | 1971 | 1972 | 1973 | 1974 | 1975 | 1976 | 1977 | 1978-79 | 1980 | 1981 |

Don's List contains Virginia Beach telephone directories for many of the years between 1949 and 1991 - free.

Probate Records

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

Vital Records

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

Societies

 * Virginia Beach Genealogical Society

Family History Centers

 * Introduction to Family History Centers
 * Virginia Beach Virginia Family History Center