Norfolk County, Virginia Genealogy

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Parent County
1691--Norfolk County was created in 1691 from Lower Norfolk. It was changed to Chesapeake City 1 January 1963. County seat: Norfolk

Family Histories

 * [Hancock] Childs, J. Rives. "Hancock Family of Lower Norfolk, Henrico and Bedford Counties," The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 32, No. 4 (Oct. 1924):413-416. Available at JSTOR ($).
 * [Moseley] "Families of Lower Norfolk and Princess Anne Counties," The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 5, No. 3 (Jan. 1898):327-334. Available at JSTOR ($). 
 * [Walke] "Families of Lower Norfolk and Princess Anne Counties," The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 5, No. 2 (Oct. 1897):139-153. Available at JSTOR ($).

Probate

 * James, Edward W. "Will of Josias Mackie, Presbyterian Minister, Norfolk and Princess Anne Counties, 1716," The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 7, No. 4 (Apr. 1900):358-363. Available at JSTOR ($).

Taxation
The 1790 and 1799 Personal Property Tax Lists of Norfolk County, Virginia are indexed online at Binns Genealogy.

Web Sites

 * USGenWeb project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the state, then the county.
 * Family History Library Catalog