Fairfax (Independent City), Virginia Genealogy

Description
Fairfax County is located in the Northern portion of the Commonwealth of Virginia and included in the Washington, DC Metropolitan area. The County was named for Thomas Fairfax, 6th Lord Fairfax of Cameron.

Courthouse
For additional records, see Fairfax County.

Parent County
1961--Fairfax was created in 1961 from Fairfax County.

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 Fairfax silversmiths.]