Virginia Bible Records

Online Resources and Websites
Listed below are resources for Bible records specific to Virginia. To find more resources, go to the United States Bible Records page.

Databases

 * Bible Records of Suffolk and nansemond County, Virginia at Ancestry ($)
 * The Family Bible Index - Virginia at Yancey Family Genealogy
 * at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection

Transcriptions, Indexes, and Images

 * Accomack County Bible Records at Virginia USGenWeb Archives — transcriptions
 * at FamilySearch Catalog — images
 * Albemarle County Bible Records at Virginia USGenWeb Archives — transcriptions
 * Alleghany County Bible Records at Virginia USGenWeb Archives — transcriptions
 * Amelia County Bible Records at Virginia USGenWeb Archives — transcriptions
 * Appomattox County Bible Records at Virginia USGenWeb Archives — transcriptions
 * Augusta County Bible Records at Virginia USGenWeb Archives — transcriptions
 * Bedford County Bible Records at Virginia USGenWeb Archives — transcriptions
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 * Bible Records at VA Genealogy
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 * Botetourt County Bible Records at Virginia USGenWeb Archives — transcriptions
 * Brunswick County Bible Records at Virginia USGenWeb Archives — transcriptions
 * Campbell County Bible Records at Virginia USGenWeb Archives — transcriptions
 * Caroline County Bible Records at Virginia USGenWeb Archives — transcriptions
 * at FamilySearch Catalog — images
 * Charlotte County Bible Records at Virginia USGenWeb Archives — transcriptions
 * Clarke County Bible Records at Virginia USGenWeb Archives — transcriptions
 * at FamilySearch Catalog — images
 * Culpeper County Bible Records at Virginia USGenWeb Archives — transcriptions
 * Dinwiddie County Bible Records at Virginia USGenWeb Archives — transcriptions
 * at FamilySearch Catalog — images
 * Fauquier County Bible Records at Virginia USGenWeb Archives — transcriptions
 * Floyd County Bible Records at Virginia USGenWeb Archives — transcriptions
 * Frederick County Bible Records at Virginia USGenWeb Archives — transcriptions
 * at FamilySearch Catalog — images
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 * Halifax County Bible Records at Virginia USGenWeb Archives — transcriptions
 * Hanover County Bible Records at Virginia USGenWeb Archives — transcriptions
 * Henrico County Bible Records at Virginia USGenWeb Archives — transcriptions
 * Henry County Bible Records at Virginia USGenWeb Archives — transcriptions
 * Isle of Wight County Bible Records at Virginia USGenWeb Archives — transcriptions
 * at FamilySearch Catalog — images
 * Loudoun County Bible Records at Virginia USGenWeb Archives — transcriptions
 * Lunenburg County Bible Records at Virginia USGenWeb Archives — transcriptions
 * Mecklenburg County Bible Records at Virginia USGenWeb Archives — transcriptions
 * Mecklenburg County Bible Records at VAGenWeb — transcriptions
 * at FamilySearch Catalog — images
 * Montgomery County Bible Records at Virginia USGenWeb Archives — transcriptions
 * Nottoway County Bible Records at Virginia USGenWeb Archives — transcriptions
 * Pittsylvania County Bible Records at Virginia USGenWeb Archives — transcriptions
 * Pittslyvania County Bible Records Online at USGenWeb Sites — transcriptions
 * Pulaski County Bible Records at Virginia USGenWeb Archives — transcriptions
 * at FamilySearch Catalog — images
 * Rockbridge County Bible Records at Virginia USGenWeb Archives — transcriptions
 * Shenandoah County Bible Records at Virginia USGenWeb Archives — transcriptions
 * Southampton County Bible Records at Virginia USGenWeb Archives — transcriptions
 * Sussex County Bible Records at Virginia USGenWeb Archives — transcriptions
 * Tazewell County Bible Records at Virginia USGenWeb Archives — transcriptions
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 * Warren County Bible Records at Virginia USGenWeb Archives — transcriptions
 * Washington County Bible Records at Virginia USGenWeb Archives — transcriptions

Other places to look for Bible Record Collections

 * Copies, or abstracts of old family Bibles that are no longer known to exist, may survive in Revolutionary War Pension application files at NARA, Washington, D.C., which are available online at three commercial websites: Ancestry, Fold3, and Heritage Quest Online.
 * Family records: Check home sources by reaching out to older members of the family asking if they know of any Family Bibles and who might have it in their possession.
 * FamilySearch Catalog: Using the keyword search, type in the surname you are looking for and the word "Bible."
 * Card Catalog at Ancestry. ($)
 * Periodical Source Index (PERSI): Many periodicals publish family data from Bible records. Periodical Source Index (PERSI) is an index to many of these periodicals. Learn how to use Periodical Source Index (PERSI).

Why Search for Family Bibles
Many families have traditionally recorded births, marriages, and deaths in a family bible, family record book, or book of remembrance. A bible was often given by relatives to a bride as a wedding gift, where she recorded information about her immediate family and close relatives. Relationships were seldom stated but were often implied. Names of parents, children, and their spouses, including maiden names, were frequently given along with dates of birth, marriage, and death. Sometimes the age of a person was given at the time of death. Many families kept bible records from the 1700s (and sometimes earlier) to more recent times, although few have survived. Family bibles that are no longer in the possession of the family may be at a historical or genealogical society. They are sometimes transcribed and published in genealogical periodicals or other databases

Bible records can be used as a substitute in providing birth, marriage, and date information when vital record information was not recorded.