Virginia Beach (Independent City), Virginia Genealogy

United States Virginia  Virginia Beach (Independent City)

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.


 * World Vital Records ($).
 * World Vital Records ($).

Directories
The following Virginia Beach directories are freely available online 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 1937, 1948, 1949, 1953, 1958, 1959, 1963, 1964, 1966-1985, 1987-1988, 1990-1991 - all free.

Civil War, 1861-1865
Since Virginia Beach was created in 1963 from Princess Anne County, go to the Princess Anne County page for information about the Civil War military units from that area. Civil War service men from Virginia Beach served in various regiments. Men often joined a company (within a regiment) that originated in their area.

Probate records
Court Records

Societies

 * Virginia Beach Genealogical Society

Family History Centers

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

Websites

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