Albemarle County, Virginia Genealogy

Guide to Albemarle County, Virginia ancestry, genealogy and family history, birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, family history, and military records.

Description
Albemarle County is located in the central region of the Commonwealth of Virginia and was named in honor of William Ann Keppel, second Earl of Albemarle, who was then governor of the colony.

County Courthouse
Albemarle County Courthouse 501 East Jefferson Street Charlottesville, Virginia 22902 Phone: 434-972-4083 Albemarle County Website

Clerk Circuit Court has marriage records from 1870, Land records from 1748, Divorce, Probate and Court Records

Populated Places
For a complete list of populated places, including small neighborhoods and suburbs, visit HomeTown Locator. The following are the most historically and genealogically relevant populated places in this county:

History Timeline


The county is named after Lieutenant-General Willem Anne van Keppel, 2nd Earl of Albemarle (1702-1754), a British diplomat and American colonist.

Bible Records

 * Brown Family Bible, Hanover and Albemarle Counties, Virginia. By Bessie Z. Edwards. The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 13, No. 2 (Apr.-Jun. 1969):77-78. ; CD digital version at American Ancestors ($).
 * 1607-2007 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index & images
 * Papers, Military and Political, 1775-1778, of George Gilmer, M.D., of "Pen Park," Albemarle County, Va. By George Gilmer, MD. Presented in 1879 to Virginia Historical Society by his granddaughter, Mrs Franklin Minor, of Charlottesville, Virginia. Online at: Google Books;.

Business, Commerce, and Occupations

 * The Silversmiths of Virginia (together with Watchmakers and Jewelers) from 1694 to 1850. By George Barton Cutten. 1952. Richmond, Virginia : The Dietz Press, Incorporated. Online at: Hathitrust;.
 * Albemarle County, 1746, [Liquor Rates for 1746]. By Mrs. Senner Higginbotham Macfarlane. 1927. The William and Mary Quarterly, Second Series, Vol. 7, No. 2 (Apr., 1927), p. 136. Online at: JSTOR.

Cemeteries

 * 1800-1986 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index & images
 * Cocke Cemetery, Albemarle Co., VA By Elizabeth G. Lea. 1965. National Genealogical Society Quarterly, Vol. 53, No. 3 (Sep. 1965):216..

Census Records
1785 Enumeration
 * Albemarle County Heads of Families - 1785 U.S. Census Bureau. County begins on page 80.

1810
 * Albemarle County Virginia Federal Census of 1810. By John Vogt. c2008. Athens, GA : New Papyrus..

1890 Union Veterans
 * Virginia's Union Veterans: Eleventh Census of the United States 1890. c1994. By Ronald Ray Turner. Online at: Prince William County Virginia, ;.

Church Records
List of Churches and Church Parishes
 * FamilySearch Places

Baptist Early Baptist churches (with years constituted):
 * 1) Albemarle (1773)
 * 2) Hephzibah (1802)
 * 3) Prethis Creek (1784)
 * 4) Totier (1773)
 * 5) Whitesides (1788)

Albemarle County fell within the bounds of the Albemarle Association.

Church of England See also Fredericksville Parish See also St. Anne's Parish  See also Tillotson Parish Meade's 1861 history of parishes in Albemarle County is online at: Internet Archive

Presbyterian
 * Albemarle County in Virginia : Giving Some Account of What it Was by Nature, of What it Was Made by Man, and of Some of the Men Who Made it. By Rev. Edgar Woods. 1901. Charlottesville : Mitchie Co. Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library, Hathitrust, Internet Archive;.

Quaker Early monthly meetings (with years of existence):
 * Sugar Loaf Mountain Monthly Meeting, Keswick, Va. (1747-1754)
 * 1739-1793 Quaker Records of Cedar Creek Monthly Meeting, Virginia, 1739-1793 by Mary Marshall Brewer. Colonial Roots, Lewes, DE., 2002. . Worrall's history of Albemarle County Quakers was published in the Magazine of Virginia Genealogy, Vol. 22, No. 3 (Aug. 1984):22-34, which is available online at Ancestry ($).

Court Records
Online Court Indexes and Records

Guardianship
 * Guardians' Bonds of Albemarle County. By Mary Catherine Murphy. c1984. Greenville, SC : Southern Historical Press..

Chancery Court
 * Library of Virginia's Chancery Records Index for original Albemarle County chancery records for the years 1768-1969. Court designations were used in the processing of this locality. CC for Circuit Court, CSC for Circuit Superior Court, and no abbreviation indicates County Court.

Emigration and Immigration

 * North American Wills Registered in London 1611-1857. By Peter Wilson Coldham. 2007. Baltimore, MD : Genealogical Pub. Co. . Includes wills of residents of Albemarle County proved in London. These records often help establish an immigrant's place of origin.

Ethnic, Political, and Religious Groups
African American From 1790 to 1860, Albemarle County had one of the largest slave populations in the state (5579 in 1790; 13,916 in 1860). Ten years later in 1870, it had one of the largest African American populations in Virginia (14,994) - the town of Charlottesville in particular.
 * 1865-1872 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index & images
 * 1935-2009 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index & images
 * Free African Americans of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland and Delaware. c2005. By Paul Heinegg. Online at: Free African Americans;.
 * Search the Library of Virginia's Virginia Untold collection for digitized records related to African-Americans in Albemarle County.

Native American
 * The Indian Grave--A Monacan Site in Albemarle County, Virginia. By David I. Bushnell. 1914. The William and Mary Quarterly, Vol. 23, No. 2 (Oct. 1914), pp. 106-112. Online at: Internet Archive, JSTOR;.

Funeral Homes

 * 1935-2009 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index & images

Genealogies
Compiled Genealogies by Surname A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
 * See Albemarle County, Virginia Compiled Genealogies for a list of published books and articles, or jump to a surname using the alphabet bar.

Compiled Genealogies for Multiple Families
 * Heinegg, Paul. Free African Americans of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland and Delaware. 2005-present. - free online book. Ailstock, Arnold, Baine, Banks, Barnett, Battles, Bell, Bowles, Brooks, Brown, Burnett, Chapman, Chavis, Farrar, Farrow, Gibson, Going, Hartless, Hill, Mann, Martin, Mason, Mayo, Moss, Smothers, and Tyre families of pre-1820 Albemarle County, Virginia.
 * Pritchett, John W. Southside Virginia Genealogies. CD-ROM. Baltimore, Md.: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 2007. Free online index, courtesy: Virginians - The Family History of John W. Pritchett. [Includes of information about residents of Albemarle County, see discussion of cited sources.].
 * Woods, Edgar, Rev. Albemarle County in Virginia: Giving Some Account of What It Was by Nature, of What It Was Made by Man, and of Some of the Men Who Made It. Charlottesville, Virginia: The Michie Company Printers, 1901. Original edition available at ; 1964 reprint at ; 1991 reprint at ; digital version of original edition at Ancestry ($). Includes family histories of many residents of the county. Alternative title: History of Albemarle County, Virginia.

Land and Property Records
Online Land Indexes and Records Deeds Index to Albemarle County Deeds 1748-1752 Virginia Pioneers

Grants and Patents


 * 1476 patents dated 1722-1858 in what is now Albemarle County, Virginia placed on a map. DeedMapper, 2004. [Names of those who received land patents, dates, land descriptions, and references may be viewed free of charge (click "Index" next to the county listing); however, in order to view the maps, it is necessary to purchase Direct Line Software's DeedMapper product.]

Local Histories

 * Albemarle County in Virginia : Giving Some Account of What it Was by Nature, of What it Was Made by Man, and of Some of the Men Who Made it. By Rev. Edgar Woods. 1901. Charlottesville : Mitchie Co. Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library, Hathitrust, Internet Archive;.


 * Albemarle County in Virginia : Giving Some Account of What it Was by Nature, of What it Was Made by Man, and of Some of the Men Who Made it. By Rev. Edgar Woods. 1901. Charlottesville : Mitchie Co. Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library, Hathitrust, Internet Archive;.
 * Albemarle County Road Orders, 1744-1748. By Nathaniel Mason Pawlett. 1975. Charlottesville, Virginia : Virginia Highway & Transportation Research Council. Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library;.
 * Albemarle County Road Orders, 1783-1816. By Nathaniel Mason Pawlett. 1975. Charlottesville, Virginia : Virginia Highway & Transportation Research Council. Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library;.
 * Ante-bellum Albemarle : Albemarle County, Virginia. By Mary Rawlings. c1935. Charlottesville, Virginia : Mitchie Co. Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library, Hathitrust;.
 * Charlottesville and Albemarle County, Virginia, 1819-1865. 1950 or 1951. By University of Virginia, Dissertation.
 * Colonial Albemarle: The Social and Economic History of a Piedmont Virginia Country, 1727-1775. 1948. By University of Virginia.
 * Early Charlottesville : Recollections of James Alexander, 1828-1874. By Mary Rawlings. c1942. Charlottesville, Virginia : Mitchie Co. Online at: Hathitrust;.
 * Historic Homes of the South-West Mountains, Virginia. By Edward Campbell Mead. c1898. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania : J.B. Lippincott Co. Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library, Hathitrust, Internet Archive;.
 * Jefferson's Albemarle, 1717-1819. 1950 or 1951. By University of Virginia, Dissertation.
 * Papers, Military and Political, 1775-1778, of George Gilmer, M.D., of "Pen Park," Albemarle County, Va. By George Gilmer, MD. Presented in 1879 to Virginia Historical Society by his granddaughter, Mrs Franklin Minor, of Charlottesville, Virginia. Online at: Google Books;.
 * Albemarle County, Virginia - Original write-up given on the occasion of the unveiling of the Rio Mills historical highway marker.
 * Mead, Edward Campbell. Historic Homes of the South-West Mountains, Virginia. Philadelphia, Pa.: J.B. Lippincott Co., 1899, c1898..
 * Virginia Indexes at EveryNameIndex.com — Select the county.

Historic Residences
 * Benjamin Brown, Sr. of Brown's Cove, Albemarle Co., Va: A Brief Survey of Some of His Descendants and Their Buildings. By F.H. Boyd Coons, K. Edward Lay, Eugenia Bibb and University of Virginia. School of Architecture. 1984. Charlottesville, VA : School of Architecture, University of Virginia. Architecture in Virginia, Issue 24..
 * Castle Hill, Albemarle County, Virginia: Home of Prince and Princess Troubetzkoy and Miss Landon Rives. 1930..
 * Springdale Farm: Simeon Area, Near Buck Island Creek, Albemarle County, Virginia. By Claudia Craig, K. Edward Lay and University of Virginia School of Architecture. 1981. Charlottesville, VA : School of Architecture, University of Virginia. Studies in Vernacular Architecture, Issue 58..
 * The Olde Poorhouse Farm of Keswick, Va: The Second Poorhouse of Albemarle County. By Linda Gail Boggan, K. Edward Lay and University of Virginia. School of Architecture. 1994. Architecture in Virginia, Issue 143..
 * Ye Greenwood House (On Dinwiddie Estate): Greenwood, Albemarle County, Va. 190?.

Maps and Gazetteers

 * A Map of Albemarle County, Virginia. By Moses Green Peyton. 1875. Reprint 1971. Charlottesville, Virginia : Albemarle County Historical Society..
 * Index to Green Peyton's A Map of Albemarle County, Virginia, 1875. By Mary Catharine Murphy, Moses Green Peyton, Anne Freudenburg, John Thomas Casteen and Albemarle County Historical Society. 1987. Charlottesville, Virginia : Albemarle County Historical Society..
 * FamilySearch Places:Cities and Towns in this county - How to Use FS Places

Migration

 * Some Delinquent Taxpayers 1787-1790. By Robert Y. Clay. The Virginia Genealogist Vol. 19, No. 3. July - Sept.1975:190-194. Online at: New England Ancestors ($),.

Military Records
French and Indian War
 * Gleanings of Virginia History: An Historical and Genealogical Collection, Largely from Original Sources. By William F. Boogher. 2007. Baltimore : Genealogical Pub. Co. Online at: Internet Archive;.
 * Albemarle County in Virginia : Giving Some Account of What it Was by Nature, of What it Was Made by Man, and of Some of the Men Who Made it. By Rev. Edgar Woods. 1901. Charlottesville : Mitchie Co. Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library, Hathitrust, Internet Archive;.
 * 1651-1776 Crozier, William Armstrong. Virginia Colonial Militia 1651-1776. Baltimore: Southern Book Co., 1954. Available at ; digital book at Ancestry ($). Identifies some County militia officers and soldiers; see place name index.
 * Virginia's Colonial Soldiers. By Lloyd DeWitt Bockstruck. 1988. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co..

Revolutionary War
 * A Census of Pensioners for Revolutionary or Military Services: With their Names, Ages, and Places of Residence, as Returned by the Marshalls of the Several Judicial Districts, Under the Act for Taking the Sixth Census. 1841. Washington : Blair and Rives. Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library, Internet Archive, Ancestry ($);.
 * Albemarle County in Virginia : Giving Some Account of What it Was by Nature, of What it Was Made by Man, and of Some of the Men Who Made it. By Rev. Edgar Woods. 1901. Charlottesville : Mitchie Co. Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library, Hathitrust, Internet Archive;.
 * Index to Revolutionary Pension and Bounty-Land Documents at the Library of Virginia. 2012. Compiled by C. Leon Harris. Online at: Library of Virginia.
 * Jack Jouett of Albemarle: The Paul Revere of Virginia. By Jennie Grayson Thornley. 1922. Charlottesville, VA. Online at: Hathitrust, Internet Archive;.
 * Rejected or Suspended Applications for Revolutionary War Pensions. Washington, D.C., 1852. Reprinted by Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1969, and 1991. Reprints include "an Added Index to States." ; digital version at Ancestry ($). Includes veterans. Virginia section begins on page 238.
 * Virginia Militia in the Revolutionary War: McAllister's Data. By J. T. McAllister. c1913. Hot Springs, Virginia : McAllister Pub. Co. Online at: Hathitrust, Internet Archive;.

Service men in Albemarle County served in various regiments. Men often joined a company (within a regiment) that originated in their county. Albemarle County supplied soldiers for the:
 * - 7th Virginia Regiment
 * - 9th Virginia Regiment
 * - 14th Virginia Regiment

War of 1812
 * A guide to Albermarle County, Virginia Military and Pension Records 1785-1818.
 * A Guide to Virginia Militia Units in the War of 1812. By Stuart Lee Butler. 1988. Athens, Ga : Iberian Pub. Co.;.
 * James Langford Family, War of 1812 Albemarle.
 * List of Pensioners on the Roll, January 1, 1883; Giving the Name of Each Pensioner, the Cause for Why Pensioned, the Post-Office Address, the Rate of Pension Per Month, and the Date of Original Allowance... 1883. Washington, D.C : Government Printing Office. Online at: Internet Archive, Ancestry ($).
 * Roster of War of 1812, Southside, Virginia. By James L. Douthat. 2007. Signal Mountain, Tenn : Mountain Press. Mountain Press provides online surname index;.

Civil War
 * 1861-1865 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index & images
 * 1861-1865 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index & images
 * 1861-1865 U.S., Confederate Soldiers Compiled Service Records, 1861-1865 at Ancestry — index (free)
 * 1861-1865 U.S., Union Soldiers Compiled Service Records, 1861-1865 at Ancestry — index (free)
 * Personal Experience of a Staff Officer at Mine Run and Albemarle County Raid, and as Commander of the 43rd Regiment U.S. Colored Troops, through the Wilderness Campaign, and at the Mine Before Petersburg, Virginia. From November 7, 1863, to July 30, 1864: A Paper Prepared and Read Before the ... . By Henry Seymour Hall. 1894. Leavenworth, Kansas;.

Civil War service men in Albemarle County served in various regiments. Men often joined a company (within a regiment) that originated in their county. Listed below are companies that were specifically formed here:
 * - 7th Battalion, Virginia Infantry, Local Defense (1st Nitre Battalion) (Confederate). Company I (The Holcombe Guards).
 * - 10th Regiment, Virginia Cavalry (1st Cavalry Regiment, Wise Legion (Confederate). Company F (Albermarle Rangers).
 * - 19th Regiment, Virginia Infantry (Confederate). Company A (The Monticello Guard), Company B (The Albemarle Rifles), Company C (The Scottsville Guard), Company D (The Howardsville Grays), Company E (The Piedmont Guards), Company F (The Montgomery Guards), and Company K (The Blue Ridge Rifles).
 * - 46th Regiment, Virginia Infantry (Confederate). Company G (Albemarle Jackson Avengers) presumably came from Albemarle County and Company H (Green Mountain Grays).
 * - 56th Regiment, Virginia Infantry (Confederate). Company H (White Hall Guards).
 * - 57th Regiment, Virginia Infantry (Confederate). Company H (Rivanna Guards).
 * - 59th Regiment, Virginia Infantry (Confederate). Company G2 (University Volunteers).

Records and histories are available, including:

World War II
 * 1940-1945 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index & images
 * Pursuits of War: The People of Charlottesville and Albemarle County, Virginia, in the Second World War. By Gertrude Dana Parlier. 1948. Charlottesville, Virginia : Albemarle County Historical Society..

Naturalization and Citizenship
Online Naturalization Indexes and Records
 * 1906-1929 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index & images

Newspapers
Images of the Virginia Gazette (1736-1780) are available online through the Colonial Williamsburg website. In addition, Professor Tom Costa and The Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia have created a database of all runaway advertisements for slaves, indentured servants, transported convicts, and ship deserters listed in this source and other Virginia newspapers (1736-1803), see: The Geography of Slavery in Virginia. These newspapers are valuable resources for all regions of Virginia.
 * 1820-1869 A Collection of Abstracts of Obituaries from Charlottesville, Va., Newspapers 1820-1869 and Abstracts of Marriages from Charlottesville, Va., Newspapers 1820-1859. By Mary Catherine Murphy and Albemarle County Historical Society. 1994. Charlottesville, Virginia : n.p..
 * 1855-1880 Jeffersonian Republican (Charlottesville, Va.) at Genealogy Bank ($).

Officials
Legislative Petitions
 * A Calendar of Legislative Petitions Arranged by Counties Accomac - Bedford (Virginia State Library). By H.J. Eckenrode. 1908. Richmond, Virginia : Davis Bottom, Superintendent of Public Printing. Online at: Google Books [Albemarle County petitions are described on pp. 23-61].

Probate Records
Online Probate Indexes and Records
 * 1633-1800 Wills and Estate Records Index at Library of Virginia.
 * Albemarle County Wills, Inventories and Estates, 1748-1752 (digital images) Virginia Pioneers
 * Albemarle County Wills, Index to Wills, Appraisements, Estates 1752-85 Virginia Pioneers
 * North American Wills Registered in London 1611-1857. By Peter Wilson Coldham. 2007. Baltimore, MD : Genealogical Publishing Co. . [Includes wills of residents of King William County proved in London. These records often help establish an immigrant's place of origin.]
 * 1639-1850 Virginia Land, Marriage and Probate Records 1639-1850 at Ancestry — index, incomplete ($)

Social Security Records

 * 1935-2014 at FamilySearch — How to use this collection; index. Also at Ancestry, findmypast, Fold3, GenealogyBank, MyHeritage, and Steve Morse. Click here for more information.
 * 1936-2007 U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007

Tax Records
Online Tax Indexes and Records Buckingham county, in 1761, was formed from that part of Albemarle county lying south and east of the James River. Albemarle residents living there then, and following the division of the county, became residents of Buckingham county. Many Albemarle families had relatives in, once resided in or owned property in Buckingham. Crouse's book is a comprehensive transcription of all extant tithe and personal property tax lists (over 12,000 records) for Buckingham County, Virginia from its formation in 1761 through 1792. Includes 1764, 1773-4, 1782-1792. All proprietors are named (male or female) along with many additional white males over the age of 16, number of white tithes, number of slave tithes, names of slaves over the age of 12 (until 1783), carriages, ordinary licences, horses, cattle (1783-1788) and acres of land (1764). Comments and annotations are included, as found in the original lists, that describe familial relationships, marital status (widow), physical characteristics, race, occupation, nationality, religion, place of residence and more.Transcribed records are ordered as they appear in the tax lists and, in addition, are ordered alphabetically in a 160 page index section. Includes an introduction and guide to use, a table and graphs to summarize statistics, extensive bibliography, table of alternate surname spellings, list of abbreviations and appendices.
 * 1742-1787 Names of Families Living on Priddy's Creek, Fredericksville Parish, Albemarle County, VA., 1742-87, Virginia Settlers (Fall 1989):84..
 * 1764-1792 Personal Property Tax Lists of Buckingham County Virginia, Vol. 1, 1764-1792. By Randy F. McNew Crouse. 2017. Online at: Lulu ($) and FHL. Family History Library Call Number: 975.5623 R4c..
 * 1782-1813 Albemarle County Personal Property Tax Lists 1782-1813 (images); digital version in Tax List Club at Binns Genealogy ($).
 * 1782 Personal Property Tax List of Albemarle County, 1782. By Lester J. Cappon. Magazine of Albemarle County History, Vol. 5 (1944):47-73..
 * 1782 1782 Personal Property Tax List online at Genealogy Trails.
 * 1782-1790 1790 Albemarle County, Virginia Census. By James L. Douthat. 1999. Signal Mountain, Tenn : Mountain Press. Mountain Press provides online surname index..
 * 1783 Personal Property (or Land) Tax List, 1783. Online at: Revolutionary War Service.
 * 1783 Sheriff's Ledger: For Assessment of Taxes in Albemarle County, Va. By N. Hammer. ["Concerns collection of parish and county levies, taxes on land, livestock, heads of household, and slaves. Also includes list of court records saved from destruction."]
 * 1787 The 1787 Census of Virginia: An Accounting of the Name of Every White Male Tithable Over 21 Years, the Number of White Males Between 16 &amp; 21 Years, the Number of Slaves over 16 &amp; Those Under 16 Years, Together with a Listing of Their Horses, Cattle &amp; Carriages, and Also the Names of All Persons to Whom Ordinary Licenses and Physician's Licenses Were Issued. By Netti Schreiner-Yantis and Florene Speakman Love. c1987. Springfield, Virginia : Genealogical Books in Print..
 * 1787 Some Delinquent Taxpayers 1787-1790. By Robert Y. Clay. The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 19, No. 3 (Jul.-Sep. 1975):190-194. ; CD available at: New England Ancestors ($). These records often identify migrants who left the county and their intended destinations. Albemarle County's 1787 Delinquent Lists appear on 19:190-192.
 * 1789 Images of the 1789 Personal Property Tax List of Albemarle County, Virginia - Binns Genealogy.
 * 1800 Albemarle County, Virginia, 1800 Tax List. The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 3, No. 1 (Jan.-Mar. 1959):3-8; Vol. 3, No. 2 (Apr.-Jun. 1959):71-76; Vol. 3, No. 3 (Jul-Sep. 1959):113-120; Vol. 3, No. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 1959):162-166. ; CD available at: New England Ancestors ($).
 * 1802 Images of the 1802 Personal Property Tax List of Albemarle County, Virginia - Binns Genealogy.
 * 1815 1815 Directory of Virginia Landowners (and Gazetteer). By Roger D. Ward. c1997. Athens, Georgia: Iberian Pub. Co. ..

Birth

 * 1853-1866 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index & images
 * 1886-1889 Albemarle County, Virginia Births, 1886-89. 1999. By Beth Fridley. Provo, UT : The Generations Network, Inc. Online at: Ancestry ($).
 * 1890-1896 Albemarle County, Virginia Births, 1890-96. 1999. By Beth Fridley. Provo, UT : The Generations Network, Inc. Online at: Ancestry ($).
 * 1912-1913 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index & images
 * 1584-1917 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index & images

Marriage

 * 1660-1800 Virginia Marriages 1660-1800 at Ancestry — index ($)
 * 1660-1959 Virginia, United States Marriages - Findmypast ($).
 * 1740-1850 Virginia Marriages 1740-1850 at Ancestry — index ($)
 * 1780-1868 Albemarle County Marriages 1780 to 1868 Virginia Pioneers ($).
 * 1780-1853 Albemarle County Marriages, 1780-1853. By John Vogt and T. William Kethley, Jr. c1991. Athens, Georgia : Iberian Pub. Co. . An excellent transcription of marriage bonds, licenses and loose papers, including parental permissions.
 * 1785-1940 Virginia, Select Marriages, 1785-1940 at Ancestry — index ($)
 * 1785-1940 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; Index ; Also at: MyHeritage ($)
 * 1786-1795 Marriage Bond in Albemarle County, 1786-1795. 1949. By Evelyn Dollens Wyllie. Albemarle County Historical Society Magazine, Vol. 9 (1948-1949). Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library;.
 * 1800-1846 Marriage Register of Rev. John Gibson, Albemarle County, Virginia. Online at: Fold3 ($). List of marriages that were performed by Rev. John Gibson as found in the John Gibson's Revolutionary War Pension File
 * 1800-1846 Gleanings of Virginia History: An Historical and Genealogical Collection, Largely from Original Sources. 2007. By William F. Boogher. Baltimore : Genealogical Pub. Co. Online at: Internet Archive;.
 * 1800- Albemarle County Marriages. By C.E. Godfrey. The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 31, No. 4 (Oct., 1923), pp. 333-338; Vol. 32, No. 4 (Oct., 1924), pp. 365-369. Online at: JSTOR ($),.
 * 1820-1859 A Collection of Abstracts of Obituaries from Charlottesville, Va., Newspapers 1820-1869 and Abstracts of Marriages from Charlottesville, Va., Newspapers 1820-1859. 1994. By Mary Catherine Murphy and Albemarle County Historical Society. Charlottesville, Virginia : The Compiler..
 * 1851-1929 Virginia Marriages 1851-1929 Ancestry ($).
 * 1853-1935 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index
 * 1854-1893 Albemarle County Marriage Register Index 1854-1893. Online at: Virginia Pioneers ($)
 * 1936-1988 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index & images

Death

 * Deaths are online in the Library of Virginia's Death Index of Virginia, 1853-1896, sponsored by The Virginia Genealogical Society.
 * 1820-1859 A Collection of Abstracts of Obituaries from Charlottesville, Va., Newspapers 1820-1869 and Abstracts of Marriages from Charlottesville, Va., Newspapers 1820-1859. By Mary Catherine Murphy and Albemarle County Historical Society. 1994. Charlottesville, Virginia : The Compiler..
 * 1853-1861 Albemarle County Death Index 1853-1861. at FamilySearch.
 * 1912-1987 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index & images
 * 1853-1912 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection;  index & images
 * Albemarle County in Virginia : Giving Some Account of What it Was by Nature, of What it Was Made by Man, and of Some of the Men Who Made it. By Rev. Edgar Woods. 1901. Charlottesville : Mitchie Co. Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library, Hathitrust, Internet Archive;.

Divorce

 * 1918-1988 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index & images

Family History Centers

 * Charlottesville Virginia Family History Center
 * Waynesboro Virginia Family History Center


 * Waynesboro Public Library - an affiliate library

Libraries
Albemarle Charlottesville Historical Society 200 2nd Street Northeast Charlottesville, Virginia 22902Website Alderman Library, University of Virginia Charlottesville, Virginia 22904Website Central Virginia Genealogical Association

Websites

 * Albemarle County, Virginia USGenWeb
 * Cyndi's List
 * Virginia Pioneers


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Research Guides
Compiled genealogies are a good place to start research for this area, see Albemarle County, Virginia Genealogy. If you are researching families who lived in Albemarle County, Virginia between the 1750s and 1790s, the Sparacios' books are a great time saver. They comprehensively index several publications covering that period:
 * Surname Index of Antient Press Publications. By Ruth Trickey Sparacio and Sam Sparacio. 1993. 14+ vols. McLean, Virginia : R. &amp; S. Sparacio, Antient Press. 975.5 P22s v. 1-2; publisher's website: Antient Press;.


 * A Guide to the Counties of Virginia: Albemarle County. The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 3, No. 2 (Apr.-Jun. 1959):86-90. ; CD available at: American Ancestors ($).
 * Historical Guide to Albemarle County: Including Monticello, the University of Virginia and Charlottesville. Charlottesville, Virginia : Published under the auspices of the Albemarle Club of Colonial Dames and the Albemarle Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution, 1924. ..
 * Research Opportunities in Albemarle County. The Virginia Genealogical Society Newsletter, Vol. 18, No. 1 (Jan.-Feb. 1992):1-2. ; Online at: Virginia Genealogical Society ($).
 * Research Opportunities in Albemarle County Part II. The Virginia Genealogical Society Newsletter, Vol. 18, No. 2 (Mar.-Apr. 1992):1-2. ; Online at: Virginia Genealogical Society ($).