Charlottesville (Independent City), Virginia Genealogy

United States Virginia  Albemarle County  Charlottesville

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

Courthouse
For additional records, see Albemarle County.

Parent County
1762  -- Charlottesville was created in 1762 from Albemarle County.

Cemeteries
For a detailed list, including addresses, phone numbers, and external links, see Charlottesville, Virginia Cemeteries.

The following is a list of cemeteries in Charlottesville:


 * Maplewood Cemetery
 * Oakwood Cemetery
 * Riverview Cemetery
 * University Cemetery

Court Records
Indexes (1889-1939) and images (1889-1926) to Charlottesville, Virginia Chancery Records are available online through Virginia Memory: Chancery Records Index. These records, often concerned with inheritance disputes, contain a wealth of genealogical information.

Immigration
During the War of 1812, American officials reported finding one British alien living in Charlottesville.

Civil War
Civil War records for Charlottesville were kept by the city.

Newspapers

 * 1855-1880 - Jeffersonian Republican (Charlottesville, Va.) at Genealogy Bank ($).

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 Charlottesville silversmiths.]

Marriage

 * 1888-1929 - Virginia Marriages 1851-1929 (Ancestry) ($).