Charlottesville (Independent City), Virginia Genealogy

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

Description
The City of Charlottesville is located in the West-Central portion of the Commonwealth of Virginia and was named in honor of Princess Charlotte, who became queen of England when she married King George III in 1761.

Courthouse
For additional records, see Albemarle County.

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

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

 * 1785-1940 Virginia, Select Marriages, 1785-1940 at Ancestry.com ($) — index
 * 1888-1929 - Virginia Marriages 1851-1929 (Ancestry) ($).