Online Virginia Death Indexes, Records & Obituaries

Online Virginia Death Records Indexes and Death Certificates

Virginia Vital Records and Indexes at Ancestry (these require payment)...
- Virginia Death Certificates, 1912-1995 and Death Records Index, 1912-2014 Coverage for 1912 begins in June.
  Includes images of the death certificates from June 1912 to 1995.
- Virginia Death Registers, 1853-1911
- Virginia Birth Records, 1912-2015 (with images for some years)
- Virginia Marriage Records, 1936-2014 (with images for some years)
- Virginia, Wills and Probate Records, 1652-1900

Virginia Death Certificates and Indexes at FamilySearch (these are free with registration)...

Virginia Indexes from the Library of Virginia (free to search)
- Death Index of Virginia, July 1, 1853-1896 for 34 Virginia cities and counties; coverage may vary
- Virginia Wills and Estate Records Index, 1633-1800 from the will books of 51 Virginia counties and cities; coverage may vary
- Virginia Military Dead Database

Virginia Death Records Indexes, Obituaries and Cemeteries by County

Accomac County: Eastern Shore of Virginia Marriage and Death Notices 1881-1912
Accomac County: Gravestones of the Eastern Shore of Virginia for Accomack County and Northampton County
Albemarle County...
- African American Cemeteries in Albemarle and Amherst Counties - Burial Search
- Albemarle County: J.F. Bell Funeral Home Records
Alexandria City...
- Alexandria Library Obituary and Genealogy Indexes includes:
  - Obituary Index to the Alexandria Gazette 1916-1946
  - Civil War Era Burials - Alexandria National Cemetery
  - Volunteers for Freedom: Black Civil War Soldiers in Alexandria National Cemetery
- Freedmen's Cemetery Burials Civil War-era African American burying ground in Old Town Alexandria
Arlington Cemetery...
- Arlington County: Arlington National Cemetery Burials official website of Arlington National Cemetery
Augusta County: Local Cemetery Records from the Augusta County Historical Society
Augusta County Cemeteries - also see the assorted cemeteries listing below
Bath County Cemeteries - see the assorted cemeteries listing below
Bristol City: see the Bristol Cemeteries Index in the assorted cemeteries section below
Carroll County Death Register, 1855-1896
Charlotte County Cemetery Indexes also has other genealogy indexes; from the Charlotte County Historical and Genealogical Society
Danville City Cemetery Records, 1833-2006 at FamilySearch coverage varies by cemetery
Fairfax County and City...
- Fairfax County Historic Records Center Indexes
- Fairfax County Public Library Historical Newspaper Index and Cemetery Survey includes obituaries, plus birth and marriage announcements from 10 local area newspapers (from Fairfax County, Alexandria City and Arlington County); cemetery survey includes burials index
- City of Fairfax Confederate Cemetery
- Civil War Veterans Buried in Fairfax County, Virginia includes Civil War veterans buried in cemeteries in Fairfax County, Fairfax City and Falls Church City (not complete)
Fauquier County...
- Fauquier County Cemeteries
- Fauquier County: Fauquier Democrat/Times-Democrat Index indexes births, marriages, deaths and other items; covers 1905-1983 with some years missing; also has Fauquier County Tombstone Inscriptions Index
Fluvanna County: Colbert Funeral Home Records, 1929-1976 from FamilySearch
Frederick County - see Winchester below
Fredericksburg City...
- Virginia Historical Society Papers, 1607-2007 from FamilySearch; includes Fredericksburg City Death Records, 1853-1896
- Fredericksburg City - Embrey Index To Deeds and Wills, 1727-1920 also has newspaper indexes and other items
- Fredericksburg Historic Court Records includes wills search, 1782-1957
Highland County Cemeteries - see the assorted cemeteries listing below
Loudoun County Cemetery Database from the Thomas Balch Library in Leesburg
Loudoun County: Indexes for Births, Marriages, Deaths, Wills and other items death index covers 1912-1917; wills index covers 1757-1946
Lynchburg City...
- Lynchburg Obituaries Index, 1837-1930; and Funeral Homes Index from the Jones Memorial Library
- Lynchburg: Old City Cemetery - Civil War Burials & Removals; General Cemetery Burials since 1806 also has Diuguid Funeral Home Records from 1820-1950
- Lynchburg: Diuguid Funeral Home records, 1820-1971 from FamilySearch; Index and images of records from Old City and Spring Hill Cemeteries, Lynchburg, Virginia.
Manassas City - see Prince William County below
New Kent County Death Index also has indexes for marriages, church records and many other items
Newport News: Daily Press Obituary Index 1898-1988 from the Newport News Public Library System
Norfolk City - Assorted Cemetery Listings
Norfolk County: see Portsmouth below
Northampton County: see Accomack County above
Petersburg City...
- Petersburg Public Library Newspaper Index, 1797-1877 indexes births, marriage, deaths, and other items; from the Library of Virginia
- Poplar Grove National Cemetery - Civil War Burials
- Blandford Cemetery...
  - Historic Blandford Cemetery Foundation Survey Records, 1987-1992
  - City of Petersburg Virginia - Blandford Cemetery Records of Civil War Soldiers
Portsmouth City...
- Portsmouth Public Library Genealogy Records includes Norfolk County District 1 deaths, 1886-1896 (except 1895); and Norfolk County District 2 deaths, 1891-1896 (except 1895); and burial indexes for 7 cemeteries in Portsmouth City; also has some birth and marriage indexes
- Portsmouth City USGenWeb Archives includes Portsmouth deaths, 1856-1895; some Portsmouth cemetery indexes, and other items
- Portsmouth Public Library Cemetery Burials Indexes for Lincoln (African-American) Cemetery and Olive Branch Cemetery
Prince William County...
- Prince William Public Library's RELIC Digital Archives - Genealogy Indexes includes vital records (births, marriage and deaths), and more
- Prince William County, Virginia Deaths, 1853-1896 at Ancestry/requires payment
- Prince William County Indexes includes cemeteries and obituaries
- Prince William County Newspaper Index Search for the Manassas Journal Messenger, Potomac News, Prince William Journal and other newspapers; search for articles or obituaries
Richmond City...
- Richmond Area: Henley Marriage and Obituary Index to Virginia Newspapers, 1736-1982 with emphasis on the years 1780 to 1910; from the Library of Virginia
- Richmond Enquirer/Visitor Marriage and Obituary Index, 1804–1860
- East End Cemetery - Historic African-American Cemetery in Richmond, Virginia
  - East End Cemetery Burials
  - East End Cemetery Searchable Map
- Richmond: Hollywood Cemetery Burials also includes a database for Confederate soldiers buried in the cemetery
- L. T. Christian Funeral Home, Richmond - Records Database
- J. Henry Brown Monuments, Inc. Order Books Collection Index (partial)
- Burial Records of Jewish Cemeteries in Central Virginia
Roanoke: Fair View Cemetery and Cedar Lawn Memorial Park Burials names only; dates not given
Rockbridge County Cemeteries - see the assorted cemeteries listing below
Rockingham County...
- Friedens United Church of Christ Cemetery (scanned documents)
- Rockingham County Tombstones - Index to Cemeteries from the Harrisonburg Rockingham County Historical Society
- Index to Selected Obituaries from the Daily News Record, Harrisonburg, VA, 1950-2013 PDF; from the Eastern Mennonite University Library
Russell County Death Index 1853-1896 and 1912-1929 (some years missing)
Shenandoah County Cemetery Inscriptions
Southampton County Genealogy Indexes incudes Will Books 1749-1881, Death Records 1853-1890, and other items
Williamsburg: Virginia Gazette Obituary Index, 1930-2015 from the Williamsburg Regional Library; includes PDF images of the obituaries; covers Williamsburg City, James City County, and York County
Winchester City...
- Winchester Evening Star Obituary Index, 1896-1915 from the Handley Regional Library
  - FamilySearch has digizited Winchester Evening Star Obituaries, 1899-1909 at FamilySearch
- Mount Hebron Cemetery Burials in Winchester, VA
Wythe County Cemeteries from the Kegley Library
York County Estate Inventories, a selection from the 17th and 18th Centuries

Assorted Virginia Cemeteries and Funeral Programs...

Assorted Virginia Cemeteries includes burial databases for some cemeteries in: Augusta County, Bath County, Fairfax County, Highland County, Rockbridge County, Rockingham County and Shenandoah County (scroll down to the Virginia section)
Bristol Cemeteries Index from the Library of Virginia; for some cemeteries in Bristol, Virginia; Dickenson, Russell, and Washington counties, Virginia; and Greene and Sullivan counties, Tennessee.
Virginia, African-American Funeral Programs, 1935-2009 at FamilySearch; most are from the Middle Peninsula area of Virginia
Virginia, Jewish Cemetery Records Index, ca. 1800-1986 from FamilySearch
New River Notes: Genealogy Resources for the Upper New River Valley of North Carolina and Virginia for counties in Southwestern Virginia and Northwestern North Carolina; includes cemetery burials and other items

Also Helpful...

Virginia Genealogy Records at Ancestry (requires payment)
includes census records, cemetery burials, military records, vital records and more

Ordering Virginia Vital Records

Where to Write for Vital Records - Virginia (restrictions and fees apply)

Online Virginia Death Records & Indexes

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