>In a message dated 98-09-01 09:37:09 EDT, SelInVa@aol.com writes: > ><< Va Birth and Death records were kept on a county level in registers from >1853 > until 1896. There is no statewide recording of births and deaths between >1896 > and 1912 (although the cities of Newport News, Lynchburg, Norfolk and > Petersburg, Richmond, Portsmouth and Roanoke continued during that time > period). Systematic statewide registration began again in June 1912. The > records for the period 1853 thru 1896 are available on microfilm at the LVA > and FH Centers, records after June 1912 are ordered from the Bureau of Vital > Statistics. Not all records for the period 1853 thru 1896 still exist, not > all births and or deaths were recorded, but it pays to take a look. Prior to > the Civil War slave births and deaths are recorded but under the name of the > slave owner. >> > >A couple of people asked what the categories were that appeared on the Death >Registers for Va. prior to the end of slavery and after (1853-1896). Complete >information was not always provided for each death, nor were all deaths >recorded (the information in the boxes is taken from the Nelson County Death >Register for the year 1854), not all registers survived. Following the Civil >War the category of Slave owner was deleted, and race: Slave/Free was deleted. >The death registers for the different counties are currently being abstracted >by volunteers thru a program sponsored by the LVA and will appear on line, >sometime in the future (or when some of us finish.) > >Lines numbered: 1 >Name in Full: no name >White: >Colored: > Free: > Slave: S >Name of the owner of the slave: John Hight >Sex: > Male: > Female: f >Date of Death: blank >Place of Death: Nelson County >Name of Disease or Cause of death: unknown >Age: > Year: > Months: 6 > Days: >Name of Parents: Jeannett a slave >Place of Birth: Nelson County >Occupation: >Consort of or unmarried: >Sources of Information: > Name of persons giving information of death: John Hight > Designation of informant, whether Physician, surgeon, coroner, Head of the > family, friend etc: Owner > >Lines numbered: 4 >Name in Full: Coleman >White: >Colored: > Free: > Slave: S >Name of the owner of the slave: Samuel McReid >Sex: > Male: M > Female: >Date of Death: August >Place of Death: Nelson County >Name of Disease or Cause of death: Bellious Fever >Age: > Year: 22 > Months: > Days: >Name of Parents: Mildred a Slave >Place of Birth: Nelson County >Occupation: >Consort of or unmarried: >Sources of Information: > Name of persons giving information of death: George J. Johnson > Designation of informant, whether Physician, surgeon, coroner, Head of the > family, friend etc: Manager > >Selma >------------------------------------------------------------------------- >- African Ancestored Genealogy Discussion >- To unsubscribe, email: Majordomo@MsState.Edu >- In body of message: unsubscribe afrigeneas >- >- Afrigeneas archives: http://www.msstate.edu/listarchives/afrigeneas/ >------------------------------------------------------------------------- >