This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/SBC.2ACI/620.1 Message Board Post: Birth and death records are kept by the Virginia Department of Health. Marriage records are kept at the courthouse. Check the health dept. Web site for information on how to order the death records: http://www.vdh.state.va.us/vitalrec/