Yes, records started in 1853. In a message dated 7/18/2007 7:24:03 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, njlarkin@hotmail.com writes: Would there be any birth records for Virginia in 1861? State or county? Thank you. ************************************** Get a sneak peek of the all-new AOL at http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour

From: http://birthdatabase.net/virginia/birth-records.htm Virginia registration of births, deaths, and marriages began on a county level in 1853 and continued until 1896. Many counties abandoned registration during the Civil War, or recorded only a small percentage of events. Pat Duncan GenNutLdn@msn.com ----- Original Message ----- From: <SPRAD666@aol.com> To: <varoots@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, July 18, 2007 6:35 PM Subject: Re: [VAROOTS] birth record > > Yes, records started in 1853. > > In a message dated 7/18/2007 7:24:03 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, > njlarkin@hotmail.com writes: > > Would there be any birth records for Virginia in 1861? State or county? > Thank you. > > > > > > > > > ************************************** Get a sneak peek of the all-new AOL > at > http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > VAROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >