It depends on the county. While records started in 1853, many counties had their records destroyed in various wars and accidents. There was also a gap when the state did not require records from 1896 through 1912. Many of those were later filed for various reasons. We proved and filed my parents records because they needed them to travel out of the country. Bev In a message dated 7/18/2007 7:24:17 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, njlarkin@hotmail.com writes: Would there be any birth records for Virginia in 1861? State or county? Thank you. ------------------------------- 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 ************************************** Get a sneak peek of the all-new AOL at http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour