(This page's most recent update is March 2025)
One of the main goals for genealogists is finding birth, baptism, and/or christening information about their ancestors.
Over the past few decades, thanks to volunteers, librarians, and archivists, many indexes to birth and baptism collections have been provided for free online. These searchable indexes provide specific birth, baptism, or christening information, and sometimes scanned images of the actual birth documents themselves. These free online collections have millions of records in them in total.
There are a great number of online and offline collections that may include birth information that is not included in the lists below. These different types can be found in 32 Ways to Find Ancestor Birth Information
If you are interested in baptism indexes that may include the birth date as well as baptism information, make sure to check out Church Records.
The lists below are specific birth, baptism, and christening indexes and record collections available for free online for the state.
Note: Some links listed take you to a FamilySearch Collection of digital images. Near the bottom of the page, under Film/Digital Notes, is the name of each sub-collection. If there is a camera icon to the right of the name (in the Format column), then the collection’s images are browsable. If there is a camera with a key icon, it is only available at a Family History Center or affiliated library. If there is a film reel icon, then it is only available in microfilm format, not digital. To take full advantage make sure that you are logged in to FamilySearch. The results may be different if you are signed in, rather than not.
Note: I have included links to Free Ancestry records and indexes. You do not need a subscription, but you do need an Ancestry account. You can view indexes without a subscription. If an image is associated with a record, in most cases, you will need a subscription, but the index does include very usable information.
Virginia Birth Records
- Accomack County Registers of Births, 1853-1896
- Accomack County, Birth Indexes
- Albemarle County, Birth Indexes
- Albemarle County, Registers of Births and Deaths, 1853-1861
- Alexandria County, Vital Records, 1850-1896
- Alleghany County, Birth Indexes
- Amelia County, Birth Indexes
- Amelia County, Registers of Births and Deaths, 1853-1871
- Augusta County, Birth Indexes
- Augusta County, Register of Births, 1853-1874; Register of Deaths, 1853-1878, 1893-1896
- Bath County, Marriage Records, 1790-1899; Birth and Death Registers, 1853-1870
- Bedford County Records
- Bedford County, Registers of Births, 1853-1897; Indexes to Birth Registers, 1853-1897
- Botetourt County, Registers of Marriages, 1787-1913, Births and Deaths, 1853-1870
- Brunswick County, Register of Births, 1853-1857; Register of Deaths, 1853-1855
- Buckingham County Records, 1786-1858
- Carroll County, Marriages 1853-1929, Births 1853-1896 and Deaths 1853-1870; Indexes to Births, Marriages and Deaths
- Charles City County, Marriage Records, 1762-1931; Birth and Death Registers, 1865-1896
- Charles Parish, York County, Registers, Births 1648-1789, Deaths 1665-1787
- Craig County, Birth Indexes
- Danville, Birth Records, 1874-1879
- Early Calhoun County Records: Births: 1855-1875, Marriages: 1856-1875, Deaths: 1855-1867
- Essex County, Birth Indexes
- Essex County, Birth and Death Registers, 1853-1917; Index to Registers of Births, Marriages and Deaths, 1804-1921
- Essex County, Marriage Registers, 1804-1934; Index to Registers of Births, Marriages and Deaths, 1804-1921
- Fauquier County Court Records
- Fauquier County, Birth and Death Registers, 1853-1896
- Floyd County, Birth Indexes
- Floyd County, Registers of Births and Deaths, 1853-1872
- Fluvanna County, Registers of Births, 1853-1896
- Franklin County Registers of Births, Marriages, Deaths, 1853-1915; Index to Births, Marriages, Deaths, 1853-1898
- Frederick County, Birth and Death Registers, 1853-1870
- Fredericksburg Birth Index
- Giles County Marriage Register, 1806-1913, Birth and Death Registers, 1855-1896; Indexes to Birth, Marriage, and Death Registers
- Goochland County, Birth Indexes
- Goochland County, Birth Register, 1853-1877; Marriage Register, 1852-1901; Index to Registers of Births, Marriages and Deaths, 1852-1901
- Grayson County Births
- Grayson County, Birth Indexes
- Grayson County, Registers of Births and Deaths, 1853-1870
- Greensville County, Birth and Death Registers, 1853-1859
- Halifax County, Birth and Death Registers, 1853-1871
- Hanover County, Marriage Register, 1863-1897; Birth Register, 1853-1879; Death Register, 1853-1871
- Henrico County, Birth and Death Registers (Henrico County, Virginia), 1853-1870
- Henry County, Registers of Births and Deaths, 1853-1879; Indexes, 1853-1871
- Highland County, Marriage Register, 1854-1951; Birth Register, 1853-1878; Death Register, 1853-1862
- Isle of Wight County Records, 1634-1951
- Isle of Wight County Registers of Marriages 1854-1900, Births 1853-1876, and Deaths 1853-1874; Indexes to Registers
- Isle of Wight County, Birth Indexes
- Isle of Wight County, Birth Records, 1867-1893
- King George County, Birth Register, 1871-1917; Marriage Register, 1856-1930
- Lancaster County, Birth Register, 1853-1862, 1865-1870
- Lancaster County, Registers of Births and Deaths, 1853-1895
- Lee County, Birth Register, 1853-1877; Death Register, 1853-1877, 1888, 1891
- Lincoln County Birth Records, 1871-1957
- Loudon County Birth, Marriage, and Death Indexes
- Loudon County, Birth Indexes
- Loudoun County, Registers of Births, 1853-1866; Register of Deaths, 1853-1866
- Louisa County, Register of Births, 1864-1871; Register of Deaths, 1864-1870
- Lunenburg County, Birth Register, 1853-1889; Death Register, 1853-1870
- Lynchburg, Registers of Births and Deaths, 1853-1868
- Middlesex County Christ Church Parish Register 1653 to 1812
- Middlesex County, Register of Marriages, Deaths, and Births, 1663-1715, 1754-1763
- Middlesex County, Registers of Births and Deaths, 1853-1897; Indexes to Registers of Births, Marriages and Deaths
- Miscellaneous BMD Records by County
- Nelson County, Birth and Death Registers, 1853-1872
- New Kent County Births
- New Kent County, Birth Indexes
- Nicholas County Birth Records, 1853-1916; Birth and Death Records, 1890-1967
- Norfolk, Birth Registers, 1792-1896
- Norfolk, Returns of Marriages, Births, etc., 1799-1853
- Northampton County, Register of Births and Deaths, 1853-1870
- Northumberland County, Birth Indexes
- Northumberland County, Records of Births, 1661-1810
- Northumberland County, Birth Register, 1853-1896; Death Register, 1853-1895
- Northumberland County, Free Negroes and Slave Records, Births of Blacks, 1841-1857
- Northumberland County, Marriage, Divorce, and Vital Statistics; Lists of Births and Deaths, 1853-1894
- Orange County Birth Records, 1866-1895
- Orange County Marriage and Birth Records, 1751-1778
- Page County, Register of Births, 1865-1872; Register of Deaths, 1864-1872
- Patrick County, Birth Register, 1853-1896, and Death Register, 1853-1870; Index to Births, Marriages, Deaths 1853-1912
- Petersburg, Marriage Registers, 1854-1910, 1963-1975; Birth and Death Registers, 1853-1896
- Pittsylvania County Birth Records
- Pittsylvania County, Birth and Death Registers, 1853-1896; Indexes to Births, Marriages and Deaths, 1853-1896
- Portsmouth Births 1853 – 1917
- Portsmouth Colored Births 1857 – 1896
- Portsmouth Vital Records
- Portsmouth, Birth Register, 1858-1896
- Powhatan County, Birth and Death Registers, 1853-1870; Marriage Register, 1853-1935
- Prince Edward County, Birth Indexes
- Prince Edward County, Register of Births, 1853-1896; Register of Deaths, 1853-1867 (1868?)
- Prince William County Vital Records Indexes
- Prince William County, Birth Indexes
- Prince William County, Birth and Death Registers, 1864-1870
- Princess Anne County Vital Records
- Princess Anne County, Birth Register, 1853-1870; Death Register, 1864-1870
- Putnam County Birth Records, 1853-1962
- Rappahannock County, Birth and Death Registers, 1853-1891
- Richmond City Birth Index, 1870-1912
- Richmond County, Birth Indexes
- Richmond County, Birth Indexes
- Roanoke County Birth Register, 1853-1885; Death Register, 1853-1881
- Roanoke Register of Births, 1886-1896
- Rockbridge County, Birth Records, 1853-1896 and Marriage Records, 1782-1913; General Indexes to Marriage & Birth Registers, 1778-1918
- Rockinghm County, Birth and Death Records
- Rockingham County Birth Registers, 1862-1894
- Rockingham County Index to Register of Births, 1874
- Rockingham County Registers of Deaths and Births 1865-1866
- Rockingham County, Virginia Valley Records
- Rockingham County, Virginia Valley Records
- Russell County, Birth and Death Registers, 1853-1866
- Scott County, Birth Register, 1853-1870
- Shenandoah County Birth Indexes
- Shenandoah County, Birth and Death Registers, 1853-1871
- Shenandoah County, Marriage Register, 1781-1850; Birth Register, 1772-1782; Marriage Register, 1850-1882; Index to Marriage Register, 1882-1915
- Smyth County, Birth and Death Registers, 1853-1896; Indexes to Births and Deaths, 1853-1917
- Southampton County, Birth and Death Registers, 1853-1870, Marriage Records, 1850-1872; Index to Births, Marriages & Deaths, 1853-1872
- Stafford County Birth Index
- Staunton, Register of Births, 1854-1896; Register of Deaths, 1853-1893
- Surry County, Birth Records, 1771
- Surry County, Marriage Registers, 1853-1974; Birth Register, 1853-1896; Death Register, 1853-1896
- Sussex County, Marriage Records, 1754-1901; Birth Register, 1853-1869; Death Register, 1853-1869
- Tazewell County Birth Index
- Tazewell County, Annals 1800 -1924
- Tazewell County, Registers of Births and Deaths, 1853-1871
- United States Births and Christenings, 1867-1931
- Virginia Births and Christenings, 1584-1917
- Virginia Genealogies and County Records
- Virginia Records Copied from the Richmond Enquirer, 1831-35
- Virginia, Birth Certificates, 1912-1913
- Virginia, Birth Records, 1721-2011
- Virginia, Birth Records, 1853-1896
- Virginia, Birth Records, 1853-1896; Indexes, 1853-1899; Delayed Birth Indexes, 1912-1950
- Virginia, Historical Society Papers, 1607-2007
- Virginia, Slave Birth Index, 1853-1866
- Virginia, Surry County, Certificate of Free Birth and Free Slave, 1800-1856
- Warren County, Birth Registers and Index, 1853-1895, 1912-1916; Death Register, 1853-1874
- Warwick County, Records of Births and Deaths, 1880-1896, 1901
- Washington County Birth, Marriage, and Death Indexes
- Washington County, Birth and Death Registers, 1853-1892; Marriage Registers, 1785-1902
- Westmoreland County Marriage Records, 1826-1850; Marriage License Bonds, 1786-1850; Marriage Registers, 1854-1908; Birth Registers, 1858-1895
- Wise County Births, Marriages, and Deaths
- Wise County, Register of Births, 1856-1871; Register of Deaths, 1856-1894
- Wood County Miscellaneous Records, 1801-1900
- Wythe County, Birth Register, 1853-1872; Death Register, 1853-1871
- York County Births or Christenings, 1648-1789
Good Luck and Happy Hunting!