Free Online Virginia Birth Records and Indexes

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, a great number of 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 and check out Church Records.

The lists below are specific birth, baptism, and christening indexes and record collections that are available for free online for the state.

Note: Some of the 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 at the right of the name (in the Format column) then the collections’ 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, please 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 do need an Ancestry account. Without a subscription, you can view indexes. If there is an image associated with a record, in most cases you will need a subscription, but the index does include very usable information.

(Updated June 2022)

• Accomack County Registers of Births, 1853-1896
• Accomack County, Birth Indexes
• Albemarle County, Birth Indexes
• Alleghany County, Birth Indexes
• Amelia County, Birth Indexes
• Augusta County, Birth Indexes
• Bedford County Records
• Botetourt County Birth Indexes
• Buckingham County Records, 1786-1858
• Craig County, Birth Indexes
• Essex County, Birth Indexes
• Fauquier County Court Records
• Floyd County Birth Index
• Floyd County, Birth Indexes
• Franklin County Registers of Births, Marriages, Deaths, 1853-1915 ; Index to Births, Marriages, Deaths, 1853-1898
• 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
• Grayson County Births
• Grayson County, Birth Indexes
• 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
• Lincoln County Birth Records, 1871-1957
• Loudon County Birth, Marriage, and Death Indexes
• Loudon County, Birth Indexes
• Middlesex County Christ Church Parish Register 1653 to 1812
• Miscellaneous BMD Records by County
• New Kent County Births
• New Kent County, Birth Indexes
• Nicholas County Birth Records, 1853-1916; Birth and Death Records, 1890-1967
• Northumberland County, Birth Indexes
• Orange County Birth Records, 1866-1895
• Orange County Marriage and Birth Records, 1751-1778
• Pittsylvania Birth Records
• Portsmouth Births 1853 – 1917
• Portsmouth Colored Births 1857 – 1896
• Portsmouth Vital Records 
• Prince Edward County, Birth Indexes
• Prince William County Vital Records Indexes
• Prince William County, Birth Indexes
• Princess Anne County Births
• Princess Anne County Vital Records
• Putnam County Birth Records, 1853-1962
• Richmond City Birth Index, 1870-1912
• 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
• 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 Births, Marriages, and Deaths
• Shenandoah County Birth Indexes
• Stafford County Birth Index
• Surry County, Birth Records, 1771
• Tazewell County Birth Index 
• Tazewell County, Annals 1800 -1924
• 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, Historical Society Papers, 1607-2007
• Virginia, Surry County, Certificate of free Birth and free slave, 1800-1856
• Washington County Birth, Marriage, and Death Indexes
• 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
• Wood County Miscellaneous Records, 1801-1900
• York County Births or Christenings, 1648-1789