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Virginia Norfolk County Portsmouth (Independent City)
| Portsmouth, Virginia | |
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| — Independent City — | |
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| Founded | 1858 |
| Website | http://www.portsmouthva.gov/ |
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For additional records, see Norfolk County. |
Courthouse
History
Parent County
1858--Portsmouth was created in 1858 from Norfolk County. [1]
Resources
Court
Chancery Court
- Indexes and images to Portsmouth, Virginia Chancery Records 1859-1932 are available online through Virginia Memory: Chancery Records Index. These records, which were often concerned with inheritance disputes, contain a wealth of genealogical information.
Immigration
- Coldham, Peter Wilson. North American Wills Registered in London 1611-1857. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 2007. [Includes will of a resident of Portsmouth proved in London. These records often help establish an immigrant's place of origin.]
Military
Revolutionary War
- A Census of Pensioners for Revolutionary or Military Services: With their Names, Ages, and Places of Residence, as Returned by the Marshalls of the Several Judicial Districts, Under the Act for Taking the Sixth Census]. 1841. Digital versions at U.S. Census Bureau and Google Books et. al. 1967 reprint: FHL Collection 973 X2pc 1840. [See Virginia, Eastern District, Portsmouth County [sic] on page 133.]
Civil War
Civil War records for Portsmouth were kept by the city.
Newspapers
- 1787-1789 - Norfolk and Portsmouth Journal at Genealogy Bank ($).
- 1789 - Norfolk and Portsmouth Gazette at Genealogy Bank ($).
- 1811-1859 - Norfolk & Portsmouth Herald at Google News - free.
- 1820-1833 - The Norfolk and Portsmouth Herald at Google News - free.
Occupations
- Cutten, George Barton. The Silversmiths of Virginia (together with Watchmakers and Jewelers) from 1694 to 1850. Richmond, Va.: The Dietz Press, Incorporated, 1952. Available at FHL. [Includes a section on Portsmouth silversmiths.]
Probate
London Courts
- Coldham, Peter Wilson. North American Wills Registered in London 1611-1857. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 2007. [Includes will of a resident of Portsmouth proved in London. These records often help establish an immigrant's place of origin.]
Taxation
Vital Records
Birth
Marriage
- Marriages, 1858-1901
- Marriages, 1902-1906
- Marriages, 1921-1925
- Marriages, 1928 & 1931
- Marriages, 1935-1937
Death
Portsmouth, Virginia deaths are included in the Library of Virginia's Death Index of Virginia, 1853-1896, sponsored by The Virginia Genealogical Society, available online - free.
Societies and Libraries
Family History Centers
Websites
References
- ↑ The Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America,10th ed. (Draper, UT:Everton Publishers, 2002).
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