Winchester (Va.) Marriage Records and Vital Statistics, 1790-1976 bulk (1932-1976)

Access and use

Location of collection:
Library of Virginia
The Library of Virginia
800 East Broad Street
Richmond, VA 23219
Contact for questions and access:
POC: Archives Reference Services
Phone: (804) 692-3888

Summary

Extent:
11 boxes and 38 vols.
Creator:
Winchester (Va.) Circuit Court.
Language:
English

Background

Scope and content:

Winchester (Va.) Marriage Records and Vital Statistics, 1790-1976 bulk (1932-1976) consist of boxes of Marriage Records, Marriage Registers Nos. 1-35, an Index to Marriage Register No. 1, a Register of Deaths and an undated Index to a Register of Births.

Biographical / historical:

The City of Winchester, in Frederick County, was first known as Opequon, then as Frederick's Town (or Fredericktown), and, finally, upon establishment as a town in 1752, as Winchester. According to tradition, one of the town's founders, James Wood, named the town in honor of his birthplace in England. Winchester was incorporated as a town in 1779 and as a city in 1874. It was enlarged by annexation from Frederick County in 1970.

Acquisition information:
These boxes and volumes came to the Library of Virginia in a shipment of court records from Winchester (City.)
Arrangement:

This collection is arranged by date or alphabetically by surnames for indexes.

Physical location:
State Records Center--Archives Annex, Library of Virginia