Genealogy Records

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Births

Births for Norfolk County and Portsmouth 1850 to 1896: 

• Colored Births 1857 - 1896 (PDF)
• Portsmouth Births 1853 - 1917 by last name

Deaths

Deaths in Portsmouth and Elizabeth River Parish recorded in Norfolk County 1853-1860:

Norfolk County District 1

• 1886 (XLSX)
• 1887 (XLS)
• 1888 (XLS)
• 1889 (XLS)
• 1890 (XLS)
• 1891 (XLS)
• 1892 (XLS)
• 1893 (XLS)
• 1894 (XLS)
• (1895 still in process)
• 1896 (XLS)

Norfolk County District 2

• 1891 (XLS)
• 1892 (XLS)
• 1893 (XLS)
• 1894 (XLS)
• (1895 still in process)
• 1896 (XLS)

Cemeteries

Cemeteries within the city limits not including some small family plots around the city:

• Barclay (Cradock) (PDF)
• Captain Ted Conway (“Fort Woods” at Naval Hospital) Cedar Grove (oldest)
• Cheva Thilim (Jewish) Evergreen (PDF)
• Gomley Chesed (Jewish) (PDF)
• Lincoln (African-American) Cemtery
• Monumental Methodist
• Mt Calvery (includes Mt Olive and Fisher Hill)
• Olive Branch (a work in progress: Olive Branch Index)
• Oak Grove and Oak Grove Portlock
• St Paul’s / Catholic (PDF)
• Shea (Scotts Creek) (PDF)
• Trinity Episcopal

Marriages

Marriages of Norfolk County (early and 1850-1935) and Portsmouth (1858-1939);

• 1858 to 1901, A - F Marriages (PDF)
• 1858 to 1901, G to Q Marriages (PDF)
• 1858 to 1901, R to Z Marriages (PDF)
• 1901 to 1906 Marriages (PDF)
• Marriages 1906 to 1910 (in progress)
• Marriages 1911 to 1920
• 1921 to 1925 Marriages (PDF)
• 1926 to1929 Marriages (PDF)
• 1930 to 1935 Marriages (PDF)
• 1936 to 1939 Marriages (PDF)

Marriage records are a work in process, only the years with links have been completed.