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  • Basic instruction in the process of genealogical research   
    • Scanning the big picture: overviews
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    • Documenting evidence
    • Organizing your materials
    • Passing it on
  • Orientation to research in Tazewell County   
    • Where's the beef? A prime consideration . . .
    • Arrangement of resources in the Library's Virginia Room
    • Primary resources for quick checks of Tazewell County genealogy
• Was Kilroy here?
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• Where do I go from here?

 

Birth records

See: Humphrey John T.  Understanding and using baptismal records.

Note:  The Commonwealth required the recording of births beginning in 1853, but records were not maintained between 1896 and 1912.

Years	Publications
1791-1835	Kegley, Mary B. Zion Church, Wythe County, Virginia: annotated baptismal records, 1791-1835.
1793-1833	Kegley, Mary B. St. Paul Lutheran Church, Wythe County, Virginia baptismal records. Kegley, Mary B. St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church, Wythe County, Virginia baptismal records.
1853-1865	Virginia slave births index, 1853-1865. Includes Tazewell County births.
1853-1870	Tazewell County birth records Incomplete. Tazewell Circuit Court
1853-1896	Tazewell County birth records Virginia Department of Health, Office of Vital Records Library of Virginia Birth, Marriage and Death Registers on Microfilm.
1912-	Virginia Department of Health, Office of Vital Records