Alexandria (Independent City), Virginia
Genealogy
Alexandria City was created Mar. 13, 1847 from Fairfax
City.
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Alexandria City, Virginia
Archives |
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The Virginia
Archives
Research Services known as The Library
of Virginia provides access to
records of Virginia while taking steps to preserve them. The
Visitor Guide
gives hours, directions, information about tours, etc. Their
collections
includes newspaper, government records, military records, personal papers,
family bibles, genealogies, church and cemetery records, business records
and more. A searchable catalog called
Archives and Manuscripts Catalog is maintained online.
Services for
patrons who are unable to visit the library include interlibrary loan and
ordering materials online or through the mail. |
Alexandria City, Virginia
Cemeteries |
____s-2000s
Cemeteries
and Tombstone Transcriptions for Alexandria City, Virginia- free
online by Find A Grave
Here you will find thousands of tombstone
transcriptions. |
____s-1900s
Alexandria
City, Virginia Cemeteries- free online at Tombstone
Transcription Project
This site includes transcriptions and pictures. |
1800s-1900s
Alexandria
National Cemetery in Alexandria City, Virginia- free online at
Interment.net
There are 4510 burial transcribed on this website.
Information includes name, death date and location of the grave. Some of
the entries do contain birth dates. |
Alexandria City, Virginia
Census |
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The following census links at Ancestry.com
take you to the page where you can enter your ancestor's name and search
for that ancestor. To search the original census page by page, scroll down
to the bottom, click on the desired state, then county, and then township. |
1850 U.S. Census
 - online at Ancestry.com |
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1850 U.S. Slave Schedules
- online at Ancestry.com |
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1850-1880 U.S. Mortality Schedules
- online at Ancestry.com |
1850-1880
U.S. Mortality Schedules for Alexandria City, Virginia
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1860 U.S. Census
- online at Ancestry.com |
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1860 U.S. Slave Schedules
- online at Ancestry.com |
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1870 U.S. Census
- online at Ancestry.com |
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1880 U. S. Census
- online at Ancestry.com |
1890 Index to the 1890
U.S. Veteran Schedules for Alexandria, Falls Church and Fairfax, Fauquier, Loudoun, Prince Will, and Stafford Counties
- free online by Alexandria Library
This index relates the veteran's name, company, regiment/vessel, county and district. |
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1890 U.S. Veteran Schedules
- online at Ancestry.com |
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1900 U.S. Census
- online at Ancestry.com |
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1900 U.S. Census for Alexandria City, Virginia
- online at Ancestry.com |
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1910 U.S. Census
- online at Ancestry.com |
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1910 U.S. Census for Alexandria City, Virginia
- online at Ancestry.com |
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1920 U.S. Census
- online at Ancestry.com |
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1920 U.S. Census for Alexandria City, Virginia
- online at Ancestry.com |
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1930 U.S. Census
- online at Ancestry.com |
Alexandria City, Virginia
Church |
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pub. 1857
Old Churches, Ministers and Families (Usually provides five or more
generations) of Virginia; Reprinted with a Digested Index, and
Genealogical Guide, by William Meade - CD by Heritage Books |
1957-1974 -
Baptismal Records of Alvin Victory Mountford, a Nazarene Minister in
Alexandria, Virginia
- free on online at USGenWeb
This database of 23 baptisms lists the name, birth date
and place, father and mother. |
Albemarle City, Virginia
Directory |
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1888-1889
Chataigne's Virginia Gazetteer and Classified Business Directory for
Alexandria 1888-1889 - free online at New River Notes |
Alexandria City, Virginia
Immigration |
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1820-1865
Atlantic Ports, Gulf Coasts, and Great Lakes Passenger Lists, Roll 1: 1820-1871
- online at Ancestry.com |
Alexandria City, Virginia
Libraries |
WORLD-WIDE
www.FamilySearch.org - free index
online by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
The largest collection of genealogy records is in Salt
Lake City, Utah. Their web site includes a free index to an online database
currently called the Ancestral File and other major collections including
the 1880 US Census and the 1881 United Kingdom Census.
The web site also
contains an online catalog to their massive genealogy collection. Local,
state, and country records have been gathered throughout the world. Individual lists of
U.S. statewide records can be viewed online
including one for
Alexandria City, Virginia. If the record has been microfilmed it can be rented and viewed
at a Family History Center near you. Hours and addresses are available on
the Find
a Family History Center Near You web page. Access is open to everyone. |
Alexandria City, Virginia
Military |
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1865
Confederate Pension Roll. Veterans and Widows
- free on online at USGenWeb |
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1865
Confederate Pension Roll for the City of Alexandria, Virginia - Veterans
and Widows
- free on online at USGenWeb |
Alexandria City, Virginia
Naturalization |
1909-1929
Index to Naturalization Petitions, U.S. District Court, Eastern District
of Virginia, Alexandria, 1909-1929
- free online by the Alexandria City Virginia Library
The petitions are on microfilm and prints can be made
by contacting the library. Contact information is on the web site. This
index covers Arlington, Fairfax, Fauquier, Loudoun, Prince William, and
Stafford counties and the City of Alexandria, City of Fairfax, City of
Falls Church, City of Manassas and the City of Manassas Park. Information
includes name, country of origin, date of naturalization and reel and
document number. |
Alexandria City, Virginia
Obituaries |
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1916-1946
Obituary Index to the Alexandria Gazette, 1916-1946
- online at Ancestry.com |
Alexandria City, Virginia
School |
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1923-1974
Graduates of the Episcopal Theological School, Alexandria, Virginia
- free on online at USGenWeb |
Alexandria City, Virginia
Vital Records |
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1853-1859
Alexandria County, Virginia Births, 1853-59
- online at Ancestry.com |
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1865-1896
Alexandria County, Virginia Births, 1865-96
- online at Ancestry.com |
Alexandria City, Virginia
Voter Registers |
1902-1954
Index to African American Voter Registrations in Alexandria Virginia,
1902-1954 - free online by the Alexandria Library
The contents of this database gives registration date,
name, birth date, occupation, and address with ward and precinct. |
