Source Information

Ancestry.com. Virginia, U.S., Birth Records, 1912-2015, Delayed Birth Records, 1721-1920 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015.
Original data: Virginia, Births, 1721–2015. Virginia Department of Health, Richmond, Virginia.

About Virginia, U.S., Birth Records, 1912-2015, Delayed Birth Records, 1721-1920

This database contains an index of birth details extracted from Virginia birth records for the years 1864-2015 as well as images of birth records for the years 1864–1919, which fall outside the 100-year privacy restriction. You’ll find basic details such as name, birth date and place, father’s name, mother’s name, and certificate number.

For images of closed records (records that fall within years under the privacy restriction), contact the Virginia Department of Health.

Note: Social Security numbers have been redacted from the images in order to protect privacy.

Updates:
20 Feb 2020: Added images for certificates from 1917 and 1918.
22 Sep 2022: Added images for certificates from 1919 and some images from 1920.