West Virginia Vital Records Online

Marriage Record Search - West Virginia Division of Culture and History Website

If you have West Virginia ancestors, try searching West Virginia vital records using the West Virginia Division of Culture and History Website at http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/. Their collections are easy to search, and results are displayed in chronological order by county name, making it easy to quickly scan search results.

Index entries are linked directly to JPG images that you can view and download. Each collection (birth, marriage, and death records) has its own search page that includes a county-by-county listing of what years are included. Since there are often gaps in record coverage, this information may be particularly helpful if you do not find a record for your ancestor.

For help finding your West Virginia ancestors, stop by the Family History Center soon!

Marriages of Surry County, Virginia

If you have ancestors from Surry County, Virginia you'll want to check out the new database Surry County, Virginia Marriage Records, 1735-1950 at FamilySearch.org.  The collection includes more than 18,000 marriage bonds and consents, licenses, and marriage returns. 

If your ancestors aren't from Surry County, Virginia, there are more than a hundred other databases of marriage records at FamilySearch.org!  Just scroll down and click on "All Record Collections" and then type the word "Marriage" in the Collection Name box in the upper left corner. 

Early records may only contain the name of the bride and groom, plus the name of the person officiating.  Marriage records from the 20^th century often provide much more, including age at time of marriage, place of birth, home address, occupation, father's name and mother's maiden name.  Marriage records can help lead you to birth records, and even more information about your family!