VA Bureau of Vital Statistics, Birth and Death Records Rivanna District, 1917-1938

Access and use

Location of collection:
Albemarle Charlottesville Historical Society
Albemarle Charlottesville Historical Society
200 Second Street, NE
Charlottesville, VA 22902
Contact for questions and access:
Phone: (434) 296-1492
Restrictions:

The collection is open for research.

Terms of access:

No restrictions

Preferred citation:

VA Bureau of Vital Statistics, Birth and Death Records - Rivanna District, MS 690, Albemarle Charlottesville Historical Society

Summary

Extent:
2 Folders
Creator:
Abstract:
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

VA Bureau of Vital Statistics, Birth and Death Records - Rivanna District, MS 690, Albemarle Charlottesville Historical Society

Background

Scope and content:

Five birth record books for Albemarle County from 1917 to 1938, including information of child, father, mother, and attending physician or midwife.

Five death record books for Albemarle County from 1918 to 1936, including place of death, personal and statistical particulars, medical certificate of death, burial/cremation information, and the undertaker. Cases of interest include Spanish Influenza Pandemic, dying from old age at 102, homicide, suicide, railroad accidents, and deaths ruled of natural causes by jurors.

Biographical / historical:

The VA Bureau of Vital Statistics required records of births and deaths for the Virginia State Board of Health. This collection is mostly versions of Form Vs. No. 18 and has some of No. 12. The Magisterial District of Rivanna was District Number 11A and encompassed part of northeast Albemarle County.

Acquisition information:
Gift of Jeanette May
Arrangement:

Chronological

Folder 1- Records of Births

Folder 2- Records of Deaths

Physical location:
Archive Room File Cabinet
Physical description:
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