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Petersburg (Va.) Marriage Registers, 1850-1872, record the following information: date marriage license issued by court, names of bride and groom, race, name of person consenting to marriage.

Petersburg (Va.) Ministers' Returns, 1850-1872, record marriages performed by ministers and submitted to local court to be certified. Information recorded included name of minister, name of church the minister served, name of bride and groom, date of marriage, and date marriage was submitted to court by minister.

Petersburg (Va.) Register of Deaths, 1853-1871, contains the name of the deceased; the race and sex; the date and place of death; notations regarding enslaved people and the names of holders of enslaved people; name of the disease or cause of death; age at death (years, months and days); place of birth; occupation; marital status; name of parents of the deceased; name of person giving the information; and description of the informant (whether a physician, consort, head of the family or friend).

Petersburg (Va.) Registers of Births, 1853-1896, contain headings for: date and place of birth; name of child (if named); color (if "colored," whether enslaved or free); sex; whether born alive or dead; name of father or owner; father's occupation; father's residence (county or locality in the county); mother's name; how many infants at this birth (whether this was a multiple birth); deformities or any circumstances of interest; name of the person giving the information; and the relation of the informant to the person born.