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Dinwiddie County Virginia

Departments: Circuit Court Clerk

 

Genealogical Research

Most of the records of the Clerk’s Office of interest to genealogists or researchers are easy to use and are described below. 


Online Records

Instrument Type

Images

Indexes

Land Records

1833-Present

1833-Present

Plats

1910-Present

1910-Present

Will/Fiduciary

1833-Present

1989-Present

Marriage License

1900-Present

1900-Present

Judgments

10/2000-Present

10/2000-Present

Financing Statements

12/2006-Present

10/2000-Present

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

If you are interested in doing Genealogical research online please contact the Clerk’s Office.  There is a fee of $50/month to access our online records.

Chancery Suit Papers: 

Suit papers from 1844 through 1954 have been scanned into digital format and are hosted on a website maintained by The Library of Virginia (Chancery Records Index), that can be accessed from the Clerk’s Office or any computer with access to the internet.  The quality of the scanned images is excellent, so the original documents are not served to the public.  This service is provided by the Library of Virginia free of charge.

Records in the Clerk’s Office

Land Records: (1833 to present)
The Clerk's Office has Grantor and Grantee indexes dating back to 1833 recording the names of those who transferred or received property and Deed Books that date from 1833 to present that contain the official copy of land related documents.  Land Records prior to 1833 were burned at the end of the civil war in 1865.

Wills and Fiduciary: (1833 to Present)
The Clerk's Office has wills and account indexes and books dating to 1833.  Will books prior to 1833 were burned at the end of the civil war in 1865.

Marriage records: (1863 to present)
The Clerk's Office has marriage licenses and registers dating to 1863, showing the bride’s and groom’s names, their ages, and their parents' names. 

Chancery Order Book and Index (1832 to Present)
Orders relating to land records or other actions before the courts. 

Land Books/Tax Books: (1865 to Present)
Shows property owners and tax values on land in Dinwiddie County.

Birth Register: (1865 to 1896)

Death Register: (1865 to 1896)

The fee for copies is 50¢ per page.  A $2.00 fee is charged for certifying a copy.

Mail in requests must specifically identify the item to be copied and be accompanied by check or money order payable to Dinwiddie County Circuit Court Clerk covering the copy cost and a stamped self-addressed return envelope.  The mailing address is Dinwiddie County Circuit Court Clerk's Office; Attention:  Records Room; Post Office Box 63, Dinwiddie, VA 23069.

For questions about using the records in the Clerk’s Office call:

  • 804-469-4540

We are open Monday through Friday from 8:30 am to 4:30 pm. 

Other Recourses Available

The Library of Virginia
The Library of Virginia is a center for genealogical research and is located at 800 East Broad Street, Richmond, Virginia. Records for counties throughout Virginia including wills, deeds, marriage bonds, military service records, church records, Land Office records (patents and grants), and tax records are located there. It also has census records and genealogical notes and charts.

The Library of Virginia
800 East Broad Street
Richmond, VA 23219
804.692.3500
http://www.lva.virginia.gov/

Virginia Historical Society
The Virginia Historical Society has genealogical notes and charts, family papers, Bible records, county histories, and census records in its collection.

Virginia Historical Society
P.O. Box 7311
Richmond, VA 23221-0311
804.358.4901
http://www.vahistorical.org/

Dinwiddie Historical Society
The Dinwiddie County Historical Society was founded to promote serious and accurate genealogical and historical research by provision and instruction regarding source records, near and far, which may be available to the serious researcher for this purpose, by the presentation of genealogical and historical seminars, workshops, field trips which teach and promote the furtherance of family research by individuals and or groups; by publishing on an occasional basis and or encouraging the publication of fully documented, heretofore unpublished genealogical/historical data; and to cherish, reclaim and preserve the priceless American heritage bequeathed by our ancestors to the end that coming generations of Americans may know and profit by the identities and experiences of their Forebears.

Dinwiddie Historical Society
14101 Boydton Plank Road
P. O. Box 153
Dinwiddie, VA 23841
(804) 469-5346
Dinwiddie County Historic Society

 

Clerk of Circuit Court

Dinwiddie County Courthouse
14008 Boydton Plank Road
3rd Floor
PO Box 63
Dinwiddie, VA  23841

Phone:  (804) 469-4540     Fax:  (804) 469-5383

Contact Us: Clerk of Circuit Court