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Last Update: 28-Oct-2016
| What's New | Isle of Wight Archives Wills, Deeds, Obits, etc. |
Books | Cemeteries |
| Census, Tax, Voting Records |
Deeds & Land Records |
History | Marriage Records |
What's New:
   
July 2015
History of Isle of Wight County
A History of Isle of Wight County: Written about 1907
by Col. E. M. Morrison for the Jamestown Tercentenary Exposition.
County Sketch and Historical Records:; From the William and Mary College Quarterly Historical Magazine (April 1899)
Isle of Wight Queries
Current Queries
Archived Queries
Marriage Records
Ministers' Returns - Isle of Wight County, Virginia: 1799 - 1824
Isle of Wight County Marriage Bonds: 1812 - 1838 [Updated]
Isle of Wight County Marriage Bonds for Free African-Americans: 1812 - 1838 [Updated]
Death Records
Isle of Wight County Death Register: 1853 - 1855
Isle of Wight County Slave Death Register: 1853 - 1855
Military Records
Cemetery Records:
Deeds & Land Records:
Civil War Soldiers & Sailors System: A National Parks Service site to locate civil war ancestors.
Isle of Wight Avengers: Company F of the 61st Virginia Infantry, CSA
The Isle of Wight Historical Society's cemetery transcriptions. (Excellent site!)
Archives Deeds, Land Records & Patents
Newport Parish Vestry Book: Processioning - 1752-1760 ("Processioning" was the process of land owners and witnesses reconfirming the boundary lines between adjacent properties -- generally every four years).
Local Newspapers
The Smithfield Times
P.O. Box 366
Smithfield, VA 23430
Founded in 1920, published weekly on Wednesdays
The Tidewater News
1000 Armory Drive
Franklin, VA 23851
Franklin is separated from Isle of Wight by a bridge over the Blackwater River, and this paper, established in 1905, covers a lot of Isle of Wight news.
| Neighboring Counties | The Eight Original Virginia Shires Created in 1634 |
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| Nansemond (Merged into City of Suffolk in 1974) Southampton (Cut out of Isle of Wight in 1749) Surry Sussex Hertford, NC Northampton, NC |
Accomac Charles City Charles River (Renamed York) Elizabeth City (Merged into City of Hampton in 1952) Henrico James City Warwick River (Merged into Newport News in 1958 Warrosquyoake (Renamed Isle of Wight) |
Comments? Suggestions? Complaints! Contact me:
Joyce Whitehead.
County Coordinator
isleofwight1637@aol.com