Norfolk (Va.) Birth Records, 1900-1959

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Norfolk (Va.) Birth Records, 1900-1959

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Norfolk (Va.) Department of Health

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Norfolk was located in Norfolk County, which is now extinct. The city took the name from the former home of an early settler, Adam Thoroughgood, who was a native of the county of Norfolk in England. Norfolk was established in 1680 by an act of assembly. It was incorporated as a town in 1736 and as a city in 1845. Laws requiring the recording of births and deaths in Virginia were enacted as early as 1632, when a law directed ministers or churchwardens in each parish to pr...