Portsmouth (Va.) Naval Hospital Death Certificates, 1944-1960
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Portsmouth (Va.) Circuit Court
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Portsmouth was located in Norfolk County, which is now extinct. It was named by its founder, William Crawford, for the English seaport and was established in 1752. Portsmouth was incorporated as a town in 1836 and as a city in 1858. 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 present a "register of all burialls, christenings, and marriages" yearly at the June...
Norfolk (Va.) Circuit Court.
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The City of Norfolk was established in 1680. It was incorporated as a borough in 1736 and a city in 1845. The town of Berkeley was annexed by the city in 1906. From the guide to the Norfolk (Va.) Hustings Court Minutes, 1812, (The Library of Virginia) 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. No...
