Pittsylvania County Clerk's Office Floor Plan

Map of Clerk's Office

Most-Used Genealogical Resources

The following short list of materials in the Pittsylvania County Clerk's Office is keyed to the above map locations:

(Note: except for laminated copies of early marriage records in section 35, original marriage records and wills are not available to the public. Clerical assistance is required. Certified copies of certificates are $3.00.)

The above short list is compiled merely as a starting point for research. See the summary and extensive list below for more precision; and consult with clerk's office staff for the most thorough, accurate and up-to-date information.

Summary of Records

Following are one-line summaries of records found in each storage area, keyed to the above map:

(Note: except for laminated copies of early marriage records in section 35, original marriage records and wills are not available to the public. Clerical assistance is required. Certified copies of certificates are $3.00.)

Extensive List of Records

Following is a thorough (but not complete) list of records in the Pittsylvania County Clerk's Office, keyed to the above map locations, as informally inventoried during May-June 2001:

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Note: except for laminated copies of early marriage records in section 35, original marriage records and wills are not available to the public. Clerical assistance is required. Certified copies of certificates are $3.00.

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Note: except for laminated copies of early marriage records in section 35, original marriage records and wills are not available to the public. Clerical assistance is required. Certified copies of certificates are $3.00.

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Note: except for laminated copies of early marriage records in section 35, original marriage records and wills are not available to the public. Clerical assistance is required. Certified copies of certificates are $3.00.

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Note: except for laminated copies of early marriage records in section 35, original marriage records and wills are not available to the public. Clerical assistance is required. Certified copies of certificates are $3.00.

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Note: except for laminated copies of early marriage records in section 35, original marriage records and wills are not available to the public. Clerical assistance is required. Certified copies of certificates are $3.00.

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Note: except for laminated copies of early marriage records in section 35, original marriage records and wills are not available to the public. Clerical assistance is required. Certified copies of certificates are $3.00.

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See also:

The text above was produced by Henry, Patricia, Sarah, David, and Jonathan Mitchell, based on visits to the Clerk's Office during May-June 2001. The map is by Jonathan Mitchell.

The data presented above is a fairly thorough (but not complete) listing of Clerk's Office documents. Document storage locations are subject to change at any time, due to the constraints of continuous voluminous archiving of documents.

This guide is an elaboration on an outline of information provided by Ann Roach of the Pittsylvania County Clerk's Office staff; an article also entitled "Genealogical Treasures at the Clerk's Office," by Herman Melton and Henry Mitchell, in the November 1991 issue of the Packet, the quarterly journal of the Pittsylvania Historical Society; and a brochure entitled A Visitors Guide to Historical Genealogical Research in Chatham, VA, by the same authors and published in 1997 by Chatham First.

[Guides to Pittsylvania County Genealogy Research]
[Guide to Historic Chatham, VA]

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