City of Newport News Genealogy

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City of Newport News Birth Records

1912-present Virginia Birth Certificates (order here) Archives
Records of births and deaths, 1880-1896, 1901 Family History Library
Virginia Births and Christenings, 1853-1917 Family Search

City of Newport News Cemetery Records

BillionGraves Cemetery Records Index Family Search
Cemeteries of the city of Newport News, formerly Warwick County, Virginia Family History Library
Colossian Baptist Church Cemetery Find a Grave
Confederate burials, Greenlawn Cemetery, Newport News, Virginia Family History Library
Curtis Cemetery Find a Grave
Denbigh Baptist Church Cemetery Find a Grave
Find A Grave Gravestone, Tombstone, and Memorial Photo Collection World Vital Records
First Baptist Church Cemetery Find a Grave
Fort Eustis Military Post Burials Find a Grave
Greenlawn Cemetery Family History Library
Greenlawn Cemetery records, Newport News, Warwick County, Virginia Family History Library
Lebanon Church of Christ Cemetery Find a Grave
Maney Cemetery Find a Grave
Morrison Cemetery Find a Grave
Peninsula Korean Baptist Church Cemetery Find a Grave
Peninsula Memorial Park Cemetery records, Warwick County, Virginia Family History Library
Providence Mennonite Church Cemetery Find a Grave
Roll of Honor, Vol. XVI: National Cemetery in Newport News, VA Ancestry
Street centerline map : January 17, 1997 Family History Library
Virginia Deaths and Burials Index, 1853-1917 Ancestry
Virginia Deaths and Burials, 1853-1912 Family Search
Warwick River Mennonite Church Cemetery Find a Grave

City of Newport News Census Records

1790-1940 U.S. Census Archives
1790-1940 U.S. Federal Census World Vital Records
1790-1940 United States Federal Census Records Ancestry
1850 Census Index Warwick County USGenWeb Archives
1850 Federal Census Warwick County USGenWeb Archives
Census, Warwick County 1782 Tax List Rays Place
U.S. Federal Census 1790-1940 Family Search

City of Newport News Church Records

Church records, 1883-1954 (First Presbyterian Church (Newport News, Virginia)) Family History Library
Church records, 1899-1949 (Second Presbyterian Church (Newport News, Virginia)) Family History Library
Church records, 1961-1966 (Denbigh Presbyterian Church (Newport News, Virginia)) Family History Library
Church records, 1965-1969 (Faith Presbyterian Church (Newport News, Virginia)) Family History Library
Fifty years building on the Warwick : a history of the Warwick Mennonite Community, including the Warwick River Mennonite Congregation at Denbigh, and the Providence Amish Mennonite Congregation at Oyster Point, Virginia Family History Library
History of Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church of Newport News, Virginia : prepared in celebration of the twenty-fifth anniversary held November 28th to December 2nd, 1923 Family History Library
Methodist churches in York County, Va. 1851-1879 Family History Library
Parish register, 1880-1900 [Newport News, Virginia] (St. Paul's Episcopal Church (Warwick County, Virginia)) Family History Library
Virginia Births and Christenings, 1853-1917 Family Search

City of Newport News Death Records

1912-present Virginia Death Certificates (order here) Archives
Funeral records, 1893-1990 Family History Library
Records of births and deaths, 1880-1896, 1901 Family History Library
Virginia Deaths and Burials Index, 1853-1917 Ancestry
Virginia Deaths and Burials, 1853-1912 Family Search

City of Newport News Directories

Chataigne's peninsula directory : containing besides a general and business directory of Newport News, Hampton, Chesapeake City and Old Point, a list of post offices in Virginia, and much useful miscellaneous matter relating to the state and city governments, secret societies, churches, etc. Family History Library
Hill's Newport News Directory of Householders, Virginia, 1954 World Vital Records
Hill's Newport News, Hampton and Warwick, Virginia, City Directory, 1954 World Vital Records
Hill's Newport News, Virginia, Classified Business Directory, 1952 World Vital Records
Hill's Newport News, Virginia, Classified Business Directory, 1954 World Vital Records
Hill's Newport News, Warwick County, Virginia, City Directory, 1952 World Vital Records
Hill's Newport News, Warwick, Virginia Directory of Householders, 1952 World Vital Records
J.L. Hill Printing Co.'s directory of Newport News, Hampton, Phoebus, & Old Point, Va. : containing a general and business directory, and much valuable information of these places, together with a full list of the post offices in Virginia and North Carolina Family History Library
U.S. City Directories (includes Newport News 1942-45) Ancestry
U.S. City Directories (includes Newport News; Hampton; Phoebus 1937, 1939, 1941, 1946-47) Ancestry
U.S. City Directories (includes Newportnews 1947, 1949) Ancestry

City of Newport News Genealogies

American Genealogical Biographical Index Databases World Vital Records
American Genealogical-Biographical Index (AGBI) Ancestry

City of Newport News Historical Records

Administrative and official bond books, 1896-1909 Family History Library
Administrative bond book, 1896-1908 Family History Library
Administrative bond book, 1905-1966 Family History Library
American Genealogical Biographical Index Databases World Vital Records
American Genealogical-Biographical Index (AGBI) Ancestry
Classified Buyers' Guide of the City of Newport News, Virginia, 1952 World Vital Records
Classified Buyers' Guide of the City of Newport News, Warwick, Virginia, 1954 World Vital Records
Commissioner's bond book, 1908-1929 Family History Library
Common law order book, 1888-1896 Family History Library
Court minutes, 1748-1762 [transcript] Family History Library
Family Bible records of George Lawrence Family History Library
Fiduciary settlements, 1865-1896 Family History Library
Fiduciary settlements, 1896-1919 Family History Library
General index to judgments, plaintiffs, 1896-1958 Family History Library
Guardian accounts, 1876, 1880, 1893 Family History Library
Land tax lists of Warwick County [Newport News, Virginia] 1782-1807, 1809-1861 Family History Library
Minute book, 1748-1762 Family History Library
Newport News, Virginia, 1607-1960 Family History Library
Newport news : a centennial history Family History Library
Order books, 1881-1896 Family History Library
Plat book, 1866, 1883 Family History Library
Record of Overseers of the Poor, 1786-1860 [photostat copy] Family History Library
Record of physicians, surgeons and dentists, 1894-1896 Family History Library
Records of forfeited forthcoming bonds, 1896-1937 Family History Library
Records of the Overseers of the Poor, 1786-1860 Family History Library
Registers of persons convicted of felony and other infamous offence, 1896-1941 Family History Library
Street centerline map : January 17, 1997 Family History Library
Warwick County, Virginia Ancestry
Warwick County, Virginia (now the city of Newport News, Virginia) : a guide for research in Warwick County records Family History Library
Warwick County, Virginia, Colonial Court Records in Transcription World Vital Records
Warwick County, Virginia, colonial court records in transcription Family History Library
York and Warwick counties (portions), Virginia land ownership map, 1862 Family History Library

City of Newport News Land Records

Deed books, 1896-1900, 1958 ; general indexes, 1896-1946; deed books for Warwick County, 1881-1894; general indexes, 1846-1958 Family History Library
Land tax lists of Warwick County [Newport News, Virginia] 1782-1807, 1809-1861 Family History Library
Mechanic liens, 1896-1920 Family History Library
Plat book, 1866, 1883 Family History Library
Virginia Land Patents of the Counties of Norfolk, Princess Anne & Warwick Ancestry
Warwick, Va. 1713 rent roll Family History Library
York and Warwick counties (portions), Virginia land ownership map, 1862 Family History Library

City of Newport News Marriage Records

1853-present Virginia Marriage Certificates (order here) Archives
Record of marriages, 1875-1895 Family History Library
Virginia Marriages To 1800 Ancestry
Virginia Marriages, 1740-1850 Ancestry
Virginia Marriages, 1785-1940 Family Search

City of Newport News Military Records

Confederate burials, Greenlawn Cemetery, Newport News, Virginia Family History Library
Confederate soldiers and roster of ex-Confederate sailors Family History Library
Records of charter and articles of corporation, 1887 (1865)-1896 Family History Library
Roll of Honor, Vol. XVI: National Cemetery in Newport News, VA Ancestry
Virginia World War memorial records, city of Newport News, 1926-1952 Family History Library
World War II: Women's Army Corps, 3rd WAC Company, Staff Directors' Conference, May 1945 Military Records at Roots Web

City of Newport News Newspapers

Daily Press (Newport News, VA) (1/1/1989-Current) America's Obituaries at Genealogy Bank
Daily Press (Newport News, VA) 1/1/1989-Current Obits Archive
Daily Press (Newport News, VA) 1/1/2002-2/8/2009 High Beam
Daily press (Newport News, Va) 1896-current Chronicling America

City of Newport News Obituaries

Daily Press (Newport News, VA) (1/1/1989-Current) America's Obituaries at Genealogy Bank
Daily Press (Newport News, VA) 1/1/1989-Current Obits Archive
Daily Press (Newport News, VA) 1/1/2002-2/8/2009 High Beam
Daily press (Newport News, Va) 1896-current Chronicling America
Obituaries from Daily Press, Newport News, Virginia, 1976 - 1982 Family History Library

City of Newport News Probate Records

Administrative and official bond books, 1896-1909 Family History Library
Fiduciary settlements, 1865-1896 Family History Library
Fiduciary settlements, 1896-1919 Family History Library
Will books, 1925-1948 (retakes) Family History Library

City of Newport News School Records

Newport News High School Class of 1911, Newport News, Virginia Alumni Lists at Roots Web

City of Newport News Vital Records

1853-present Virginia Marriage Certificates (order here) Archives
1912-present Virginia Birth Certificates (order here) Archives
1912-present Virginia Death Certificates (order here) Archives
Funeral records, 1893-1990 Family History Library
Record of marriages, 1875-1895 Family History Library
Records of births and deaths, 1880-1896, 1901 Family History Library
Virginia Births and Christenings, 1853-1917 Family Search
Virginia Deaths and Burials Index, 1853-1917 Ancestry
Virginia Deaths and Burials, 1853-1912 Family Search
Virginia Marriages To 1800 Ancestry
Virginia Marriages, 1740-1850 Ancestry
Virginia Marriages, 1785-1940 Family Search