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Death Records and Genealogy Information

Death records are official documents which list information about a deceased person, such as their full name, occupation, the date, place and cause of their passing and even the name of the attending physician.

These documents have long been used to help with research in genealogy, because the information is recorded by an eyewitness at the time of expiration. The internet has allowed people to store these items into various online archives, making things much easier for genealogy researchers.

To obtain certified legal copies of death records, you usually need to be a parent, grandparent, legal guardian, spouse or domestic partner, child, grandchild, sibling, lawyer or any person with a court order for the document, or a lawyer representing the deceased's estate. Law enforcement officers and/or government agents are able to obtain copies for official matters.

For all others, "informational" copies of the document may be available. These will only contain just the pertinent data and can't be used as a legal document.

Death records for the Commonwealth of Virginia can be obtained by contacting:
Virginia Department of Health,  Office of Vital Records
James Madison Building  
P.O. Box 1000  
Richmond, VA 23218-1000  
phone: 804-786-6228 or 804-786-6201

You can mail in your request with a check for $12.00 and they will send you the requested document.

Here's a partial listing of Colonial Beach residents who have passed on. Many of the names include a link to their obituaries. Their age and year of death are shown after their name.

Annadale, Paul Edward, 7 (1971)

Ashton, Arnita Hayes (1974)

Blue, John McCarty (1991)

Bohrer, Paul E. (2010)

Boone, Emmette L., 70 (1989)

Bryant, Mabel Crouch, 95 (2009)

Champlin, Lida Rollins., 85 (1989)

Clark, Lunsford Manfield, 43 (1971)

Costenbader, Bessie Johnson, 76 (1975)

Costenbader, Linwood C., 65 (1965)

Drummond, David Franklin, 67 (2009)

Gallahan, Vivian Francis, 76 (1992)