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Surry County
Genealogy and History
Volunteers Dedicated to Free Genealogy




Our goal is to help you track your ancestors through time by transcribing genealogical and historical data and placing it online for the free use of all researchers.

We're looking for folks who share our dedication to putting data online and are interested in helping this website become a useful research tool.

If you would like to join our group and become the host of this county, please visit our Volunteer Page and contact Kim.
(A desire to transcribe data and basic webpage skills are necessary)



We regret that we have no time to perform personal research for anybody.
All data we come across will be added to this site, so please keep checking back here.



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County History
Created from a portion of James City County in 1652, Surry County was named for Surrey in English County. 
It included all of James City County which was south of the James River.
It originally consisted of Lawne's Creek Parish and Southwark Parish.

INCORPORATED TOWNS
Claremont - Dendron - Surry

UNINCORPORATED COMMUNITIES
Cabin Point - Carsley - Elberon - Scotland - Spring Grove

Surrounding Counties

| Charles City | James City | Isle of Wight | Southampton | Sussex | Prince George |