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U.S. - Virginia
Category Index
- General Resource Sites
- Government & Cities
- History & Culture
- How To
- Libraries, Archives & Museums
- Mailing Lists, Newsgroups & Chat
- Maps, Gazetteers & Geographical Information
- Military
- Newspapers
- Occupations
- People & Families
- Periodicals & Pamphlets
- Photographs & Memories
- Professional Researchers, Volunteers & Other Research Services
- Publications, Software & Supplies
- Queries, Message Boards & Surname Lists
- Records: Census, Cemeteries, Land, Obituaries, Personal, Taxes and Vital
- Religion & Churches
- Societies & Groups
Also for Virginia:
- Localities: Counties, Areas & Regions
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- AccessGenealogy - Virginia Genealogy Resource Center
- American History and Genealogy Project - Virginia
- Ancestor Search - Virginia Genealogy Search Engines
- Ancestors: Resource Guide - Virginia
Contact information for archives, libraries, genealogical & historical societies, church records and ethnic resources.
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 Ancestry.com - Virginia Genealogy - Databases, Sources, How To's
Searchable indexes; database results and some digitized images available with fee-based subscription. Free articles and helpful research materials.
- Beyond The Index - Michael John Neill - Booze and Politics in 1742
This article discusses an election in Virginia that was nullified because of a courthouse ruckus involving liquor and swords (and the author's ancestor).
- Colonial Ancestors
Genealogy records and information about ancestors in the 13 original colonies.
- Discovering Family Histories-USA-Commonwealth of Virginia Directory
- ePodunk
Provides ancestral demographics & categorized links to other genealogy sites.
- Family Tree Connection - Virginia Resources
Search the listings for free, view full details with a fee-based subscription.
- Footnote.com - Virginia
Footnote is an online repository for original historical documents, combined with the ability for users to make comments, annotations, and upload their own documents. Some areas of Footnote are free to use, while others can be freely searched and then viewed with a paid subscription .
- GenealogyBank.com - Virginia
GenealogyBank's collection includes modern obituaries, historical newspapers, books, pamphlets, military records, and government documents. The 2,400+ historical newspapers include letters, speeches, opinion pieces, advertisements, hometown news, photographs, illustrations and more. Searchable database results shown, images available with fee-based subscription  .
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 Genealogy.com: State Resources -- Virginia
- Geneasearch: A Guide to Virginia Genealogy
Surname registry, female ancestors, ancestors archive, marriage records databases and links.
- Ghost Counties - Your Guide To America's Dead, Forgotten Counties
Remembering those counties across America that have been disbanded or discontinued.
- G's Adoption Registry - Virginia
- Kindred Trails - Virginia Genealogy Resources
- Lineages.com - Virginia Research Room
- Looking 4 Kin - Virginia
- Mid-Atlantic Roots Network
Dedicated to the genealogy, history and culture of the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States: Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia, North Carolina and the District of Columbia.
- The Olive Tree Genealogy - Virginia
- Southeast USA Genealogy
For people interested in genealogy research anywhere in the United States, especially in the Southeast (including the states of Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Florida, Tennessee, West Virginia, Missouri, Virginia, Arkansas, Louisiana, Ohio, Maryland, South Carolina, and North Carolina.) A mailing list with corresponding message board, related links, a CD Lookup request page, a free forwarding e-mail address, and a page where researchers can register their relevant surnames.
- StateGenSites - U.S. Genealogy State by State - Virginia
- Surname Navigator USA
A one window, megasearch engine for surnames. Can simultaneously search various databases using only one input screen. Includes CGI (LDS Mormons) USA, Ancestral File (LDS Mormons) USA, Geneanet USA, Google, genealogy USA, Google News Genealogy USA, Rootsweb message board USA, Ancestry.com, Email Finder USA, White Pages USA.
- USGenWeb - VAGenWeb Project
- Virginia & New York Genealogy
- Virginia Genealogy & Local History - Old Virginia
Includes images & transcripts of old newspaper items, wills, deeds, family histories, and links to related books & resources.
- Virginia Genealogy Webring
- Virginia History and Genealogy - American History and Genealogy Project
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 Websites at RootsWeb
- WorldVitalRecords.com - Virginia in Databases or Virginia in Titles
An inexpensive, growing set of pay-for-use databases. Including vital records, and an extensive collection of newspapers.
- 50states.com - Virginia State Information Resource
A list of general information for each state, including a list of colleges, state symbols, links to maps, newspapers, and other miscellaneous state information.
- Court Web Sites - Virginia
Links to the web sites of various levels of judicial courts in the state.
- FindLaw: Virginia: Courts
Links to the web sites of various levels of judicial courts in the state.
- NACo - About Counties - Virginia
From the National Association of Counties. Includes links to county courthouse addresses and telephone numbers as well as links to official county government web sites.
- Official City Web Sites for the State of Virginia
- Public Records Online
Links to available state & county Tax Assessors' and Recorders' offices. Online public records may include copies of deeds, parcel maps, GIS maps, tax data, ownership information and indexes. Some Recorders' offices have marriage and birth records available online.
- USA CityLink Project - Virginia
- Virginia Association of Counties - Virginia Map with Links to County Websites
- Virginia Circuit Courts
Provides contact information by County for each Circuit Court.
- Virginia State Page
- Yahoo! Get Local...Virginia Counties and Regions or Cities
Maps, yellow pages, white pages, newspapers and other local information.
- Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities (APVA)
- The Capital and the Bay: Narratives of Washington and the Chesapeake Bay Region, ca. 1600-1925
Collection includes first-person narratives, early histories, historical biographies, promotional brochures, and books of photographs that capture in words and pictures a distinctive region as it developed between the onset of European settlement and the first quarter of the twentieth century.
- Civilian Conservation Corps Legacy
- GenDisasters.com - Events That Touched Our Ancestor's Lives - Virginia
GenDisasters.com, chronicles the events that touched our ancestors' lives - train wrecks, fires, floods, tornadoes, hurricanes, earthquakes, storms, mining explosions, ship wrecks, drownings, and accidents. Transcribed newspaper accounts, excerpts from historical books and photographs detail hundreds of life's tragedies that our ancestors' endured, from the 1800s to the 1950s. New material is being transcribed and added daily. Searchable.
- James River Plantations
- Migration Routes From Pennsylvania To Virginia
- New River Valley Historical Notes
For the Upper New River Valley of North Carolina and Virginia.
- Virginia Colonial Records Project
Online searchable index to nearly 15,000 reports that survey and describe documents relating to colonial Virginia history that are housed in repositories in Great Britain and other European countries. The survey report images are available online, and there are references to microfilm reels for the original documents.
- Virginia History Timeline
- Virtual Jamestown
Transcribed records from the first permanent English settlement in the New World. From the Virginia Center for Digital History.
- Yahoo!...History...Virginia
- Annandale Family History Center
- Carrier Library, James Madison University
- Center for Baptist Heritage & Studies and the Virginia Baptist Historical Society at the University of Richmond
- Chesapeake, Virginia Family History Center
- Directory of Virginia Public Libraries
- Directory of Virginia Repositories
- Edward H. Nabb Research Center for Delmarva History & Culture ~ Salisbury, Maryland
- Family History Library Catalog
From the FamilySearch web site, an online catalog to the holdings of the LDS Church in Salt Lake City, Utah. Also search for other localities by place name.
- FamilySearch - Family History Centers in Virginia
A list of local LDS Family History Centers along with addresses and hours of operation.
- Hampton Roads Naval Museum
Norfolk, Virginia.
- Hottel Keller Memorial, Inc.
HKMI is a non-profit educational organization, dedicated to the preservation of the historical and cultural heritage of our early Germanic immigrants into the great valley of Virginia, through museum and living history exhibits and programs, archives and genealogies, for the members of the organization and the general public.
- LIBCAT: US - Virginia
A directory of library resources on the Internet.
- LibDex - The Library Index - Virginia
A worldwide directory of links to library homepages and web-based OPACs (Online Public Access Catalogs).
- The Library of Virginia
- MARAC Regional Archives Institutions - Virginia
- The Mariners' Museum - Newport News, Virginia
Archives, manuscripts, manifests & research services available.
- Museum of the Confederacy ~ Richmond, Virginia
- Newberry Library | Bibliography of African American History - Virginia and West Virginia
- Newberry Library | Genealogy Bibliographies - Virginia
- Old Dominion University Library
- PublicLibraries.com - Virginia
- Repositories of Primary Sources: Virginia
A list of links to online resources from the Univ. of Idaho Library, Special Collections and Archives.
- Shenandoah Valley Folk Art & Heritage Center
- Swem Library - The College of William and Mary
- United Methodist Church - General Commission on Archives & History - Directory for Local and Regional United Methodist Archives
List of annual conference archive contacts for the state. For local Methodist church records, your best resource is the annual conference archives. The boundaries of the annual conference do not necessarily coincide with state boundaries, and some states may have several conferences within their borders.
- University of Virginia Library
- Virginia Family History Centers
A list of addresses, phone numbers and hours of operation from the Genealogy Home Page.
- Virginia Military Institute Archives
Includes full text manuscripts, images, and an online historical VMI rosters database for surname research.
- Virginia Tech University Libraries
- Washington & Lee University Libraries
- Wilderness Road Regional Museum
Information about the Museum as well as original documents online pertaining to early southwest Virginia.
- Williamsburg Regional Library
Serving Williamsburg, James City County and York County, Virginia.
Mailing lists are interactive e-mail forums that are free for you to subscribe to and participate in. Click on the links below and be sure to follow the instructions provided exactly as shown in order to subscribe to the mailing list of your choice. Be sure to keep a copy of the welcome message that you receive. This message will contain details about the mailing list, the person who runs the list and instructions you will need in order to participate in the list, unsubscribe from the list, etc.
- Appalachianfamily Mailing List
Appalachian Mountain Families including families from Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Kentucky, Virginia, and West Virginia.
- EFSS Mailing List
For serious researchers of Early Families in Southern States during the colonial period.
- GERMANNA_COLONIES Mailing List
For descendants of the Germanna Colonies (i.e., the original German settlements in Virginia under Governor Spotswood; there were three colonies established, the first being in 1714).
- LOWER-DELMARVA-ROOTS Mailing List
Sussex and Kent Counties in Delaware; Dorchester, Wicomico, Somerset, and Worcester in Maryland; Northampton and Accomack in Virginia.
- Melungeon Mailing List
For people conducting Melungeon and/or Appalachian research including Native American, Portuguese, Turkish, Black Dutch, and other unverifiable mixed statements of ancestry or unexplained rumors, with ancestors in TN, KY, VA, NC, SC, GA, AL, WV, and possibly other places.
- Mountain_Valley_Ancestors Mailing List
For genealogists who are researching families that once lived on the land that now belongs to the Shenandoah National Park, Virginia.
- NATIVEAMERICAN-DELMARVA Mailing List
For anyone researching their Native American ancestry in Delaware, Maryland, and Virginia.
- RIVER-JAMES Mailing List
For anyone with a genealogical or historical interest in the families that settled along the James River, Virginia, during the 1600s.
- OLD-FREDERICK-CO-VA Mailing List
For anyone with a genealogical or historical interest in old Frederick County, Virginia. The boundaries of old Frederick County today encompass 12 counties: Frederick, Clarke, Warren, Shenandoah and Page counties in Virginia; and Jefferson, Berkeley, Morgan, Hampshire, Mineral, Hardy and Grant counties in West Virginia.
- SHENANDOAH Mailing List
For anyone who has an interest in genealogy related to families of the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia.
- SOUTHEAST-PIONEERS Mailing List
For genealogical interests in the pioneers in Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia & Alabama.
- SWVA-NETN-SEKY-CHAT Mailing List
For anyone with a genealogical interest in the area covered by a 150 mile radius around Bristol Virginia/Tennessee. This area covers southwest Virginia, northeast Tennessee, southeast Kentucky, and northwestern North Carolina.
- THE-ROAD Mailing List
For anyone with a genealogical interest in the Scottish/Palatine (German) ethnic mix along the traditional "Philadelphia Road" in Pennsylvania, Virginia, North Carolina, and South Carolina.
- VA-AfricaAmer Mailing List
For anyone with an interest in African American genealogy in Virginia. Archives: browse or search.
- VA-AfriGeneas Mailing List
To coordinate, network and strengthen the efforts of African ancestored family researchers within Virginia.
- VACCHESA Mailing List
For anyone with a genealogical interest in the city of Chesapeake, Virginia.
- VACCOLON Mailing List
For anyone with a genealogical interest in the city of Colonial Heights, Virginia.
- VACFAIRF Mailing List
For anyone with a genealogical interest in the city of Fairfax, Virginia.
- VACFREDR Mailing List
For anyone with a genealogical interest in the city of Fredricksburg, Virginia.
- VA-CHURCH-HILL Mailing List
For anyone with a genealogical or historical interest in the Church Hill area of Richmond, Virginia.
- VACLYNCH Mailing List
For anyone with a genealogical interest in the city of Lynchburg, Virginia.
- VACMANAS Mailing List
For anyone with a genealogical interest in the city of Manassas, Virginia.
- VACMANCH Mailing List
For anyone with a genealogical interest in the city of Manchester, Virginia.
- VACMARTI Mailing List
For anyone with a genealogical interest in the city of Martinsville, Virginia.
- VACNEWPO Mailing List
For anyone with a genealogical interest in the city of Newport News, Virginia.
- VACPETER Mailing List
For anyone with a genealogical interest in the city of Petersburg, Virginia.
- VACPOQUO Mailing List
For anyone with a genealogical interest in the city of Poquoson, Virginia.
- VACRICHM Mailing List
For anyone with a genealogical interest in the city of Richmond, Virginia.
- VACROANO Mailing List
For anyone with a genealogical interest in the city of Roanoke, Virginia.
- VACSALEM Mailing List
For anyone with a genealogical interest in the city of Salem, Virginia.
- VAFINCAS Mailing List
For anyone with an interest in the history of Southwestern Virginia. It includes that region of the the old, former county of Fincastle, Virginia.
- VA-Harrison-Monongalia Mailing List
For Harrison and Monongalia counties, now West Virginia.
- VA-Jackson-Roane Mailing List
For Jackson and Roane Counties, now West Virginia.
- VA-ROOTS Mailing List
- VAROOTS Mailing List
- VAWBTSVETS Mailing List
For anyone with a genealogical interest in the Virginia veterans of the War Between the States.
- VA-WVA-ROOTS-L Mailing List
For Virginia and West Virginia.
- WDC-GenWeb Mailing List
For those interested in the World Descendant Charts (WDC) Genealogy Web Project. The WDC specializes in Virginia and West Virginia families.
- Yahoo! Groups Virginia's First Peoples
- 1895 U.S. Atlas - Virginia
Scanned images of county and state maps, index of towns.
- American Memory Panoramic Maps 1847-1929 - Virginia
From the Geography and Map Division, Library of Congress.
- American Memory Railroad Maps 1828-1900 - Virginia
From the Geography and Map Division, Library of Congress.
- American Shores - Maps of the Middle Atlantic Region to 1850
Maps on this site cover the early modern period ending in 1850, just as so-called internal improvements (canals, highways, and railroads) began to cross the young nation and change the landscape.
- A Brief History of the Roads of Virginia, 1607-1840
From the Historic Roads of Virginia project, Virginia Transportation Research Council.
- Cartography Maps & GIS Resources ~ Fairfax, Virginia
From George Mason University.
- Circa 1930 City Directories Available at NARA - Virginia
Listing of microfilmed city directories available at the National Archives.
- Color Landform Atlas: Virginia
Including a map of counties and a map for 1895.
- Early Virginia Maps
From the Libary of Congress.
- Gleason's Old Maps, Etc.
Photocopies of Old Maps, Prints and Articles of Historical and Genealogical Interest from Virginia.
- Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)
From the USGS. Provides cemetery location information, as well as other physical features within a county and state.
- Introduction to Virginia Land History
- K.B. Slocum Books and Maps - Virginia
- A List of the Parishes in Virginia. June the 30th, 1680
- Machine Cancel Publications by Richard E. Small
Listings of historic post office locations for sale for the states of Alabama, Georgia, Hawaii, Virginia, West Virginia, the terrritory of Puerto Rico, & more.
- Map of Virginia Counties, Region 1 , Region 2
- MapQuest: World Atlas: Virginia
- The Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection - Virginia Maps
From The University of Texas at Austin.
- RootsWeb Town Search - TownCo
Enter the name of a U.S. town to learn the name of the county where that town is located.
- Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps - Holdings at the University of Virginia Library
Virginia & Washington DC Maps on Microfilm.
- U.S. Census Bureau - State and County QuickFacts - Virginia County Selection Map
- U.S. City Directories on Microfilm in the Microform Reading Room - Virginia
At the Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
- USGenWeb Archives, United States Digital Map Library
- University of Virginia Library Geospatial and Statistical Data Center
- VA Cities, Counties and Towns
A list of towns with their respective counties, zip codes and incorporation dates.
- Virginia County Interactive Mapper
- Yale Peabody Museum: GNIS - Virginia
Search the USGS Geographic Names Database. You can limit the search to a specific county in this state and search for any of the following features: airport arch area arroyo bar basin bay beach bench bend bridge building canal cape cemetery channel church cliff crater crossing dam falls flat forest gap geyser glacier gut harbor hospital island isthmus lake lava levee locale mine oilfield other park pillar plain ppl range rapids reserve reservoir ridge school sea slope spring stream summit swamp tower trail tunnel valley well woods.
- 1st Virginia Infantry Co. C Montgomery Guard
- 2nd Virginia Regiment, of the Continental Line "1775-1783"
Contains over 400 Officers and Soldiers who served in the American Revolution, and belonged to the 2nd Virginia Regiment, of the Continental Line.
- 8th Va. Inf.
- 17th VA Inf. Regiment, Co. D, "Fairfax Rifles"
- 36th Virginia Infantry
The 36th Virginia Infantry was organized in the western counties of Virginia, now known as West Virginia.
- The 39th Kentucky Mounted Infantry Webpage
Regimental history of the 39th Kentucky Mounted Infantry, U.S. Volunteers. Complete rosters, biographies, and some photos of veterans of this unit. The 39th drew its recruits from the Big Sandy Valley in Eastern Kentucky, and from the adjacent areas of Virginia and West Virginia.
- 51st Virginia Infantry
- 51st Virginia Infantry
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 Ancestry.com
Searchable indexes; database results and some digitized images available with fee-based subscription. Searchable indexes; database results and some digitized images available with fee-based subscription. Searching Ancestry's databases is free, and then viewing the final results in the genealogical datasets is available by paid subscription. A search serves up a "Ranked Search Result" based on your query. The displayed list of results indicates which of the many databases has a possible match, as well as suggestions to help you refine your search. Following the links for the search hits will result in one of two things: if you are already a paid subscriber you will see the database matches right away; if you are not yet a subscriber you are pointed to a "landing page" that gives you options to become a paid subscriber to one of Ancestry's membership packages.
- Search Military Records
- Catalogue of Revolutionary Soldiers and Sailors of the Commonwealth of Virginia
- Historical Register of Virginians in the Revolution
- The History of Virginia's Navy of the Revolution
- Virginia Military Records
Original source: Excerpted from The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, the William and Mary College Quarterly, and Tyler's Quarterly Historical and Genealogical Magazine.
- Virginia Militia in the Revolutionary War
Original source: McAllister, J.T.. Virginia Militia in the Revolutionary War. Hot Springs, VA, USA: McAllister Publishing Co., 1913.
- Virginia Navy in the Revolution
Original source: Stewart, Robert Armistead. History of Virginia's Navy in the Revolution. Richmond, VA, USA: Mitchell and Hotchkiss, 1934.
- Virginia Revolutionary War Records
Original source: Brumbaugh, Gaius Marcus. Revolutionary War Records. Vol. 1 - Virginia. Washington, D.C.: 1936.
- Virginia Soldiers of 1776, Vol. 1
Original source: Burgess, Louis Alexander. Virginia Soldiers of 1776. Richmond, VA, USA: Richmond Press, 1927.
- The Civil War Archive - Union Regiments - Virginia
- Civil War Battle Summaries by State - Virginia
- CivilWarCemetery.com
Chancellorsville Memorial Garden. A Civil War cemetery located on hallowed ground in the gently rolling Virginia countryside honoring the living history of the Civil War.
- Civil War Richmond
Primary sources, photographs, and maps relating to the life and history of the Confederate Capital.
- Civil War Rosters - Virginia
List of links to web sites with rosters for each state.
- Confederate Soldiers Buried in Our Soldiers Cemetery
Mount Jackson, Shenandoah County, Virginia.
- Confederate Units Recruited from
Shenandoah County, Virginia
- Culpeper Minute Battalion
- Footnote.com - Confederate Soldiers - VA
Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Virginia, NARA. Footnote is an online repository for original historical documents, combined with the ability for users to make comments, annotations, and upload their own documents. Some areas of Footnote are free to use, while others can be freely searched and then viewed with a paid subscription.
- Footnote.com - Southern Claims Commission
In 1871, the US government established the Southern Claims Commission to address southerners' petitions for compensation of supplies, livestock, and other items taken by the Union troops during the Civil War. More than 20,000 claims were filed. These testimonial files include first-person accounts of how civilians survived the war, detailed circumstances regarding loss of property, and accounts of each family's history and loyalty to the Union cause. Footnote is an online repository for original historical documents, combined with the ability for users to make comments, annotations, and upload their own documents. Some areas of Footnote are free to use, while others can be freely searched and then viewed with a paid subscription.
- A Guide to the Civil War Materials of the Earl Gregg Swem Library at the College of William and Mary
- Historical Register of Virginians in the Revolution
A book by John H. Gwathmey. For sale from Genealogical Publishing Company.
- Korean Conflict State-Level Casualty Lists - Virginia
From the National Archives and Records Administration, Center for Electronic Records.
- Libby Prison
Names of soldiers who escaped, died or were admitted to the prison, both Union and Confederate.
- Libby Prison, Richmond, Virginia
- MosbysRangers.com
Comprehensive online clearinghouse for all information relevant to Col. John Singleton Mosby, the fabled "Gray Ghost", and the men of his command - the Forty Third Battalion of Virginia Cavalry.
- Names of Men Buried In the Confederate Cemeteries of Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania Courthouse
Listed in state ordered and also alphabetically by surname.
- Russell County, Virginia Civil War Website
- Search the Virginia Rosters
- Valley of the Shadow: Two Communities in the American Civil War
Living the Civil War in Pennsylvania and Virginia.
- Vietnam Conflict State-Level Casualty Lists - Virginia
From the National Archives and Records Administration, Center for Electronic Records.
- Virginia Civil War Home Page
- Virginia's Confederate Military Hospitals
- World War I Draft Registrations - Northern Virginia
11,000 registrations from Alexandria, Arlington (formerly Alexandria) County and Fairfax County for residents and men in the area on a registration day.
- World War I History Questionnaires
From the Library of Virginia.
- About the World War I History Commission Questionnaires Database
The Virginia War History Commission was established in 1919 to collect, assemble, edit and publish information and material concerning Virginia's participation in World War I. The Commission conducted a survey of World War I veterans in Virginia through the use of a printed questionnaire. The World War I History Commission Questionnaires Database is a fully-searchable database of over 14,900 records, one for each questionnaire respondent, accessible by name, city/county, and race.
- ABYZ News Links - Virginia - Newspapers and News Sources
- Ancestry.com
Searchable indexes; database results and some digitized images available with fee-based subscription. Searchable indexes; database results and some digitized images available with fee-based subscription. Searching Ancestry's databases is free, and then viewing the final results in the genealogical datasets is available by paid subscription. A search serves up a "Ranked Search Result" based on your query. The displayed list of results indicates which of the many databases has a possible match, as well as suggestions to help you refine your search. Following the links for the search hits will result in one of two things: if you are already a paid subscriber you will see the database matches right away; if you are not yet a subscriber you are pointed to a "landing page" that gives you options to become a paid subscriber to one of Ancestry's membership packages.
- Footnote.com - Virginia Newspapers
King George Journal, Stafford Journal, Westmoreland Journal, Gazette Virginian, Halifax Gazette. Footnote is an online repository for original historical documents, combined with the ability for users to make comments, annotations, and upload their own documents. Some areas of Footnote are free to use, while others can be freely searched and then viewed with a paid subscription.
- Fredericksburg.com
The Internet service of The Free Lance-Star, Fredericksburg, Virginia.
- The Geography of Slavery in Virginia
Digital collection of advertisements for runaway slaves, captured slaves & servants in 18th- & 19th-century Virginia newspapers. Over 4000 advertisements for runaway slaves and indentured servants from newspapers in Virginia & Maryland from 1736-1803. Keyword searchable database.
- The History Guy: Slave Rebellions and Uprisings in the U.S.
- Historical Newspaper Index - FCPL
This site provides an index to eight different Fairfax County and northern Virginia newspapers from 1785 to 1973. Users may request copies of articles they would like to see. It is a complete subject index that includes advertisements, legal notices and general news items.
- GenealogyBank.com - Historical Newspapers - Virginia
GenealogyBank's collection includes modern obituaries, historical newspapers, books, pamphlets, military records, and government documents. The 2,400+ historical newspapers include letters, speeches, opinion pieces, advertisements, hometown news, photographs, illustrations and more. Searchable database results shown, images available with fee-based subscription .
- Home Town News - Virginia
Directory of daily and weekly newspapers in the United States.
- Index of Newspaper Articles from the Richmond Times-Dispatch, Circa 1930s
Rare collection of newspaper articles from the Sunday Magazine Section of the Richmond Times-Dispatch in the 1930s.
- NewsDirectory.com: Newspapers: Virginia
- NewsLink | Newspapers | U.S. | Virginia
- Newspaper Abstracts - Finding Our Ancestors in the News! - Virginia
- NewspaperLinks.com - Virginia
- TheOldenTimes.com: Old West Virginia News
Historic newspapers online: births, deaths & marriages, notices, old news, legal notices, recipes & more, all scanned from original issues of 18th-20th century newspapers. Index of names, site search.
- OnlineNewspapers.com - Newspaper & Newspapers Online Directory: Virginia
- ThePaperboy.com Newspaper Directory - Virginia Newspapers
- Pilot Online - The Virginian-Pilot ~ Hampton Roads
- The Richmond Times-Dispatch
- The Roanoke Times Online
- The Southwest Times Historic Newspaper Archive
A digital collection of Southwest Times Newspaper articles and obituaries that cover SW Virginia from the early 1900's to now.
- The United States Newspaper Program
Cooperative national effort among the states and the federal government to locate, catalog, and preserve on microfilm newspapers published in the United States from the eighteenth century to the present.
- US Newspaper Links - Virginia Newspapers
- The Valley of the Shadow: The Eve of War, Newspapers
From the Civil War project at the University of Virginia.
- The Valley of the Shadow: The War Years, Newspapers
From the Civil War project at the University of Virginia.
- The Valley of the Shadow: The Aftermath, Newspapers
From the Civil War project at the University of Virginia.
- The Virginia Newspaper Project
- World-newspapers.com - Virginia Newspapers
- Yahoo!...Newspapers...Virginia
Adoptions, biographies, ethnic groups, famous people, immigrants, some family groups, etc.
- African American Genealogy Resources: States/Virginia
From Christine's Genealogy Website.
- AfriGeneas | African Ancestry in Virginia
- Afro-American Sources in Virginia - A Guide to Manuscripts
- Chronicles of the Scotch-Irish Settlement in Virginia
Extracted from the Original Court Records of Augusta County 1745-1800 by Lyman Chalkley.
- Early Families: Pre-1700 Arrivals to America from Europe
A focus on the families that arrived before 1700 in Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania and the Carolinas. A tracing of their westward moves in the 1800s and 1900s.
- Early Virginia / WVA Genealogy
A collection of family trees based on those who were the first settlers (1800s) of Monroe County, West Virginia. These early pioneers came primarily from nearby counties in Virginia, lying in what we currently know as Albemarle, Augusta, Botetourt, Fincastle, Giles, Greenbriar, Montgomery, Orange, Rockingham, and Rockbridge.
- Free African Americans of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland and Delaware
History of over 500 African American families who were free in the colonial period through 1820.
- Gateway to the Pamunkeys
The most powerful tribe of the Powhatan confederacy of tidewater Virginia and Maryland, was the Pamunkeys. Chief Powhatan was living among the Pamunkey when the English colonists first arrived in Virginia. This web site is devoted to the genealogy and history of these proud Native Americans.
- GEDCOM Index .com - Virginia
Index of GEDCOM files found online, arranged by surname and given name.
- Goronwy Owen 1723-1769
Celebrated Welsh Language poet/clergyman came to teach at William and Mary College. Became minister to St. Andrews Parish in Brunswick County. Four sons and daughter with many American descendents.
- The History and Genealogy of the Native American Isolate Communities of Kent County, Delaware, and Surrounding Areas on the Delmarva Peninsula and Southern New Jersey
- Huguenot Emigrants on the James River
- Searching for Saponi Town
Identifying and researching Native American ancestry deriving from the Eastern Siouan peoples of the Piedmont of Virginia and North Carolina, also known as Saponi or Tutelo, Family lore of Blackfoot or Blackfeet Indian ancestry derived east of the Mississippi appears to be related to these Eastern Siouan people. Also associated with some melungeon communities.
- Tribes and Villages of Virginia
- Virginia Blacksheep Ancestors
Directory of links for prison and convict records, court records, executions, famous outlaws, criminals & bandits.
Magazines, journals, quarterlies, newsletters, pamplets, leaflets
Photos, postcards, yearbooks, school memorabilia, and other ephemera of life
- Dead Fred Genealogy Photo Archive - Virginia
Searchable database containing images of thousands of identified and mystery 19th & 20th century photos for genealogy enthusiasts looking for long-lost family. Search vintage school annuals, faculty & students,images & names. Upload your own vintage yearbooks so others can discover their ancestral images.
- FamilyOldPhotos.com - Virginia
Old, antique, or vintage photos. User submitted with family history and details.
- Old-Yearbooks.com - Virginia
Old high school & college yearbooks, graduation programs, reunion booklets, class rolls, alumni lists, school photos & memorabilia.
Links to professional researchers found on Cyndi's List are included as a courtesy. Unless otherwise stated, the existence of these links on Cyndi's List does not imply endorsement of the services or products provided by those professional researchers. See also: Disclaimers
- Accelerated Genealogy Research - Professional Genealogists - Virginia
Our directory lists professional genealogists by education, experience, credentials, research specialty, international or U.S. region, and billing rate to help you find the researcher best qualified to find your ancestor.
- Ancestry Sleuths
Professional genealogical research, land and house histories, write family histories. Genealogical research related to Ohio, Southern Maryland, and Northern Virginia. Special research dedicated to finding missing heirs for probate purposes.
- Antecedents ...ancestors are antecedents...
Genealogical and Family History Research by Donald W. Moore, CGRS, in the southeast Virginia cities of: Chesapeake, Norfolk, Virginia Beach and counties of Lower Norfolk (1637-1691), Norfolk (1691-1963), Princess Anne (1691-1963).
- The Antiquaries, A Limited Company ~ Lynchburg
Historical research on individuals, families, places, businesses, and events.
- Board for Certification of Genealogists - Roster of Those Certified - Residing in Virginia or Specializing in Virginia
- Brickwall Genealogy Services
Genealogy Lookups at all Washington D.C. area archives, libraries, DAR, Library of Congress, Suburban Maryland and Virginia.
- Carpenter Genealogical Services ~ Salt Lake City, Utah
A professional genealogical research group in Salt Lake City specializing in the United States and Western Europe. Our focus is Pennsylvania, Ohio, West Virginia, Colonial Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Mississippi, Louisiana, Alabama, Arkansas, Texas, Missouri, Wyoming, Nebraska and African American/Slavery research and slavery in the South. Western European limited to Germany, Switzerland, France, and the Scandanavian countries. Families of note: WINGET, HATHAWAY, AXTELL, CLUTTER, DOUD, LYTLE, BLEHSCHMIDT, EHMAN, HAGGSTROM.
- Cemetery & Genealogy Photography Service
Cemetery and other genealogy-related photography services for West Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, & Washington, DC.
- Delmarva DataSearch
Historical and land records research service on the Eastern Shore of Maryland, Virginia, as well as the state of Delaware. Particular knowledge of Wicomico, Worcester, Somerset and Dorchester counties in Maryland.
- Digital Scanning Services ~ Richmond
Preserving your priceless photographs, slides, negatives, and documents for future generations.
- Erwin Genealogy - Erwin Family History Service
Located in Southern California, specializing in Southern research including Arkansas, Mississippi, Tennessee, Alabama, Georgia, Virginia.
- eXpertGenealogy - Genealogy Professional Genealogist - Virginia & West Virginia
Directory of professional genealogists specializing in Virginia & West Virginia research.
- Genealogy Helplist - Virginia
- genealogyPro - Professional Genealogists for Eastern and Southern United States
Including the states of Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia.
- Genealogy Professional Alabama Georgia Kentucky Carolinas Virginia: Ted Lane Genealogist
More than 40 years experience. Alabama, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, North and South Carolina, Tennessee and Virginia, and others.
- Genealogy Professional Virginia Family Tree: Kevin Lett Genealogist
Experience in Virginia genealogy, especially with the collections of the state library and archives in Richmond.
- Golden Lyon II Genealogical Research
Resource for studying related families of the Lower Eastern Shore - Allied Families of the Delmarva Peninsula.
- The Historical Detective
Professional research services with concentration on colonial New England, Civil War soldiers, and Northern Virginia.
- Hunt Genealogy & Associates
Research services for upper east Tennessee and southwest Virginia & genealogical education.
- Lassen Genealogical Services
Research, On Site Photography, Chart Preparation, Family Photo Restoration. Ashe, Alleghany, Wilkes, Watauga Cos., NC and Grayson Co., VA. 20 years experience. Sandra and Dallas Lassen. E-mail for rates, services and references.
- Michael Hait Professional Genealogist Family History Research
Professional genealogist with over ten years of experience. Lives in the Washington, D.C., metropolitan area, and can conduct on-site research in Washington, suburban Maryland and northern Virginia facilities.
- North Carolina Genealogy and History
Genealogical research in all North Carolina, South Caroilna, and Virginia counties.
- Professional Genealogist for New Jersey, Washington and Virginia - Charles S. "Chuck" Mason, Jr.
- Professional Genealogist for North Carolina and Virginia - N. C. Moore
North Carolina and Virginia genealogy, real estate and property research.
- Professional Genealogist & Researcher Julian H. Preisler
Professional genealogy, local history, Jewish research, photography and related research services offered for WV, MD, PA and VA.
- Random Acts of Genealogical Kindness - Virginia
A list of volunteers who are willing to help you with your research in this locality.
- SouthEastern Genealogical Research
Genealogical document search and retrieval service. Specializing in genealogy in the states of: Virginia, North and South Carolina, Tennessee, Kentucky, Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi, Arkansas.
- Southeastern Virginia Genealogical and Historical Consulting Service
- Virginia Ancestry
Genealogical Research Services by Victor S. Dunn, CGRS. Specializing in Virginia and Mid-Atlantic Research including brick wall problem resolution, land platting, and computer resources.
- Virginia Family Research
Virginia genealogy, Virginia Confederate records, Revolutionary records.
- Virginia Family Tree
A variety of services to help descendants of Virginia ancestors find, appreciate and preserve their roots.
- W. Scott Breckinridge Smith Historical Research & Consulting
Specializing in pre-1850 Virginia architecture, Revolutionary War soldiers, early craftsmen & tradesmen, & community, structural, & personal histories.
- WV Research Services at the West Virginia & Regional History Collection
Providing research and inexpensive photocopies of early Virginia & West Virginia historical and genealogical documents.
- Cyndi's List Genealogy Bookstore
A categorized list of genealogy research books that looks a lot like my bookshelf at home.
- Amazon.com Genealogy Bookstore - Virginia
The following are individual book titles of interest for this topic. The book links below point to the Amazon.com bookstore online where you may purchase the book if you wish. These links are provided to bring these published resources to your attention as an aid to your research. Follow the links to books of interest to make note of their title, author, publisher, and ISBN. You might then use this information to obtain the book from your local library or your favorite corner book shop.
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