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U.S. - Virginia
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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Footnote is an online repository for original historical documents, combined with the ability for users to make comments, annotations, and upload their own documents.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  .
- Genealogy Buff - Library - Virginia Data
Data files for many counties including obituaries, death notices, marriage indexes, death indexes, baptisms, and births.
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 Genealogy.com: State Resources -- Virginia
- Genealogy Trails History Group - Virginia Genealogy Trails
Volunteers working together to transcribe records: biographies, cemeteries, court records, family Bibles, obituaries, newspapers, vitals, marriages, & more.
- 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
- Linkpendium > Genealogy > USA > Virginia
- 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
- 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.
- Annals of Bath County, Virginia
A book by Oren F. Morton.
- Anne Orthwood's Bastard: Sex and Law in Early Virginia
A book by John Ruston Pagan.
- Births 1656-1896, Selected Counties (Virginia Vital Records Collection, 2109)
A CD-ROM by Ancestry.
- Bound Away: Virginia and the Westward Movement
A book by David Hackett Fischer.
- Catalogue of Revolutionary Soldiers and Sailors of the Commonwealth of Virginia: To Whom Land Bounty Warrants Were Granted
A book by Samuel M. Wilson.
- Deaths 1660-1896, Selected Counties (Virginia Vital Records Collection, 2106)
A CD-ROM by Ancestry.
- The Diligence and the Disappearance of Manakintowne's Huguenots
A book by Allison Wehr Elterich.
- Federal Land Series, Part 1: Grants in the Virginia Military District of Ohio
A book by Clifford Neal Smith.
- Finding Your People in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia: A Genealogical Guide
A book by Rebecca H. Good.
- The Great Wagon Road: From Philadelphia to the South
A book by Parke Rouse.
- A Guide to Business Records in the Virginia State Library and Archives
A book by Conley L. Edwards.
- A Guide to Church Records in the Archives Branch, Virginia State Library and Archives
A book by Jewell T. Clark.
- Guide to Genealogical Notes and Charts in the Archives Branch, Virginia State Library and Archives
A book by Lyndon H. Hart.
- Guide to State Records in the Archives Branch, Virginia State Library and Archives
A book by John S. Salmon.
- Heads of Families at the First Census of the United States Taken in the Year 1790: Records of the State Enumerations, 1782 to 1785: Virginia
A book by the United States Bureau of the Census.
- Heritage of Virginia : The Story of Every Place Name in the Old Dominion
A book by James Hagemann.
- History of Rockbridge County, Virginia
A book by Oren F. Morton.
- The Lees of Virginia: Seven Generations of an American Family
A book by Paul C. Nagel.
- Marriages 1670-1929, Selected Counties (Virginia Vital Records Collection, 2108)
A CD-ROM by Ancestry.
- More than Petticoats: Remarkable Virginia Women
A book by Emilee Hines.
- Notes And Documents Of Free Persons Of Color: Four Hundred Years Of An American Families History
A book by Anita L. Wills.
- Preliminary Guide to Pre 1904 County Records in the Archives Branch, Virginia State Library and Archives
A book by Suzanne S. Ray.
- A Preliminary Guide to Pre-1904 Municipal Records in the Archives Branch, Virginia State Library and Archives
A book by Lyndon H. Hart.
- Research in Virginia (Special Publications of the National Genealogical Society, No. 69)
A book by Eric Grundset.
- Surry County, Va., Wills, Estates Accounts and Inventories 1730-1800
A book by Lyndon H. Hart.
- Timesaving Aid to Virginia-West Virginia Ancestors
A book by Patrick G. Wardell.
- Virginia Genealogical Research
A book by George K. Schweitzer.
- Virginia's Colonial Soldiers
A book by Lloyd DeWitt Bockstruck.
- Virginia's Past Today
A book by Chiles T. A. Larson.
- AncestorSpy - CDs and Microfiche for Virginia
- The Antient Press
Publishers of Virginia historical records.
- Archive CD Books USA
Digital reproductions (or e-books) of old books, maps, and other rare genealogical material.
- Barbara Green's Used Genealogy Books - Virginia
- Barnette's Family Tree Books - Virginia
- Books We Own - Virginia
Find a book from which you would like a lookup and click on the submitter's code at the end of the entry. Once you find the contact information for the submitter, write them a polite request for a lookup. Be sure to follow the Tips for making a request . See also the Frequently Asked Questions about Copyright page and please also consider reading through: How to Contribute to Books We Own.
- Boyd Publishing Company - Virginia
See their home page for details on placing an order.
- Bradley Publishing
Genealogical record abstracts from southeastern Virginia and northwestern North Carolina.
- Bryn Ffyliaid Publications
Publishing house with emphais on family history in some of the early counties of Virginia.
- Civil War Soldiers from Brunswick County, Virginia
Book for sale including online surname index.
- Early Marriage Records in Virginia
Books for sale on pre-1900 marriage records.
- eBay Listings: Search for Virginia Genealogy
Online auction service for buying & selling.
- eBay Store - DMK Heritage: Genealogy, County History, Tennessee
Old county histories for Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee and Kentucky; indexed and searchable on CDs.
- Genealogical.com - Virginia
The online store of Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc. & Clearfield Company.
- Heritage Books: Virginia
- Higginson Book Company - Virginia
- Historic Roads of Virginia
Books for sale from the Virginia Transportation Research Council including County Road Order Book transcriptions. Useful resources for locating ancestors geographically.
- Hollyhock Press
Publisher of genealogical books covering the region of Bath, Highland, Augusta and Pocahontas Counties, Virginia and West Virginia.
- Hollywood Cemetery: Her Forgotten Soldiers: Confederate Field Officers At Rest
An in-depth study of the field grade officers of General Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia who are buried in Richmond, Virginia's famous Hollywood Cemetery. This book is acknowledged by Civil War experts as the definitive biographical work on these forgotten heroes of the Confederacy.
- J & W Enterprises
One stop book source on the Internet, specializing in southern states source material.
- Kegley Books
Books by Mary B. Kegley with hundreds of sketches of families of Southwest Virginia.
- Margaret M. Hofmann's Web Site
Genealogical and historical books for North Carolina, South Carolina and Virginia.
- Mountain Press - Virginia Genealogy Books
Free Surname Search for hundreds of Virginia genealogy books. Information available for many counties on wills, marriages, deaths, biographies, military as well as many maps.
- New Papyrus Publishing
Specializing in reference works for genealogists and historians researching the Virginias and other Southeastern U.S. States circa. 1650 - 1850.
- Notes And Documents of Free Persons of Color - Lulu.com
A true chronicle of the history of a group labled, Free Persons of Color, in Colonial Virginia. The group were a mixture of Native/African/whites, who were Virginia's own Creole Population. It is the saga of a group labeled, "fpc", or Free Persons of Color, by the Virginia Free Negro Registry. The book is available from Lulu Press, Amazon.com, Barnes & Noble, Blackwell Books, and Walmart (to name a few). BOOKER, BOWDEN, COOPER, EVANS, JACKSON, LEWIS, PINN, POWELL, REDCROSS, WASHINGTON, ROGERS, ROWE.
- Picton Press - Virginia
- Quintin Publications | Virginia
- Royal Oak Bookshop
Virginia, Civil War, genealogy, cemetery and history maps. Full book search service.
- Simmons Historical Publications
Over 800 genealogical research documents such as birth records, death records, deed books, maps, newspaper abstracts, will books and more for counties in Kentucky, North Carolina, Tennessee, and Virginia.
- Sistler Genealogy
Over 900 books covering records from Tennessee, Virginia, North Carolina, and Kentucky.
- SK Publications Census CDs and Books - Virginia
- Virginia Genealogical Society Publications
- Ye Olde Genealogie Shoppe Books - Virginia
- Ancestry.com - Message Boards - Virginia
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 RootsWeb Surname List - RSL Virginia
The RSL and this form concept & design are courtesy of Karen Isaacson
- SE USA Genealogy Forum on About.com
This forum is primarily for genealogy discussion/research involving the Southeast USA states (Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, Missouri, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia and West Virginia). Post your southern surnames, air your views on issues, ask questions, share research tips or photos, tell us about your personal genealogy site and join in our fun games and contests.
- Virginia Genealogical Society Queries
- Virginia in the Civil War Message Board
- Virginia Surname Register
The sites found in this category vary in content. Some sites have extractions or transcriptions of actual records. Other sites have helpful lists, articles, tips or guidelines. In a few cases there are scanned images of the original source documents themselves, with more of these types of records coming online each day. Keep in mind that extractions & transcriptions may have errors or may be missing certain portions of the original source material. Always refer to the original source material whenever possible and only use extractions & transcriptions as a starting point to help guide you in your research.
- 1790 Census of Population and Housing
From the US Census Bureau. Printed transcriptions in .pdf or .zip format showing Heads of Household.
- 1890 Veterans Census - Northern Virginia
From Stafford & Fauquier up through Loudoun Counties and all points east.
- AccessGenealogy - Virginia Census Records
Census links for online census research.
- African American Census Schedules Online | Virginia
- Ancestry.com - Virginia Census, 1800-90
Searchable database available by subscription.
- Ancestry.com - U.S. Federal Censuses
Browse by census year, state, county, township. Census images available with fee-based subscription:
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- Ancestry.com
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.
- Census Online - Links to Online Census Data - Virginia
- HeritageQuest - US Federal Census Schedules Available on Microfilm
Digitized images of the complete US Census from 1790 to 1930 for sale on microfilm.
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- NARA | US National Archives & Records Administration
- Russell County, Virginia 1860 Census
- USGenWeb Archives
- Ancestry.com
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.
- Before the Needles - Virginia
A detailed listing of executions that occurred under civil authority in Virginia. Listing includes (when known) the convict's name, age, race, sex, occupation, crime, date of execution, method of execution and whether it was a single or multiple execution.
- Convicts Transported to Virginia, 1633-1638
Selected transcripts.
- County Courthouse Addresses
- Deed Data Pool
Downloadable deed files for Kentucky, New York, Pennsylvania, Virginia & West Virginia.
- An Index of Seventeenth Century Virginia Room by Room Inventories
- An Index of Eighteenth Century Virginia Room by Room Inventories
- An Index of Nineteenth Century Virginia Room by Room Inventories
- Land Office Patents and Grants Collection Index
Electronic Card Indexes, Digital Collections Home Page, The Library of Virginia.
- Mutual Assurance Society Policies 1796-1865
Online searchable database of over 30,000 records of the society.
- NARA | US National Archives & Records Administration
- Olive Tree Genealogy: Search Engines for Ships Passenger Lists to Virginia
Custom Search Engine allows you to search multiple Internet sites for Passenger Lists of ships going to Virginia, United States.
- Public Records Online
Contact information for Tax Assessors' and Recorders' offices.
- Records Room: Virginia Counties, United States
- Register of Free Negroes and Mulattoes in The Corporation of Staunton
- Revolutionary War Warrants
Searchable online database indexes 4,748 bounty land warrants for land in Kentucky issued by Virginia to veterans of the Revolutionary War.
- "The Senior Class:" Index to Yearbooks from Alexandria (VA) High Schools, 1919-1951
Name index to senior class photos from Alexandria High School (The "Alecko") and George Washington High School (The "Compass").
- Transported Convicts
Names of convicts to Virginia 1617-1669.
- Virginia 1704 Rent Rolls ~ Text file
- 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 Quit Rent Rolls, 1704
An index only. This is a complete abstract of rolls listing the 5,527 land owners who paid quit rents to the Crown in Virginia in 1704.
- Virginia Runaways
Runaway slave advertisements from 18th-century Virginia newspapers.
- Virginia Runaways Homepage
- Virginia Sheriffs, 1699 to 1702
- Virginia State Elected Officials Database
Online searchable database of Virginia governors and members of the legislature from 1776 to the present.
- Virtual Jamestown
- Virtual Jamestown - Indentured Servants - Search the Bristol Registers of Servants Sent to Foreign Plantations, 1654 - 1686
Registers of Servants Sent to Foreign Plantations. This database of indenture contracts will eventually include over 15,000 indentured servants contracts from the London, Middlesex, and Bristol Registers. The contracts indicate not only the servant's name and length of indenture, but also the name of the servant's parents and owner, their home province and city, occupation, destination, and ship of embarkation. These records provide a detailed composition of indentured servants in the 17th century Atlantic World. The Bristol Registers record all indentured servants who left from the port of Bristol, England. Servants listed their place of origin as towns and provinces all over England, as well as many foreign countries such as Ireland and France. They were headed to many different places in the New World, including Virginia, Barbados, and the Caribbean islands. Lengths of indenture varied from 3 to 7 years, with the average length for females being 4.3 years, and for males, 4.44 years. The database contains records for approximately 10,000 indentured servants sent from Bristol to the New World.
- USGenWeb Archives
- Ancestry.com - Obituary Collection
Searchable databases available by subscription. A compilation of obituaries published in newspapers, collected from various online sources.
- Bristol Herald Courier Obituaries
- Norfolk Obituaries
Selected obituaries from early Norfolk/Portsmouth, Virginia newspapers.
- ObitsArchive.com - Virginia
The largest and most comprehensive collection of newspaper obituaries and death notices in the United States. Each obituary or death notice is indexed by the name of the deceased person, to make searching easier and more precise. In addition, the text of each obituary or death notice is searchable, making it easy to find just what you're looking for using a place of residence, occupation, names of family members, or other personal information.
- The Obituary Link Page - Virginia Obituary Links
Also includes links to cemetery resources.
- Old Virginia Obituaries, 1790-1940
Obituaries of Virginians from 1790-1940 selected and posted at random. The connecting pages are in alphabetical order and there is a search engine on the home page.
- Roanoke Times Online Obituaries
- Times-Dispatch Obituaries - Richmond, Virginia
- USGenWeb Archives
- Ancestors at Rest - Death Records for Virginia
Coffin plates, funeral cards, death cards, wills, memorial cards, cemeteries, vital stats, obituaries, church records, family bibles, cenotaphs and tombstone inscriptions.
- Ancestry.com
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.
- Family Search Record Search
Millions of indexed records and images of records. Join volunteers around the world who are helping to make more free records available online through FamilySearch Indexing.
- I Dream of Genealogy - Virginia Birth Records
A list of links to other sites.
- MyVitalRec.com - Virginia Vital Records
Information for ordering by mail or online: birth, death, marriage or divorce.
- Office of Vital Records
From the Virginia Department of Health. Includes information on availability, cost, and contact information for obtaining certificates.
- Virginia Wedding Bells
Post marriages that took place prior to 1900.
- VitalChek Network - Virginia
- vitalrec.com - Vital Records Information - Virginia
Resources to help you obtain a birth certificate, death record, marriage license and more by mail or online.
- Vital Records US - Virginia Vital Records
Information and guidelines on acquiring vital records information in the United States. Includes state and county contact and pricing information.
- Where to Write for Vital Records - Virginia
From the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS).
- Allegheny Regional Family History Society
Area covers counties in northeast West Virginia, southwest Pennsylvania, western Maryland and northwest Virginia.
- American Historical Society of Germans from Russia - Nation's Capital Area Chapter
- Central Virginia Genealogical Association
- Children of Shenandoah
Dedicated to preserving the heritage and culture of our forefathers who once lived on the land that is now the Shenandoah National Park.
- The Fredericksburg PC Users Group (FPCUG) - Genealogy Special Interest Group ~ Fredericksburg, Virginia
- The Friends of Freedmen's Cemetery
History and preservation of an 1864-1869 cemetery for former slaves and their children in Alexandria, Virginia. Contains burial records of African Americans 1863-1869 as well as background and personal data on the freed people and Alexandria's black residents, in general.
- 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.
- Huguenot Society of Virginia
- Independent Order of Odd Fellows - Virginia
Jurisdictions for the IOOF, Independent Order of Odd Fellows and Rebekahs.
- Jamestowne Society
For descendants of the early settlers, founders and adventurers at Jamestowne, Virginia, the first permanent English settlement in America.
- Lower Delmarva Genealogical Society
Delaware, Maryland and Virginia.
- The Memorial Foundation of the Germanna Colonies in Virginia, Inc
Foundation information and publications for sale also.
- Mid-Atlantic Germanic Society
Dedicated to our early German ancestors who arrived in America and for the Society's purposes includes New York, New Jersey, Delaware, Pennsylvania, Maryland, District of Columbia, Virginia, West Virginia, and the Carolinas.
- Mid-Atlantic Regional Archives Conference
- National Genealogical Society ~ Arlington, Virginia
- New River Historical Society
Includes the Counties of Pulaski, Floyd, Giles, Montgomery and the City of Radford, Virginia.
- Order of Descendants of Ancient Planters
People who arrived in Virginia before 1616, remained for a period of three years, paid their passage, and survived the massacre of 1622.
- Roots Users Group of Arlington, Virginia
- Shenandoah Valley Genealogical Society
Shenandoah Valley Genealogical Society, founded in 2003, serves all genealogists researching family records in the Shenandoah Valley. This area includes counties formed from Augusta and Frederick Counties that generally hold the watershed of the Shenandoah River. These counties are Augusta, Berkeley (now WV), Clarke, Jefferson (now WV), Frederick, Rockingham, Shenandoah, Page, and Warren Counties. We will sometimes include news from five West Virginia counties that were in old Frederick County, but not in the watershed area. They are Grant, Hampshire, Hardy, Mineral, and Morgan Counties.
- Society Hill: Virginia Genealogy
A list of addresses for genealogical and historical societies in the state.
- Sons of Confederate Veterans, The Old Brunswick Camp #512
- Sons of Confederate Veterans, Virginia Division
- Virginia Baptist Historical Society ~ Richmond
- Virginia Funeral Directors Association
- The Virginia Genealogical Society
- Virginia Historical Society
- The Virginia Society Children of the American Revolution
- Virginia Society of the Order of Founders and Patriots of America
- Virginia State Society Daughters of the American Colonists
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