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Projects

• The Commonwealth of Virginia ALHN State Project      (Source: American Local History Network)
• VAGenWeb      (Source: USGenWeb)
• Virginia & New York Genealogy  Goal: To aid others in their Genealogy Treasure Hunt
• Virginia Genealogy and History      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)
• Virginia History and Genealogy      (Source: The American History and Genealogy Project)

Bible Records

• Virginia Bible Records      (Source: USGenWeb Virginia Archives)

Biographies, Oral Histories, Diaries, Memoirs, Genealogies, Correspondence (115)

Cemeteries (10)

Census Records and Indexes (32)

Church Records

• Early Quaker Records in Virginia      (Source: World Vital Records)     ($)
• Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy  Vol. VI Virginia     (Source: Genealogical Publishing Company and Clearfield Company)     ($)
• Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy, Vol. 6  Minutes and marriage records of the monthly meetings for Virginia.     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy, Vol. VI  includes Virginia Yearly Meeting     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Guide to the Manuscript Collections of the Virginia Baptist Historical Society, Supplement No. 2  Index to Marriage Notices in The Religious Herald, Richmond, Virginia 1828-1938     (Source: Genealogical Publishing Company and Clearfield Company)     ($)
• Virginia Early Quaker Records      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Virginia Old Churches, Vol. 1      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Virginia Old Churches, Vol. 2      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

Churches and Other Religious Institutions

• Colonial churches of Tidewater Virginia      (Source: Online Collections at BYU)

Court and Legal Records

• Black Sheep Ancestors  Directory of Links for Prison and Convict Records, Court Records, Executions, Famous Outlaws, Criminals & Bandits
• The Government of Virginia in the Seventeenth Century      (Source: Genealogical Publishing Company and Clearfield Company)     ($)
• Livingston's Law Register, 1851  Statewide County Lawyers     (Source: Google Book Search)
• Personal Names in Hening's Statutes at Large of Virginia and Shepherd's Continuation      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Virginia Apprentices, 1623-1800      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

Directories

• Virginia City Directories      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Virginia City, County and Rural Directories      (Source: Online Historical Directories)

Estate Records (10)

Ethnic (38)

History (70)

Immigration and Naturalization Records (24)

Introduction and Guides (14)

Land Records

• Cavaliers and Pioneers  Abstracts of Virginia Land Patents and Grants, 1623 - 1666, Volume 1     (Source: World Vital Records)     ($)
• Cavaliers and Pioneers  Abstracts of Virginia Land Patents and Grants, 1623-1666, Vol. I     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Cavaliers and Pioneers  Abstracts of Virginia Land Patents and Grants, 1623-1666     (Source: Genealogical Publishing Company and Clearfield Company)     ($)
• Land Office Grants, Searchable      (Source: The Library of Virginia)
• Mother Earth  Land Grants in Virginia, 1607-1699     (Source: Genealogical Publishing Company and Clearfield Company)     ($)
• The Quit Rents of Virginia  1704     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Virginia Land Records      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Virginia Land Records      (Source: Genealogical Publishing Company and Clearfield Company)     ($)
• Virginia Revolutionary War Bounty Land Warrants      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

Libraries, Museums, Archives (12)

Lookups

• Obituary Lookup Volunteers 
• Random Acts of Genealogical Kindness 

Mailing Lists and Message Boards

• Five Civilized Tribes Genealogy Forum  Texas, Kansas, Missouri, Arkansas, Kentucky, Tennessee, the Virginias, the Carolinas and the Deep South
• VA-HIST  Virginia History
• VA-ROOTS  Virginia Genealogy
• Virginia in the Civil War  Message Board

• NATIVEAMERICAN-DELMARVA-L Native American ancestry in Delaware, Maryland, and Virginia

  • NATIVEAMERICAN-DELMARVA-L Mailing List Homepage      (Source: RootsWeb)
  • NATIVEAMERICAN-DELMARVA-L Browseable Mailing List Archives      (Source: RootsWeb)
  • NATIVEAMERICAN-DELMARVA-L Searchable Mailing List Archives      (Source: RootsWeb)

• VA-INDIAN-TRIBES-L Indian Tribes that lived, or traveled in Virginia

  • VA-INDIAN-TRIBES-L Mailing List Homepage      (Source: RootsWeb)
  • VA-INDIAN-TRIBES-L Browseable Mailing List Archives      (Source: RootsWeb)
  • VA-INDIAN-TRIBES-L Searchable Mailing List Archives      (Source: RootsWeb)

• VAROOTS-L Virginia Genealogy

  • VAROOTS-L Mailing List Homepage      (Source: RootsWeb)
  • VAROOTS-L Browseable Mailing List Archives      (Source: RootsWeb)
  • VAROOTS-L Searchable Mailing List Archives      (Source: RootsWeb)

• VIRGINIA-INDIAN-SURNAMES-L Surnames of the indians of Virginia

  • VIRGINIA-INDIAN-SURNAMES-L Mailing List Homepage      (Source: RootsWeb)
  • VIRGINIA-INDIAN-SURNAMES-L Browseable Mailing List Archives      (Source: RootsWeb)
  • VIRGINIA-INDIAN-SURNAMES-L Searchable Mailing List Archives      (Source: RootsWeb)

• VIRGINIA-L Virginia Genealogy

  • VIRGINIA-L Mailing List Homepage      (Source: RootsWeb)
  • VIRGINIA-L Browseable Mailing List Archives      (Source: RootsWeb)
  • VIRGINIA-L Searchable Mailing List Archives      (Source: RootsWeb)

Maps and Gazetteers (95)

Military Records and Histories (95)

Miscellaneous Data (37)

Newspaper Records

• Along the Potomac River  Extracts from the Maryland Gazette, 1728-1799     (Source: Heritage Books)     ($)
• Events That Touched Our Ancestors' Lives  Virginia     (Source: GenDisasters)
• Genealogical Abstracts from 18th-Century Virginia Newspapers      (Source: World Vital Records)     ($)
• Genealogical Abstracts from 18th-Century Virginia Newspapers      (Source: Genealogical Publishing Company and Clearfield Company)     ($)
• Old Virginia Genealogy, History & News      (Source: The Olden Times - Historic Newspapers Online)
• Personal...But Polite  Newspaper Extracts of Personal Columns
• Search Virginia Historical Newspapers  Free search     (Source: GenealogyBank)     ($)
• Virginia Newspaper Project 

Obituaries and Funeral Home Records

• Delmarvaobits.com 
• Directory of Virginia Funeral Homes 
• Guide to the Manuscript Collections of the Virginia Baptist Historical Society, Supplement No. 1  Index to Obituary Notices in The Religious Herald, Richmond, Virginia 1828-1938     (Source: Genealogical Publishing Company and Clearfield Company)     ($)
• National Hall of Records  The National Repository for Online Obituaries
• Obituaries 101  Links to newspapers with obituaries
• Virginia Newspaper Obituaries      (Source: ObituariesHelp.org)
• Virginia Obituaries      (Source: USGenWeb Virginia Archives)
• Virginia Obituary Search      (Source: ObitsArchive.com)

Photographs, Postcards, Historical Images (11)

School Records and Histories

• Virginia School Records      (Source: USGenWeb Virginia Archives)

Search Engines and Searchable Databases

• Land Office Grants, Searchable      (Source: The Library of Virginia)
• USGenNet Virginia Site Search      (Source: USGenNet)
• USGenWeb Search 
• Virginia Cemetery Photos      (Source: Cemetery Photo Volunteers Project)
• Virginia Obituary Search      (Source: ObitsArchive.com)

Slaves, slave owners, and slavery in general - information

• Freedmen Bureau Records of Field Offices, 1865-1872      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Slavery in Virginia      (Source: American Memory from the Library of Congress)
• The USF Africana Heritage Project 
• Virginia - 1850 US Federal Census_Slave      (Source: Family Search Indexes - Flash required for access)
• Virginia Runaways 
• Virginia Slavery      (Source: Sankofa's Afrikan Slave Genealogy)

Societies (15)

Surnames Web sites, obituaries, biographies, and other material specific to a surname (55)

Tax Lists (11)

Transportation and Industry (12)

Vital Records (37)

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