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Projects

• Amherst County, Virginia      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)
• Amherst County, Virginia      (Source: USGenWeb)
• Amherst, County Virginia History and Genealogy      (Source: The American History and Genealogy Project)

Adjacent counties

• Appomattox County, VA  to the southeast
• Bedford County, VA  to the southwest
• Campbell County, VA  to the south
• Nelson County, VA  to the northeast
• Rockbridge County, VA  to the northwest

Biographies, Oral Histories, Diaries, Memoirs, Genealogies, Correspondence

• Amherst County Biography Bibliography      (Source: WorldCat)
• Amherst County GEDCOM Index 
• Amherst GEDCOM Index 
• Genealogies--Virginia--Amherst County      (Source: The Library of Virginia)
• Tidewater Virginia Families      (Source: Genealogical Publishing Company and Clearfield Company)     ($)
• Tidewater Virginia Families: Generations Beyond  Adding the Families of Alsobrook, Bibb, Edwards, Favor, Gray, Hux, Ironmonger, Laker, Southern, Taylor, and Woolfolk     (Source: Genealogical Publishing Company and Clearfield Company)     ($)

Cemeteries

• Amherst County  Virginia Cemetery Transcription & Photo Project     (Source: The American History and Genealogy Project)
• Amherst County Cemeteries      (Source: ePodunk)
• Amherst County Cemetery List      (Source: Find A Grave)
• Amherst County Cemetery Registration      (Source: The Tombstone Transcription Project)
• Amherst County, VA Cemeteries 
• The Political Graveyard      (Source: The Political Graveyard)

Census Records and Indexes (22)

Church Records

• Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy, Vol. VI  includes South River Monthly Meeting     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Episcopal Diocese of SW Virginia 

Court and Legal Records

• Livingston's Law Register, 1851  Amherst County Lawyers     (Source: Google Book Search)
• Virginia Will Records  includes Amherst County Chancery Suits     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

DNA Project

• Southwestern Virginia DNA Project      (Source: Family Tree DNA)

Estate Records

• Virginia Will Records  includes Amherst County     (Source: Genealogical Publishing Company and Clearfield Company)     ($)
• Virginia Wills Before 1799  A Complete Abstract Register of All Names Mentioned in over 600 Recorded Wills     (Source: Genealogical Publishing Company and Clearfield Company)     ($)

History (12)

Introduction and Guides

• Amherst County      (Source: Histopolis Collaborative Genealogy & History)
• Amherst County      (Source: CinnamonToast Genealogy)
• Amherst County Facts & Resources      (Source: Central Virginia Genealogical Association)
• Amherst County Records      (Source: The Records Project)
• Amherst County Resources      (Source: RootsWeb)
• Amherst Genealogy      (Source: GenDir)
• County Records Availability      (Source: Genealogy, Inc.)
• Cyndi's List of Virginia locality links      (Source: Cyndi's List of Genealogy Sites on the Internet)

Land Records

• Amherst.gz  1738-1844 Amherst/Nelson patents (placed)     (Source: Deed Data Pool)
• Index to 1738-1844 Amherst/Nelson patents (placed)      (Source: Deed Data Pool)
• Virginia Land Records  includes Colonel James Higginbotham, Surveyor of Amherst County, Va.     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

Libraries, Museums, Archives

• Amherst County Libraries      (Source: Public Libraries Library Directory)
• Family History Library Holdings      (Source: Family History Library)
• A Guide to Virginia County and City Records on Microfilm  Amherst County     (Source: The Library of Virginia)
• PERiodical Source Index Search  Amherst County, Virginia     (Source: PERiodical Source Index)
• USGenWeb Archives      (Source: USGenWeb)

Lookups

• Amherst County Books      (Source: Books-We-Own)

Mailing Lists and Message Boards

• Amherst County Genealogy Queries      (Source: CousinConnect.com)
• Amherst County, VA Club      (Source: GenCircles)
• GenForum Message Boards      (Source: Genealogy.com)
• RootsWeb Message Board      (Source: RootsWeb)

• VAAMHERS-L Amherst County genealogy

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

Maps and Gazetteers (11)

Military Records and Histories

• List of Pensioners on the Roll January 1, 1883  Amherst County, Virginia     (Source: Internet Archive)
• Virginia Military Records  includes Amherst County     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Virginia Military Records      (Source: Genealogical Publishing Company and Clearfield Company)     ($)

• Revolutionary War

  • Amherst County, Virginia in the Revolution  Including Extracts from the "Lost Order Book" 1773-1782     (Source: Genealogical Publishing Company and Clearfield Company)     ($)

• World War I

  • World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918  Amherst County     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

• World War II

  • Amherst County, Virginia  World War II Casualties, Army and Army Air Corps     (Source: AccessGenealogy)

Miscellaneous Data

• Albemarle/Amherst/Augusta County Records  The Antient Press     ($)
• Amherst County Public Records Links      (Source: Free Public Records Directory)
• Amherst County Records      (Source: Find County Records)
• Marriage Bonds and Other Marriage Records of Amherst County, Virginia 1763-1800  Published with Marriage Records of Amherst County, Virginia 1815-1821 And Subscription for Building St. Mark's Church, Amherst County, Virginia     (Source: Genealogical Publishing Company and Clearfield Company)     ($)
• Migrations through Amherst County      (Source: MIGRATIONS.org)
• Southern Claims Commission  Amheist County, Virginia     (Source: Footnote)
• Southern Claims Commission  Amherst County, Virginia     (Source: Footnote)
• Tidewater Virginia Families: A Magazine of History and Genealogy Vols. 1-5      (Source: Genealogical Publishing Company and Clearfield Company)     ($)

Newspaper Records

• Amherst County      (Source: Newspaper Abstracts)

Photographs, Postcards, Historical Images

• Amherst County  Built in America     (Source: American Memory from the Library of Congress)
• Amherst County Image Index      (Source: USGenWeb Virginia Archives)
• Amherst County Photo Album      (Source: USGenWeb Virginia Archives)
• Historical Postcards of Amherst County      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

School Records and Histories

• Sweet Briar College  Historic Campus Architecture Project
• Sweet Briar College History 

Slaves, slave owners, and slavery in general - information

• 1850 Slave Schedules  Amherst County     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• 1860 Slave Schedules      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Amherst County      (Source: Sankofagen Wiki)

Societies

• Central Virginia Genealogical Association 

Surnames Web sites, obituaries, biographies, and other material specific to a surname (110)

Tax Lists

• 1782 Personal      (Source: Binns Genealogy CD Series)
• Amherst County - the Tax Lists      (Source: Binns Genealogy CD Series)     ($)

Transportation and Industry

• Amherst County Bridges      (Source: Historic Bridges of the United States)
• Amherst County Lost Covered Bridges 
• Building histories of Amherst County      (Source: Philadelphia Architects and Buildings Project)
• Extant Railroad/Railway Structures      (Source: Railroad Station Historical Society)
• Mines, Mining and Mineral Resources      (Source: mindat.org - the mineral and locality database)
• Patents  Amherst County, Virginia     (Source: Google Patents)
• Virginia's lost Covered Bridges Maps and Documents Site  Amherst
• Virginia's Lost Covered Railroad Bridges and Historic Railroad Trestles  Amherst County

Vital Records

• Amherst County Marriages      (Source: USGenWeb Archives Marriage Records Project)
• Amherst County Vital Records      (Source: Vital Records Information for the United States)
• Death Records Indexing Project  includes Amherst County, 1854-1896     (Source: The Library of Virginia)
• Marriage Bonds and Other Marriage Records of Amherst County, Virginia 1763-1800      (Source: Genealogical Publishing Company and Clearfield Company)     ($)
• Some Early Virginia & North Carolina Marriages  includes Amherst Co VA Marriages, thru 1850
• U.S. Federal Census Mortality Schedules, 1850-1880  Amherst County     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

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