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Projects

• Orange County VAGenWeb      (Source: USGenWeb)
• Orange County, Virginia      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)
• Orange VA GenExchange      (Source: GenExchange)

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

• Genealogical and Historical Notes on Culpeper County, Virginia      (Source: World Vital Records)     ($)
• Genealogies--Virginia--Orange County      (Source: The Library of Virginia)
• Lines of Families from the early years of Orange County, Virginia  Index     (Source: User-Contributed Databases at RootsWeb)
• Orange County Biography Bibliography      (Source: WorldCat)
• Orange County GEDCOM Index 
• Orange GEDCOM Index 
• Pamunkey Neighbors of Orange County, Virginia  The Antient Press     ($)

Cemeteries (10)

Census Records and Indexes (18)

Church Records

• Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy, Vol. VI  includes Cedar Creek and Camp Creek Monthly Meetings     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

History (17)

Immigration and Naturalization Records

• Orange County, Virginia Migrations Project 

Introduction and Guides

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

Land Records

• Index to 1713-1815 Orange patents (Placed)      (Source: Deed Data Pool)
• Orange.gz  1713-1815 Orange patents (Placed)     (Source: Deed Data Pool)

Libraries, Museums, Archives

• Exchange Hotel Civil War Museum  Gordonsville
• Family History Library Holdings      (Source: Family History Library)
• A Guide to Virginia County and City Records on Microfilm  Orange County     (Source: The Library of Virginia)
• James Madison Museum 
• James Madison's Montpelier 
• Orange County Libraries      (Source: Public Libraries Library Directory)
• USGenWeb Archives      (Source: USGenWeb)

Lookups

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

Mailing Lists and Message Boards

• Cowherd-Cousins  A Discussion Group for Persons Interested in the Cowherd Family     (Source: Yahoo! Groups)
• GenForum Message Boards      (Source: Genealogy.com)
• Germanna Colonies Message Board      (Source: RootsWeb)
• Orange County Genealogy Queries      (Source: CousinConnect.com)
• Orange County, VA Club      (Source: GenCircles)
• RootsWeb Message Board      (Source: RootsWeb)

• GERMANNA_COLONIES-L For descendants of the Germanna Colonies which were the original German settlements under Governor Spotswood that were established near Fort Germanna in what is now Madison and Orange Counties, Virginia. There were two colonies established in 1714 and 1717 with some "latecomers" arriving from 1719 to about 1735

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

• VAORANGE-L Orange County genealogy

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

Maps and Gazetteers

• Orange County      (Source: 1895 U.S. Atlas)
• Orange County Post Offices 
• Orange County Postal Covers      ($)
• Orange County Topo Maps and Aerial Photos      (Source: Unlimited access to topo maps. Try it free!)
• Tiger Map Server Browser 
• The Wilderness  1869     (Source: David Rumsey Map Collection)

Military Records and Histories

• World War I

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

• World War II

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

Miscellaneous Data

• The Douglas Register  Being a Detailed Register of Births, Marriages and Deaths. . .as Kept by the Rev. William Douglas, from 1750 to 1797. [With:] An Index of Goochland Wills and Notes on the French Huguenot Refugees who Lived in Manakin-Town     (Source: Genealogical Publishing Company and Clearfield Company)     ($)
• Migrations through Orange County      (Source: MIGRATIONS.org)
• Orange County Public Records Links      (Source: Free Public Records Directory)
• Orange County Records  The Antient Press     ($)
• Orange County Records      (Source: Find County Records)
• Southern Claims Commission  Orange County, Virginia     (Source: Footnote)

Newspaper Records

• Orange County      (Source: Newspaper Abstracts)

Obituaries and Funeral Home Records

• Orange County Review  Obituaries from the past 30 days
• Orange County Review      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

Photographs, Postcards, Historical Images

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

School Records and Histories

• Orange High School Alumni  1925     (Source: User-Contributed Databases at RootsWeb)
• Orange High School, 1925 graduates      (Source: User-Contributed Databases at RootsWeb)

Slaves, slave owners, and slavery in general - information

• 1850 Slave Schedules  Orange County     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• 1860 Slave Schedules      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

Societies

• Central Virginia Genealogical Association 
• Memorial Foundation of the Germanna Colonies in Virginia 
• Orange County African-American Historical Society 
• The Orange County Historical Society 
• Orange County Historical Society 

Surnames Web sites, obituaries, biographies, and other material specific to a surname (191)

Tax Lists

• Virginia Tax Records      (Source: Genealogical Publishing Company and Clearfield Company)     ($)

Transportation and Industry

• Building histories of Orange County      (Source: Philadelphia Architects and Buildings Project)
• Extant Railroad/Railway Structures      (Source: Railroad Station Historical Society)
• Orange County road orders, 1734-1749 
• Orange County road orders, 1750-1800 

Vital Records (13)

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