Richmond County, Virginia:
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Projects

• Richmond Co. Virginia      (Source: American Local History Network)
• Richmond County Genealogy & History      (Source: USGenWeb)
• Richmond County, Virginia      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)
• Richmond County, Virginia      (Source: Legacy USGenWeb)
• Richmond County, Virginia History & Genealogy      (Source: U.S. Genealogy Express)

Adjacent counties

• Essex County, VA  to the west
• Lancaster County, VA  to the southeast
• Middlesex County, VA  to the south
• Northumberland County, VA  to the east
• Westmoreland County, VA  to the north

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

• Genealogies--Virginia--Northern Neck      (Source: The Library of Virginia)
• Genealogies--Virginia--Richmond County      (Source: The Library of Virginia)
• Richmond Co, Virginia, USA      (Source: Our Family Tree)
• Richmond County Biography Bibliography      (Source: WorldCat)
• Richmond County GEDCOM Index 
• Richmond County, Virginia Genealogy  List of published Richmond County, Virginia family histories     (Source: Family History Library)

Cemeteries

• Cemeteries of Richmond County      (Source: Interment.net)
• The Political Graveyard      (Source: The Political Graveyard)
• Richmond County  Virginia Cemetery Transcription & Photo Project     (Source: The American History and Genealogy Project)
• Richmond County Cemeteries      (Source: ePodunk)
• Richmond County Cemetery List      (Source: Find A Grave)
• Richmond County Cemetery Registration      (Source: The Tombstone Transcription Project)
• Virginia Gravestone Photo Project  Richmond County
• Virginia Vital Records  includes Early Tombs in Westmoreland, Richmond and Northumberland Counties     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

Census Records and Indexes (38)

Church Records

• Extracts from the Register of Farnham Parish, Richmond County, Virginia  Volume 7, 1899     (Source: Internet Archive)
• The Registers of North Farnham Parish, 1663 - 1814  and Lunenburg Parish, 1783 - 1800, Richmond County, Virginia     (Source: World Vital Records)     ($)
• Virginia Vital Records  includes Extracts from the Register of Farnham Parish and Marriages, Births and Deaths in Richmond County: Extracts from North Farnham Parish     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

Court and Legal Records

• Criminal Proceedings in Colonial Virginia  [Records of] Fines, Examination of Criminals, Trials of Slaves, etc., from March 1710 [ 1711] to [ 1754] [Richmond County, Virginia]     (Source: Questia Online Library)     ($)
• Livingston's Law Register, 1851  Richmond County Lawyers     (Source: Google Books)

Estate Records

• Virginia County Records, Vol. VI--Miscellaneous County Records  includes Richmond Co. Wills     (Source: Genealogical Publishing Company and Clearfield Company)     ($)
• Virginia County Records, Vol. VII--Miscellaneous County Records  includes Richmond Co. Wills     (Source: Genealogical Publishing Company and Clearfield Company)     ($)
• Virginia Will Records  includes Richmond County Wills     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Virginia Will Records  includes Richmond County     (Source: Genealogical Publishing Company and Clearfield Company)     ($)
• Wills of Richmond County, Virginia  1699 - 1800     (Source: World Vital Records)     ($)
• Wills of Richmond County, Virginia, 1699-1800      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Wills of Richmond County, Virginia, 1699-1800      (Source: Genealogical Publishing Company and Clearfield Company)     ($)

History

• National Register of Historic Places 
• Richmond County      (Source: Wikipedia)
• Richmond County      (Source: Signs of History)
• Richmond County Bibliography      (Source: WorldCat)
• Richmond County Historical Markers      (Source: Marker History)

• Churches and Other Religious Institutions

  • Old Churches, Ministers and Families of Virginia  includes Northern Neck of Virginia     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
  • Primitive Baptist Churches  Church and Family History Assistance     (Source: The Primitive Baptist Library of Carthage)

• Tornados, Blizzards, Floods, World's Fairs and other events

  • Farnham, VA Tornado Damage, May 1938      (Source: GenDisasters)
  • Rappahannock, Richmond, Roanoke, Rockbridge and Rockingham County Tornadoes      (Source: The Tornado Project)
  • Richmond County Storms      (Source: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration)

Introduction and Guides (14)

Land Records (10)

Libraries, Museums, Archives

• Family History Library Holdings      (Source: Family History Library)
• A Guide to Virginia County and City Records on Microfilm  Richmond County     (Source: The Library of Virginia)
• Menokin  The home of patriot Francis Lightfoot Lee
• PERiodical Source Index Search  Richmond County, Virginia     (Source: PERiodical Source Index)
• Richmond County Libraries      (Source: Public Libraries Library Directory)
• Richmond County Museum 
• USGenWeb Archives      (Source: USGenWeb)

Lookups

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

Mailing Lists and Message Boards

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

• VARICHMO-L Richmond County genealogy

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

• VATGS-L Virginia Tidewater Genealogical Society

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

• VATIDEWATER-L Tidewater area genealogy

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

Maps and Gazetteers

• Quad List of Broad Rock, Virginia      (Source: Maptech Historical Maps)
• Quad List of Warsaw, Virginia      (Source: Maptech Historical Maps)
• Richmond County      (Source: 1895 U.S. Atlas)
• Richmond County Gazetteer      (Source: USGS Geographic Names Information System)
• Richmond County Post Offices 
• Richmond County Post Offices  1846     (Source: Internet Archive)
• Richmond County Postal Covers      ($)
• Richmond County Topo Maps and Aerial Photos      (Source: Trails.com)
• Tiger Map Server Browser 

Military Records and Histories

• Census of Pensioners for Revolutionary or Military Services, 1841  Richmond County     (Source: Internet Archive)
• List of Pensioners on the Roll January 1, 1883  Richmond County, Virginia     (Source: Internet Archive)
• Virginia Military Records  includes Richmond County     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Virginia Military Records      (Source: Genealogical Publishing Company and Clearfield Company)     ($)

• Civil War

  • 1890 Census of Union Veterans and Widows of the Civil War  Richmond County     (Source: Family History Library)
  • Southern Claims Commission  Richmond County - Approved Claims, 1871-1880     (Source: fold3 - 7 day free trial)
  • Southern Claims Commission  Richmond County - Barred and Disallowed Claims     (Source: fold3 - 7 day free trial)

• World War I

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

• World War II

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

Miscellaneous Data

• Migrations through Richmond County      (Source: MIGRATIONS.org)
• Richmond County Public Records Links      (Source: Free Public Records Directory)
• Richmond County Records  The Antient Press     ($)
• Richmond County Records      (Source: Find County Records)
• Virginia Colonial Abstracts  includes Richmond County Records, 1692-1724     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

Newspaper Records

• Chronicling America  Richmond County     (Source: The Library of Congress)
• Richmond County      (Source: Newspaper Abstracts)

Obituaries and Funeral Home Records

• J. Henry Brown Monuments Order Books  1899-1907     (Source: The Library of Virginia)
• Obituary Index  Individuals born in Richmond County

Photographs, Postcards, Historical Images

• Historical Postcards of Richmond County      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Northern Neck of Virginia  Postcards Page
• Richmond Commission of Architectural Review Slide Collection  1965-2000
• Richmond County  Built in America     (Source: American Memory from the Library of Congress)
• Richmond County Image Index      (Source: USGenWeb Virginia Archives)
• Richmond County Photo Album      (Source: USGenWeb Virginia Archives)
• Virginia--Richmond County--Camp Lee.  America from the Great Depression to World War II     (Source: American Memory from the Library of Congress)

School Records and Histories

• Alumni Listing for Warsaw High School (1938)      (Source: User-Contributed Databases at RootsWeb)

Slaves, slave owners, and slavery in general - information

• 1850 Slave Schedules  Richmond County     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• 1860 Slave Schedules      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Edge Hill      (Source: Sankofa's Afrikan Slave Genealogy)
• Richmond County      (Source: Sankofagen Wiki)
• United States Census (Slave Schedule), 1850  Richmond County     (Source: Family History Library)

Societies

• Chantilly Chapter  Montross     (Source: National Society Daughters of the American Revolution)
• Tidewater Genealogy Society 

Surnames Web sites, obituaries, biographies, and other material specific to a surname (92)

Tax Lists

• The "1790" & "1800" Tax Lists      (Source: Virginia Tax Lists)
• Internal Revenue Assessment Lists (Virginia)  1862-1874     (Source: Family History Library)
• Virginia Tax Records  includes Richmond County Election Poll, 1771     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Virginia Tax Records      (Source: Genealogical Publishing Company and Clearfield Company)     ($)

Transportation and Industry

• Building histories of Richmond County      (Source: Philadelphia Architects and Buildings Project)
• Patents  Richmond County, Virginia     (Source: Google Patents)
• Richmond County  N. W. Ayer & Son's American Newspaper Annual, 1880     (Source: HathiTrust Digital Library)

Vital Records

• Married Well and Often  Marriages of the Northern Neck of Virginia, 1649 - 1800     (Source: World Vital Records)     ($)
• Married Well and Often: Marriages of the Northern Neck of Virginia, 1649-1800  Marriages and Marriage References for the Counties of Lancaster, Northumberland, Old Rappahannock, Richmond, and Westmoreland     (Source: Genealogical Publishing Company and Clearfield Company)     ($)
• Richmond County Marriages      (Source: USGenWeb Archives Marriage Records Project)
• Richmond County Vital Records      (Source: Vital Records Information for the United States)
• U.S. Federal Census Mortality Schedules, 1850-1880  Richmond County     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• United States Census (Mortality Schedule), 1850  Richmond County     (Source: Family History Library)
• Virginia Marriage Records  includes Marriage Bonds at Warsaw, Richmond County     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Virginia Marriage Records  includes Richmond, 18th century     (Source: Genealogical Publishing Company and Clearfield Company)     ($)
• Virginia Vital Records  includes Richmond County     (Source: Genealogical Publishing Company and Clearfield Company)     ($)

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