Roanoke County, Virginia:
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Projects

• New River Valley Historical Notes 
• Roanoke County, City of Roanoke, City of Salem      (Source: USGenWeb)
• Roanoke County, Virginia      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)
• Roanoke County, Virginia History and Genealogy      (Source: The American History and Genealogy Project)

Adjacent counties

• Bedford County, VA  to the east
• Botetourt County, VA  to the north
• Craig County, VA  to the northwest
• Floyd County, VA  to the south
• Franklin County, VA  to the south
• Montgomery County, VA  to the west

Biographies, Oral Histories, Diaries, Memoirs, Genealogies, Correspondence (12)

Cemeteries (26)

Census Records and Indexes (46)

Church Records

• Episcopal Diocese of SW Virginia 

Court and Legal Records

• Livingston's Law Register, 1851  Roanoke County Lawyers     (Source: Google Books)

Directories

• Roanoke City Directories      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Roanoke, Salem and Vinton City Directories      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

Estate Records

• Roanoke County Wills      (Source: USGenWeb Virginia Archives)

History (41)

Introduction and Guides (30)

Land Records

• Index to Roanoke.gz  1742-1855 Roanoke patents (Placed)     (Source: Deed Data Pool)
• Roanoke.gz  1742-1855 Roanoke patents (Placed)     (Source: Deed Data Pool)

Libraries, Museums, Archives (19)

Lookups

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

Mailing Lists and Message Boards (26)

Maps and Gazetteers (26)

Military Records and Histories

• Census of Pensioners for Revolutionary or Military Services, 1841  Roanoke County     (Source: Internet Archive)
• List of Pensioners on the Roll January 1, 1883  Roanoke County, Virginia     (Source: Internet Archive)
• Roanoke County Military Records      (Source: USGenWeb Virginia Archives)

• Civil War

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

• World War I

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

• World War II

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

Miscellaneous Data

• City of Roanoke Public Records Links      (Source: Free Public Records Directory)
• City of Salem Public Records Links      (Source: Free Public Records Directory)
• City Of Salem Records      (Source: Find County Records)
• Migrations through Roanoke County      (Source: MIGRATIONS.org)
• Over the Mountain Men  Their Early Court Records in Southwest Virginia     (Source: Genealogical Publishing Company and Clearfield Company)     ($)
• Political Officers      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)
• Roanoke County Public Records Links      (Source: Free Public Records Directory)
• Roanoke County Records      (Source: Find County Records)

Newspaper Records

• Chronicling America  Roanoke County     (Source: The Library of Congress)
• Roanoke City      (Source: Newspaper Abstracts)
• Roanoke County      (Source: Newspaper Abstracts)
• Roanoke daily times, Roanoke, Va  1889-1890
• The Roanoke daily times, Roanoke, Va.  1895-1897
• The Roanoke times, Roanoke, Va.  1890-1895
• The Roanoke times, Roanoke, Va.  1897-1898

Obituaries and Funeral Home Records

• Hamlar-Curtis Funeral Home  Roanoke, Virginia
• Obituaries from the Roanoke Times  2005 and 2007     (Source: User-Contributed Databases at RootsWeb)
• Obituary Index  Individuals born in Roanoke County
• Roanoke County Obituaries      (Source: USGenWeb Virginia Archives)
• The Roanoke Times 
• Roanoke Times      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Roanoke, Virginia Newspaper Obituaries      (Source: GenealogyBank)     ($)
• Serenity Funeral Home  Roanoke, Virginia

Photographs, Postcards, Historical Images (15)

School Records and Histories

• About Hollins University  Virginia's First Chartered Women's College
• Hollins Institute, Botetourt Springs  Baptist Encyclopædia, 1881     (Source: Internet Archive)
• Hollins University, Roanoke  Historic Campus Architecture Project
• Jefferson High School, Roanoke, VA 1936 Basketball Team  includes Samuel Kaplan - captain, Shapiro, Drummy, Edgar Weddle, Riddick, Sanders, William H. Highfill, Jr.     (Source: Family Old Photos)
• Register of Former Cadets, Centennial Edition      (Source: World Vital Records)     ($)
• Roanoke College, Salem  Historic Campus Architecture Project
• Roanoke School Yearbooks      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Salem School Yearbooks      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

Slaves, slave owners, and slavery in general - information

• (Richard) Terrell Farm      (Source: Sankofa's Afrikan Slave Genealogy)
• 1850 Slave Schedules  Roanoke County     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• 1860 Slave Schedules      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• City of Salem      (Source: Sankofagen Wiki)
• Roanoke County      (Source: Sankofagen Wiki)
• United States Census (Slave Schedule), 1850  Roanoke County     (Source: Family History Library)

Societies

• Colonel William Preston Chapter  Roanoke     (Source: National Society Daughters of the American Revolution)
• Fincastle Rifles Camp 1326, Roanoke      (Source: Sons of Confederate Veterans)
• First Settlers of the Shenandoah Valley 
• Roanoke Valley Chapter      (Source: National Society Daughters of the American Revolution)
• Salem Museum and Historical Society 
• Vinton Historical Society 

Surnames Web sites, obituaries, biographies, and other material specific to a surname (180)

Tax Lists

• Internal Revenue Assessment Lists (Virginia)  1862-1874     (Source: Family History Library)

Transportation and Industry

• Building histories of Roanoke City      (Source: Philadelphia Architects and Buildings Project)
• Building histories of Roanoke County      (Source: Philadelphia Architects and Buildings Project)
• Building histories of Salem City      (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  Roanoke County, Virginia     (Source: Google Patents)
• Roanoke City Bridges      (Source: Historic Bridges of the United States)
• Roanoke County  N. W. Ayer & Son's American Newspaper Annual, 1880     (Source: HathiTrust Digital Library)

Vital Records

• City of Roanoke Vital Records      (Source: Vital Records Information for the United States)
• City of Salem Vital Records      (Source: Vital Records Information for the United States)
• Roanoke County Marriages      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)
• Roanoke County Vital Records      (Source: Vital Records Information for the United States)
• U.S. Federal Census Mortality Schedules, 1850-1880  Roanoke County     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• United States Census (Mortality Schedule), 1850  Roanoke County     (Source: Family History Library)

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