Stafford County, Virginia:
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Projects

• HistoryPoint  The rich history of Fredericksburg, Stafford, Spotsylvania, and Westmoreland in VA
• Stafford County , Virginia      (Source: USGenWeb)
• Stafford County, Virginia      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)
• Stafford County, Virginia      (Source: USGenWeb)

Adjacent counties

• Caroline County, VA  to the south
• Charles County, MD  to the east
• Culpeper County, VA  to the west
• Fauquier County, VA  to the northwest
• King George County, VA  to the east
• Prince William County, VA  to the north
• Spotsylvania County, VA  to the southwest

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

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

Cemeteries

• Antioch United Methodist Church Cemetery Records      (Source: User-Contributed Databases at RootsWeb)
• Cemeteries of Stafford County      (Source: Interment.net)
• The Political Graveyard      (Source: The Political Graveyard)
• Stafford County  Virginia Cemetery Transcription & Photo Project     (Source: The American History and Genealogy Project)
• Stafford County Cemeteries      (Source: ePodunk)
• Stafford County Cemetery List      (Source: Find A Grave)
• Stafford County Cemetery Registration      (Source: The Tombstone Transcription Project)
• Stafford County, VA Cemeteries 
• Stafford Memorial Park  Stafford, Virginia

Census Records and Indexes (37)

Church Records

• Extracts from the Register of St. Paul's Parish, Stafford (Now King George) County, Virginia  Volume 8, 1901     (Source: Internet Archive)
• Old Stafford County, Virginia  Overwharton Parish Register, 1720 - 1760     (Source: World Vital Records)     ($)
• Old Stafford County, Virginia: Overwharton Parish Register, 1720-1760      (Source: Genealogical Publishing Company and Clearfield Company)     ($)
• St. Paul's Parish Register  Stafford-King George Counties, Virginia, 1715-1798     (Source: Genealogical Publishing Company and Clearfield Company)     ($)
• St. Paul's Parish Register: (Stafford-King George Counties, Virginia)  1715 - 1798     (Source: World Vital Records)     ($)
• Virginia Historical Society Papers, 1607-2007  includes Chappawamsic Baptist Church record     (Source: Family History Library)
• Virginia Vital Records  includes Extracts from the Register of St. Pauls's Parish, King George Co., Va. [Formerly Stafford Co.]     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

Court and Legal Records

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

Estate Records

• Virginia Will Records  includes Stafford County Wills, Administrations, Inventories, Etc. 1664-1760     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Virginia Will Records  includes Stafford County     (Source: Genealogical Publishing Company and Clearfield Company)     ($)

History

• Life on the Potomac River      (Source: Heritage Books)     ($)
• National Register of Historic Places 
• Stafford County      (Source: Wikipedia)
• Stafford County      (Source: Signs of History)
• Stafford County Bibliography      (Source: WorldCat)
• Stafford County Historical Markers      (Source: The Historical Marker Database)
• Stafford County Historical Markers      (Source: Marker History)

• Churches and Other Religious Institutions

  • Old Churches, Ministers and Families of Virginia  includes Overwharton Parish, Stafford County     (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

  • Aquia Creek Battle Summary  1861     (Source: American Battlefield Protection Program)
  • Aquia Creek, VA Steamers Collide On Potomac River, Aug 1862      (Source: GenDisasters)
  • Smyth, Southampton, Spotsylvania, Stafford, Surry and Sussex County Tornadoes      (Source: The Tornado Project)
  • Stafford County Storms      (Source: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration)

Introduction and Guides (13)

Land Records

• Virginia Land Records  includes Abstracts from Stafford County, Va., Deed Book, 1722-1728     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

Libraries, Museums, Archives

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

Lookups

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

Mailing Lists and Message Boards

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

• VASTAFFO-L Stafford County genealogy

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

Maps and Gazetteers (10)

Military Records and Histories

• Census of Pensioners for Revolutionary or Military Services, 1841  Stafford County     (Source: Internet Archive)
• Falmouth, VA  Returns from U.S. Military Posts, 1800-1916     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• List of Pensioners on the Roll January 1, 1883  Stafford County, Virginia     (Source: Internet Archive)

• Civil War

  • 1890 Census of Union Veterans and Widows of the Civil War  Stafford County     (Source: Family History Library)
  • Aquia Creek Battle Summary  1861     (Source: American Battlefield Protection Program)
  • Selected Civil War Photographs, 1861-1865  Aquia Creek Landing     (Source: American Memory from the Library of Congress)
  • Selected Civil War Photographs, 1861-1865  Belle Plain     (Source: American Memory from the Library of Congress)
  • Selected Civil War Photographs, 1861-1865  Falmouth     (Source: American Memory from the Library of Congress)
  • Southern Claims Commission  Stafford County - Approved Claims, 1871-1880     (Source: fold3 - 7 day free trial)
  • Southern Claims Commission  Stafford County - Barred and Disallowed Claims     (Source: fold3 - 7 day free trial)

• World War I

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

• World War II

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

Miscellaneous Data

• Boy Scout troop 176 from 1942      (Source: User-Contributed Databases at RootsWeb)
• Men of Mark  Officials of Stafford County, Virginia     (Source: Heritage Books)     ($)
• Migrations through Stafford County      (Source: MIGRATIONS.org)
• Spotsylvania/Stafford/Westmoreland County Records  The Antient Press     ($)
• Stafford County Public Records Links      (Source: Free Public Records Directory)
• Stafford County Records      (Source: Find County Records)
• Will of William Fitzhugh, and Other Extracts from the Records of Stafford County  Volume 2, 1895     (Source: Internet Archive)

Newspaper Records

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

Obituaries and Funeral Home Records

• Stafford County Sun      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Stafford, Virginia Newspaper Obituaries      (Source: GenealogyBank)     ($)

Photographs, Postcards, Historical Images

• Historical Postcards of Stafford County      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Stafford County  Built in America     (Source: American Memory from the Library of Congress)
• Stafford County Image Index      (Source: USGenWeb Virginia Archives)
• Stafford County Photo Album      (Source: USGenWeb Virginia Archives)
• Virginia--Stafford County--Chopawamsic.  America from the Great Depression to World War II     (Source: American Memory from the Library of Congress)

School Records and Histories

• Falmouth 1894 Alumni and Honor Roll      (Source: User-Contributed Databases at RootsWeb)
• Honor Roll of Salem School, Stafford Co, VA, 1920      (Source: User-Contributed Databases at RootsWeb)
• Salem School and School No.2, Aquia, Stafford County, Virginia 1891      (Source: User-Contributed Databases at RootsWeb)
• School No. 11, Hartwood District  Honor Roll, December 1915     (Source: User-Contributed Databases at RootsWeb)
• Stafford High School, Class of 1958      (Source: User-Contributed Databases at RootsWeb)

Slaves, slave owners, and slavery in general - information

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

Societies

• Overwharton Parish Chapter      (Source: National Society Daughters of the American Revolution)

Surnames Web sites, obituaries, biographies, and other material specific to a surname (139)

Tax Lists

• 1783 Personal      (Source: Binns Genealogy CD Series)
• Internal Revenue Assessment Lists (Virginia)  1862-1874     (Source: Family History Library)
• Stafford County - the Tax Lists      (Source: Binns Genealogy CD Series)     ($)

Transportation and Industry

• Building histories of Stafford 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  Stafford County, Virginia     (Source: Google Patents)
• Stafford County Bridges      (Source: Historic Bridges of the United States)

Vital Records

• Death Records Indexing Project  includes Stafford County, 1853-1896     (Source: The Library of Virginia)
• Stafford County Vital Records      (Source: Vital Records Information for the United States)
• U.S. Federal Census Mortality Schedules, 1850-1880  Stafford County     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• United States Census (Mortality Schedule), 1850  Stafford County     (Source: Family History Library)
• Virginia Vital Records  includes Deaths in Stafford County, 1715-1730 (from the Register of St. Paul's Parish)     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Virginia Vital Records  includes Stafford County     (Source: Genealogical Publishing Company and Clearfield Company)     ($)

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