Sussex County, Virginia:
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Projects

• Sussex Co, VAGenWeb Project      (Source: USGenWeb)
• Sussex County, Virginia      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)

Adjacent counties

• Dinwiddie County, VA  to the north
• Greensville County, VA  to the west
• Prince George County, VA  to the north
• Southampton County, VA  to the southeast
• Surry County, VA  to the northeast

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

• Genealogies--Virginia--Sussex County      (Source: The Library of Virginia)
• Sussex Co, Virginia, USA      (Source: Our Family Tree)
• Sussex County Biography Bibliography      (Source: WorldCat)
• Sussex County GEDCOM Index 
• Sussex County, Virginia Genealogy  List of published Sussex County, Virginia family histories     (Source: Family History Library)
• Tidewater Virginia Families      (Source: Genealogical Publishing Company and Clearfield Company)     ($)
• Tidewater Virginia Families: Generations Beyond  Adding the Families of Alsobrook, Bibb, Edwards, Favor, Gray, Hux, Ironmonger, Laker, Southern, Taylor, and Woolfolk     (Source: Genealogical Publishing Company and Clearfield Company)     ($)
• Wakefield GEDCOM Index 

Cemeteries

• Chapel Hill Baptist Church Cemetery (Jefferson Family Cemetery)  Jarratt     (Source: African American Cemeteries Online)
• Hassidiah Baptist Church Cemetery (partial)  Jarratt     (Source: African American Cemeteries Online)
• The Political Graveyard      (Source: The Political Graveyard)
• Sussex County  Virginia Cemetery Transcription & Photo Project     (Source: The American History and Genealogy Project)
• Sussex County Cemeteries      (Source: ePodunk)
• Sussex County Cemetery List      (Source: Find A Grave)
• Sussex County Cemetery Registration      (Source: The Tombstone Transcription Project)
• Sussex County, VA Cemeteries 

Census Records and Indexes (36)

Church Records

• The Albemarle Parish Vestry Book  1742-1786     (Source: Genealogical Publishing Company and Clearfield Company)     ($)
• Births, Deaths and Sponsors, 1717 - 1778  from the Albemarle Parish Register of Surry and Sussex Counties, Virginia     (Source: World Vital Records)     ($)
• Births, Deaths and Sponsors, 1717-1778 from the Albemarle Parish Register of Surry and Sussex Counties, Virginia      (Source: Genealogical Publishing Company and Clearfield Company)     ($)
• Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy, Vol. VI  includes Chuckatuck, Pagan Creek, Western Branch, Black Water and Upper Monthly Meetings     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Virginia Vital Records  includes Notes from Albemarle Parish Register, Sussex County, Va.     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

Court and Legal Records

• Court Records, Books I-II  1754-1760     ($)
• Livingston's Law Register, 1851  Sussex County Lawyers     (Source: Google Books)

Estate Records

• Sussex County (Va.) Wills  A Partial List: A to L     (Source: Internet Archive)
• Sussex County Wills (Continued)  Volume 25, 1917     (Source: Internet Archive)
• Sussex County Wills, (Va.) (Continued)  Volume 21, 1913     (Source: Internet Archive)
• Virginia Will Records  includes Sussex County (Va.) Wills [Index]     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Virginia Will Records  includes Sussex County     (Source: Genealogical Publishing Company and Clearfield Company)     ($)

History

• National Register of Historic Places 
• Sussex County      (Source: Wikipedia)
• Sussex County      (Source: Signs of History)
• Sussex County  A Tale of Three Centuries     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Sussex County Bibliography      (Source: WorldCat)
• Sussex County Historical Markers      (Source: The Historical Marker Database)
• Sussex County Historical Markers      (Source: Marker History)

• Churches and Other Religious Institutions

  • Episcopal Diocese of Southern Virginia 
  • Primitive Baptist Churches  Church and Family History Assistance     (Source: The Primitive Baptist Library of Carthage)

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

  • Sappony Church Battle Summary  1864     (Source: American Battlefield Protection Program)
  • Smyth, Southampton, Spotsylvania, Stafford, Surry and Sussex County Tornadoes      (Source: The Tornado Project)
  • Sussex County Storms      (Source: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration)
  • Wakefield, VA Homebuilt Plane Crash, May 2010      (Source: GenDisasters)

Introduction and Guides (14)

Land Records

• Index to 1701-1818 Sussex patents (Placed)      (Source: Deed Data Pool)
• Sussex.gz  1701-1818 Sussex patents (Placed)     (Source: Deed Data Pool)
• Virginia County Records, Vol. VI--Miscellaneous County Records  includes Sussex Co. Land Grants     (Source: Genealogical Publishing Company and Clearfield Company)     ($)
• Virginia County Records, Vol. VII--Miscellaneous County Records  includes Sussex Co. Land Grants     (Source: Genealogical Publishing Company and Clearfield Company)     ($)

Libraries, Museums, Archives

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

Lookups

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

Mailing Lists and Message Boards

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

• VA-SOUTHSIDE-L Southside Virginia genealogy

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

• VASUSSEX-L Sussex County genealogy

  • VASUSSEX-L Mailing List Homepage      (Source: RootsWeb)
  • VASUSSEX-L Browseable Mailing List Archives      (Source: RootsWeb)
  • VASUSSEX-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 (15)

Military Records and Histories

• Census of Pensioners for Revolutionary or Military Services, 1841  Sussex County     (Source: Internet Archive)
• List of Pensioners on the Roll January 1, 1883  Sussex County, Virginia     (Source: Internet Archive)
• Sussex County Military Index      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)

• Civil War

  • 1890 Census of Union Veterans and Widows of the Civil War  Sussex County     (Source: Family History Library)
  • Sappony Church Battle Summary  1864     (Source: American Battlefield Protection Program)

• World War I

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

• World War II

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

Miscellaneous Data

• Migrations through Sussex County      (Source: MIGRATIONS.org)
• Sussex County Public Records Links      (Source: Free Public Records Directory)
• Sussex County Records      (Source: Find County Records)
• Tidewater Virginia Families: A Magazine of History and Genealogy Vols. 1-5      (Source: Genealogical Publishing Company and Clearfield Company)     ($)

Newspaper Records

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

Obituaries and Funeral Home Records

• Jones Funeral Home  Stony Creek, Virginia

Photographs, Postcards, Historical Images

• Sussex County  Built in America     (Source: American Memory from the Library of Congress)

Slaves, slave owners, and slavery in general - information

• 1850 Slave Schedules  Sussex County     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• 1860 Slave Schedules      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Sussex County      (Source: Sankofagen Wiki)
• United States Census (Slave Schedule), 1850  Sussex County     (Source: Family History Library)

Societies

• Great Petersburg Historical Society of Virginia      (Source: Facebook)

Surnames Web sites, obituaries, biographies, and other material specific to a surname (80)

Tax Lists

• The "1790" & "1800" Tax Lists      (Source: Virginia Tax Lists)
• Internal Revenue Assessment Lists (Virginia)  1862-1874     (Source: Family History Library)

Transportation and Industry

• Building histories of Sussex County      (Source: Philadelphia Architects and Buildings Project)
• Extant Railroad/Railway Structures      (Source: Railroad Station Historical Society)
• Patents  Sussex County, Virginia     (Source: Google Patents)
• Sussex County Bridges      (Source: Historic Bridges of the United States)

Vital Records

• Sussex County Marriages      (Source: USGenWeb Archives Marriage Records Project)
• Sussex County Vital Records      (Source: Vital Records Information for the United States)
• U.S. Federal Census Mortality Schedules, 1850-1880  Sussex County     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• United States Census (Mortality Schedule), 1850  Sussex County     (Source: Family History Library)
• Virginia Marriage Records  includes Sussex County Marriage Bonds     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Virginia Marriage Records  includes Sussex, 1754-83     (Source: Genealogical Publishing Company and Clearfield Company)     ($)
• Virginia Vital Records  includes Marriages in Sussex County     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Virginia Vital Records  includes Sussex County     (Source: Genealogical Publishing Company and Clearfield Company)     ($)

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