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The Library of Virginia
800 East Broad Street
Richmond, Virginia 23219
Phone: (804) 692-3500
Genealogical Research
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Virginia Department of Historic Resources
Archives & Library
2801 Kensington Avenue
Richmond, VA 23221
Phone: (804) 367-2323
Fax: (804) 367-2391

Virginia State Archives and Manuscripts - Database
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Virginia State
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National Archives Guide to Genealogical Research

Family History Centers
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Historical & Genealogical
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Allegheny Regional
Family History Society
Dedicated to promoting interest in and preservation of family history and genealogy throughout the Allegheny Mountain Region, including the states of West Virginia, Pennsylvania, Maryland and
Virginia.

Association for the Preservation
of Virginia Antiquities
and Jamestown Rediscovery

South Centeral Virginia Genealogical Society, Inc.

Tidewater Genealogical Society
P.O. Box 7650
Hampton, VA 23666
Phone: (757) 988-1055
Library: (757) 988-1055

Virginia Genealogical Society

Virginia Historical
Society
The Center for Virginia History
428 North Boulevard Richmond, Virginia 23220
Mail: P.O.Box 7311,
Richmond, Virginia 23221-0311
Phone: (804) 358-4901

Virginia-North Carolina Piedmont Genealogical Society

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Virginia State Vital Records
Division of Vital Records
State Health Department
PO Box 1000
Richmond, Virginia 23208-1000
Phone: (804) 662-6200
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Virginia Wedding Bells
Marriages 1670-1929, Selected Counties
(Virginia Vital Records Collection, 2108)
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Virginia Marriage Records
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Virginia Marriage Project
USGenWeb Marriage Project
Virginia Vital Records
Genealogical.com
Vital Statistics (Marriage, Birth, Death Records)
Virginia State Library
Social Security Death Index
The Social Security Administration Death Master File contains information on millions of deceased individuals with United States social security numbers whose deaths were reported to the Social Security Administration. This file now contains over 89 million death records.

Virginia Census Images
USGenWeb Census Project
Virginia Tax Payers, 1782-87
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Virginia Tax Records
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Links to Online Census Records Virginia
Census-Online.com
Colonial Tithables
Virginia State Library
Guide to Virginia Census Records
Virginia State Library
Index to the 1810 Census of Virginia
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Index to the 1820 Census of Virginia
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Search the United States Indian Census 1885-1940
Ancestry.com ~ The Indian Census schedules are census rolls usually submitted each year by agents or superintendents in charge of Indian reservations, as required by an act of 4 July 1884 (23 Stat. 98).
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Cemeteries of Virginia
Interment.net is a publisher of cemetery transcriptions for use by genealogists and local historians. Search and browse cemetery burial records from thousands of cemeteries across the world.
Virginia Political Graveyard
The website that tells where the dead politicians are buried.
Virginia Cemetery Records
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Richmond Daily Dispatch 1860-1865
There are currently 1384 issues of the paper available online, ranging in date from November 1860 through December 1865.
Old Virginia News
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Virginia Newspaper Abstracts
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Obituary Collection
This database is a compilation of obituaries published in U.S. newspapers, collected from various online sources. ~ Ancestry.com
Read Historic Newspapers Online
Read history as it was happening in more than 16 million pages from over 1000 different newspapers across the US, U.K. and Canada dating back to the 1700's. ~ Ancestry.com
Virginia Newspaper Project
Virginia State Library
Virginia Obituaries
USGenWeb Obituary Project

Virginia Migrations Project
They came for a season, they left and went where? Why did they go and who went with them? So many questions about the migrations of our ancestors.
Early Virginia Immigrants
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Search Engine for Ship Passenger Lists to Virginia
Olive Tree Genealogy
Virginia Naturalization and Citizenship Records and Substitutes
NaturalizationRecords.com
Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s
Updated annually, this database is an index to passengers who arrived in United States and Canadian ports from the 1500s through the 1900s. It contains listings of approximately 4,588,000 individuals and references thousands of different records compiled from everything from original passenger lists to personal diaries. For each individual listed, you may find the following information: name, age, year and place of arrival, and the source of the record.

1st Virginia Infantry Regiment - Company H
The Richmond Grays
Confederate Disability Applications and Receipts
Applications to the Board of Commissioners on Artificial Limbs from injured soldier. Searchable Database
Virginia State Library
Confederate Pension Rolls, Veterans and Widows
Searchable database of pension applications and amended applications filed by resident Virginia Confederate veterans and their widows - Virginia State Library
Dunmore's War (Virginia Payrolls/Public Service Claims, 1775)
The index contains the names of Virginia citizens or soldiers from the counties of Augusta, Bedford, Botetourt, Culpeper, and Fincastle who were compensated in 1775 for supplies or service during Dunmore's Expedition in 1774 - Virginia State Library
History of the Early Settlement and Indian Wars of Western Virginia
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Military Resources Searchable Database
Virginia State Library
Union Regimental Index - Virginia
The Civil War Archive
The Virginia Civil War Homepage
Virginia's Colonial Soldiers
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Virginia Colored Volunteer Infantry
1871-1899 - Roster of Black Officers
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Virginia State Library WWII History Division
Virginia Military Records: Colonial Wars, Revolutionary War, War of 1812
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Virginia Militia in the War of 1812
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Virginia World War II Separation Notices
Approximately 250,000 notices for World War II veterans who were discharged between 1942 and 1950. Access to the collection is limited to veterans and their next-of-kin.
Virginia State Library
WWI Draft Registrations for N Virginia
USGenWeb Pensions Project
USGenWeb Archives

1895 Atlas Virginia
This atlas was originally printed in 1895 by the Rand McNally Corporation. ~ LivGenMi.com
Virginia City to County Register
DivorceSource.com
Colonial Wars Bounty Lands
Virginia State Library
Virginia Land Office Patents and Grants/Northern Neck Grants and Surveys
A fully-searchable index to: land patents issued prior to 1779; land grants issued by the Virginia Land Office after 1779; grants issued in the Northern Neck from 1692-1862; and original and recorded Northern Neck surveys. - Viriginia State Library
Virginia Digital Map Library
USGenWeb Map Project
Virginia Land Records
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History of American Baptists- Virginia
By David Benedict 1848
History of Truro Parish in Virginia
Genealogical.com
Virginia Church Records
USGW Church Records Project

Burned Jurisdiction Records Database
Virginia State Library
Burned Record Counties Records
Virginia State Library
Index to Wills and Administrations
Indexes the administrations, inventories, wills, and other recorded documents relating to the estates of individuals for the
period to 1800 - Virginia State Library
Using County and City Court Records in the Archives
at the Library of Virginia
Virginia Chancery Records Index
Virginia State Library

Search City & Farm Directories
Searchable indexes; database results and some digitized images available with fee-based subscription
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Virginia GenWeb Project
Part of the Virginia GenWeb Project, a nationawide network of genealogy volunteers working to create free genealogy records for public use.
Booze & Politics in Virginia 1742
Early Virginia/W. Virginia Genealogy
GenRing Linking the World of Amateur Genealogists
New River Notes
Historical and Genealogical Resources for the Upper New River Valley of North Carolina and Virginia
Northern Virginia Genealogy Links
White Oak Genealogy
Scott Simpson's Virginia Genealogy
Shenandoah Valley Genealogy & History
Virginia Genealogy
Burress Family Lines
Virginia Genealogy
Eastern Shore Virginia Portal
Virginia Genealogy Resources
MyCinnamonToast.com
Virginia Genealogy
The Olive Tree Genealogy
Virginia Genealogy and History Online Sources
VirginiaFamilyResearch.com
Virginia Genealogy Links
GenealogyLinks.net
Virginia Genealogy & Local History
TheOldenTimes.com
Virginia Genealogy Resources
Christine's Genelaogy Websites
Virginia Genealogy Webring
Virginia Records
Shenandoah, Page, Warren, Fauquier, Rappahannock, and Surrounding Counties
All Genealogy Sites Directory - Virginia
Colonial Virginia Genealogy
ColonialAncestors.com
Colonial Virginia Source Records
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Virginia Genealogy Sites
Cyndi's omprehensive list of Virginia genealogy sites on the Internet
New England Seacoast Genealogy
Virginia Colonial Records
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Virginia Genealogy Research Resources
GeneaSearch.com
Virginia Genealogy Search Engines
SearchforAncestors.com
Virginia Genealogy Sites
GeneaLinks.com
Virginia State Resources at RootsWeb
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RootsWeb General Search
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Family of Marcus Boyd
Information on families from Southwest Virginia and surrounding areas
Dictionary of Virginia Biography
Virginia State Library
Shenandoah Valley Pioneers and Their Descendants
Genealogical.com
Virginia Genealogies and Biographies
Genealogical.com

Thomson's Mercantile and Professional Directory - Virginia - 1851
Virginia Historical Business Records
Virginia State Library
Virginia Poorhouse History
County poorhouses were common throughout the United States during the 19th century. This website's goal is to make all such records available for free genealogical and historical research.
Virginia Sheriffs, 1699 to 1702
Genealogy-Quest.com

Black Genesis: A Resource Book for African-American Genealogy
Genealogical.com
Chronicles of the Scotch-Irish Settlement in Virginia, Extracted from the Original Court Records of Augusta County, 1745-1800
Genealogical.com

Red River Valley Historical Notes
Historical resources page for the Upper New River Valley of North Carolina and Virginia

Boyhood Home of Robert E. Lee
Virtual Museum
National Register of Historic Places in Virginia

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*Now City of Newport News
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Independent Cities of Virginia

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