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The Virginia Genealogical Society is seeking proposals from dynamic and engaging speakers for our virtual 2025 Fall Conference. The submission deadline is 31 May 2025. OVERVIEW Date: Friday-Saturday, 3–4 October Virtual: All sessions will be livestreamed, and video recordings will be available to all registrants for 60 days. Deadline for submissions: 31 May 2025 Notification … Read more

In addition to the feature articles, you’ll find upcoming events, the President’s message, a book review of Tea & Toil at the Woman’s Club, and the “Glad You Asked That” column. 

The latest issue of the Magazine of Virginia Genealogy is now available to members and the print copy is on its way. An excerpt from “In This Issue: It’s Probably Not About Your Family,” reminds us there are no shortcuts to finding your family and that discovering new resources and methodologies are more likely to … Read more

Featured Articles Genealogy of a House, Farmville, Virginia by Sara Martin. Poplar Hill stayed in the same family for more than 100 years. The original Woodson wooden house was used as tenant housing after a brick structure was built around 1830 and has been lost to history. The grandest renovation transformed it into what is now … Read more

Give the gift of VGS membership to friends and family. They will be sure to enjoy The Magazine of Virginia Genealogy and the VGS Newsletter, both published quarterly, as well as the many other member benefits. View our Member Benefits page to see all the outstanding benefits available to members. Your purchase entitles you to … Read more

The August 2024 issue of The Magazine of Virginia Genealogy is now available to members under the Publications menu. This issue explores records from manuscripts to wills. Just because someone owns land does not mean they reside in an area or have ever resided there. It usually takes more than one record to answer a question. A … Read more

Melungeon Heritage by Heather Andolina, President of the Melungeon Heritage Association: Heather provides us with a brief history of the Melungeon people and the Melungeon Heritage Association’s efforts to document and preserve the history of mixed-race ancestry peoples in the southern and eastern United States. An Eighteenth Century Scandal by Sara Martin: In April 1793, … Read more

VGS expects the publication to be available in late spring or early summer of 2025. Sign up to receive an email notification when A Research Guide to Virginia’s Historical Records by Barbara Vines Little, CG, FNGS, FUGA, FVGS, is available for purchase. The publication contains more than 500 pages and sells for $79.95. The VGS member price … Read more

VGS welcomes articles for the Magazine of Virginia Genealogy and the Newsletter. Before submitting an article, please review our publication guidelines available on our website at https://www.vgs.org/publications/. Submissions and questions should be sent to ad***@*gs.org.

The May 2024 issue of The Magazine of Virginia Genealogy is now available to members under the Publications menu. This issue continues to explore records often ignored in our search for information that will move our research forward. As Editor, Barbara Vines Little, reminds us Limiting ourselves to an area because that is where the … Read more

VGS Book Sale! Volumes V (1741–1749), VI (1749–1762), and VII (1762–1776) of Cavaliers and Pioneer are on sale for a limited time at $5 each. The following publications are on sale for $5 each while supplies last as they will not be reprinted: Charlotte County Marriage Bonds and Returns (1816–1850); Death Notices from Richmond, Virginia … Read more

Historic Germanna https://germanna.org/ has made John Blankenbaker’s 15 volumes of Beyond Germanna and more than 2,500 Germanna History Notes available online for all to read and enjoy. Visit the Historic Germanna website and click on the Genealogy tab. Beyond Germanna, published from 1989 to 2003, isa newsletter/journal devoted to the research of the Germans and … Read more

Please note the May 2024 issue of the Magazine of Virginia Genealogy has been delayed due to family health issues. We’ll be back on schedule soon. While you’re waiting for the next issue, be sure to check out past issues in the archives under the Publications tab.

VGS members now receive 20% off purchases at the FamilyTree Magazine website.

Are you subscribed to the VGS Member Mailing list? If not, you may be missing out on important announcements. VGS uses this list to inform members of upcoming VGS events, new VGS publications and sales, and other news relevant to Virginia researchers. To access your profile, log into the VGS website, click on Membership, and … Read more

Members may now opt out of receiving a paper copy of the Magazine of Virginia Genealogy.