The Brantley Collection of Southampton County Court Record Books All of the early record books at the Southampton County court house were imaged and indexed and are available at the Brantley Association website. The deed, will, order and minute books, as well as marriage, guardianship and miscellaneous books through the late 1880s are included in … Read more
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Seven Virginia research articles that previously appeared in the NGS Magazine are now available on the VGS website at https://www.vgs.org/virginia-research-articles/. VGS thanks the National Genealogical Society and the authors for allowing us to post these articles.
Vol XLIX, issue 1, of the VGS Newsletter is now available for members to read online.
The Library of Virginia announced recently they have digitized thirty-nine “Free Negro Registers” and placed them on Virginia Untold. The registers cover various dates from the late 18th to mid-19th century in multiple counties across Virginia. Counties represented are Alleghany, Amelia, Arlington, Bedford, Charles City, Chesterfield, Dinwiddie, Fairfax, Fauquier, Goochland, Henrico, King George, Lancaster, Loudoun, … Read more