Update: A Research Guide to Virginia’s Historical Records

VGS expects the publication to be available by 1 December 2024 – just in time for Christmas! 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 … Read more

Submitting Articles for the VGS Magazine and Newsletter

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 admin@vgs.org.

May 2024 Issue of the Magazine Now Available

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!

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

John Blankenbaker’s Beyond Germanna and Germanna History Notes Now Available Online!

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