Five more counties have been added: Louisa, Monogalia, Montgomery, Prince William and Princess Anne. The index is now 77% complete. Members: Log in to the website, click on the Resources tab, and then “1800 Virginia Personal Property Tax List Index.”
Historic Census Discovered by Virginia DAR by Angelica M. Stephens and Shawn Badolato Beyer: In a groundbreaking effort to address the lamented loss of the 1890 US Federal Census, the Virginia Daughters of the American Revolution (Virginia DAR) members have rediscovered a valuable alternative source – early public school census records. Finding Ancestors in Postal … Read more
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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 is $63.96. This publication packs between its covers the information, with examples, that is normally … Read more
Attention VGS members: The latest issue of the VGS Newsletter is now available on the website. Click “VGS Newsletter Archive” under the Publications menu. Census records often contain inaccurate ages and name spellings, but they can also include people who have been dead for years. Read more about it in the featured article, “Enumerating the Dead,” … Read more