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==== Virginia Colonial Records Project at the Library of Virginia==== | ==== Virginia Colonial Records Project at the Library of Virginia==== | ||
The Virginia Colonial Records Project at the [[Library of Virginia|Library of Virginia]] can help Americans trace their European immigrant origins. Scholars visited United Kingdom and other European archives searching for references to colonial-era Virginians. Their 14,704 records survey reports contain half a million names of persons and ships which are searchable at the Library's web site. They also microfilmed about two-thirds of the records they located. The 963 reels of microfilm are held at the Library of Virginia and are available for interlibrary loan. The Library's [http://www.lva.virginia.gov/public/guides/opac/vcrpabout.htm About the Virginia Colonial Records Project] provides more information. | The Virginia Colonial Records Project at the [[Library of Virginia|Library of Virginia]] can help Americans trace their European immigrant origins. Scholars visited United Kingdom and other European archives searching for references to colonial-era Virginians. Their 14,704 records survey reports contain half a million names of persons and ships which are searchable at the Library's web site. They also microfilmed about two-thirds of the records they located. The 963 reels of microfilm are held at the Library of Virginia and are available for interlibrary loan. The Library's [http://www.lva.virginia.gov/public/guides/opac/vcrpabout.htm About the Virginia Colonial Records Project] provides more information. | ||
====Virtual Jamestown==== | |||
The [http://www.virtualjamestown.org/page2.html '''Virtual Jamestown Archive'''] is a digital research, teaching and learning project that explores the legacies of the Jamestown settlement and "the Virginia experiment." | |||
*[http://www.virtualjamestown.org/reference.html Reference Center] | |||
*'''1654-1686''' [http://www.virtualjamestown.org/indentures/search_indentures.html Search the Registers of Servants Sent to Foreign Plantations, 1654 - 1686] | |||
==Finding Town of Origin== | ==Finding Town of Origin== | ||