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Scholarly articles published in ''The American Genealogist'', the ''National Genealogical Society Quarterly'', and ''The Virginia Genealogist'' illustrate strategies that will help Americans trace their colonial Virginia immigrant origins. | Scholarly articles published in ''The American Genealogist'', the ''National Genealogical Society Quarterly'', and ''The Virginia Genealogist'' illustrate strategies that will help Americans trace their colonial Virginia immigrant origins. | ||
The Prerogative Court of Canterbury in London proved the wills of many residents of Virginia. For access, see [[Virginia Probate Records|Virginia Probate Records]]. Heraldic visitations list some members of prominent English families who crossed the Atlantic. [http://www.medievalgenealogy.org.uk/sources/visitations.shtml Heralds' visitations and the College of Arms] includes a concise list of visitations available online. Online archive catalogs, such as [ | The Prerogative Court of Canterbury in London proved the wills of many residents of Virginia. For access, see [[Virginia Probate Records|Virginia Probate Records]]. Heraldic visitations list some members of prominent English families who crossed the Atlantic. [http://www.medievalgenealogy.org.uk/sources/visitations.shtml Heralds' visitations and the College of Arms] includes a concise list of visitations available online. Online archive catalogs, such as [https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ Access to Archives], can be keyword searched for place names, such as "Virginia" to retrieve manuscripts stored in hundreds of English archives relating to persons and landholdings in this former English colony. These types of records establish links between Virginia residents and England, which can lead researchers back to their specific ancestral English towns, villages, and hamlets. | ||
The multi-volume ''Calendar of Colonial State Papers Colonial, America, and West Indies'' (1574-1739), which is available for free online (see discussion in [[Virginia Public Records|Virginia Public Records]]), highlights many connections between England and Virginia. | The multi-volume ''Calendar of Colonial State Papers Colonial, America, and West Indies'' (1574-1739), which is available for free online (see discussion in [[Virginia Public Records|Virginia Public Records]]), highlights many connections between England and Virginia. | ||
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