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'''Colonial Parishes'''<br> | '''Colonial Parishes'''<br> | ||
Some early parish registers are incomplete or missing. Rivah Research charts the survival of Virginia's Church of England records in [https://web.archive.org/web/20151231223255/http://www.rivahresearch.com/westmorelandcty/vitals/resources/religion/parishregister.htm Virginia Parish Registers Information & Location]. Many have been published. | Some early parish registers are incomplete or missing. Rivah Research charts the survival of Virginia's Church of England records in [https://web.archive.org/web/20151231223255/http://www.rivahresearch.com/westmorelandcty/vitals/resources/religion/parishregister.htm Virginia Parish Registers Information & Location]. Many have been published. <br> | ||
Study parish boundaries to determine which parish an ancestor attended. There are three excellent sources, which include maps, written by Charles Francis Cocke: | Study parish boundaries to determine which parish an ancestor attended. There are three excellent sources, which include maps, written by Charles Francis Cocke:<br> | ||
*''Parish Lines, Diocese of Southern Virginia''. Richmond, Va.: Virginia State Library, 1996. {{FHL|1149675|item|disp=FHL Book 975.5 K2co 1996}}. | *''Parish Lines, Diocese of Southern Virginia''. Richmond, Va.: Virginia State Library, 1996. {{FHL|1149675|item|disp=FHL Book 975.5 K2co 1996}}. | ||
*''Parish Lines, Diocese of Southwestern Virginia''. Richmond, Va.: Virginia State Library, 1960. {{FHL|72445|item|disp=FHL Book 975.5 K2c}}. | *''Parish Lines, Diocese of Southwestern Virginia''. Richmond, Va.: Virginia State Library, 1960. {{FHL|72445|item|disp=FHL Book 975.5 K2c}}. | ||
*''Parish Lines, Diocese of Virginia''. Richmond, Va.: Virginia State Library, 1967. 1978 reprint: {{FHL|1010149|item|disp=FHL Book 975.5 K2cf 1978}} | *''Parish Lines, Diocese of Virginia''. Richmond, Va.: Virginia State Library, 1967. 1978 reprint: {{FHL|1010149|item|disp=FHL Book 975.5 K2cf 1978}}<br> | ||
Freddie Spradlin has analyzed references to the formations and boundary changes of Church of England parishes found in ''Hening's Statutes at Large''. His notes are available online at [http://vagenweb.org/parishes.htm Parishes of Virginia] (part of [http://vagenweb.org/ VAGenWeb Project]). | Freddie Spradlin has analyzed references to the formations and boundary changes of Church of England parishes found in ''Hening's Statutes at Large''. His notes are available online at [http://vagenweb.org/parishes.htm Parishes of Virginia] (part of [http://vagenweb.org/ VAGenWeb Project]).<br> | ||
'''Information is included on [[:Category:Virginia Parishes|Virginia Parish Wiki pages]]''<br> | |||
'''Newspapers'''<br> | '''Newspapers'''<br> | ||
''The Southern Churchman'' was a newspaper published by the Episcopal faith. Abstracts of marriages were prepared by The Historical Records Survey of Virginia: | ''The Southern Churchman'' was a newspaper published by the Episcopal faith. Abstracts of marriages were prepared by The Historical Records Survey of Virginia:<br> | ||
*''Index to Marriage Notices in The Southern Churchman, 1835-1941.'' Baltimore, Md.: Clearfield Company, 1996. {{FHL|113539|item|disp=FHL Book 975.5 V22i}}.<br> | |||
*''Index to Marriage Notices in The Southern Churchman, 1835-1941.'' Baltimore, Md.: Clearfield Company, 1996. {{FHL|113539|item|disp=FHL Book 975.5 V22i}}. | |||
'''Histories and Guides'''<br> | '''Histories and Guides'''<br> | ||
During the last half of the eighteenth century, the Church of England in Virginia lost much of its membership to dissenting religions. Many of the grand church buildings fell into disrepair. In the nineteenth century, "Many Virginians had a deep sense of living among the ruins of a more glorious past."<ref>Rhys Isaac, ''The Transformation of Virginia 1740-1790'' (Chapel Hill, N.C.: The University of North Carolina Press, 1982), 417.</ref> | During the last half of the eighteenth century, the Church of England in Virginia lost much of its membership to dissenting religions. Many of the grand church buildings fell into disrepair. In the nineteenth century, "Many Virginians had a deep sense of living among the ruins of a more glorious past."<ref>Rhys Isaac, ''The Transformation of Virginia 1740-1790'' (Chapel Hill, N.C.: The University of North Carolina Press, 1982), 417.</ref> <br> | ||
*Anderson, J.S. ''The History of the Church of England in the Colonies and Foreign Dependencies of the British Empire''. 3 vols. London: Rivington, 1856. Digital versions at Internet Archive: [http://www.archive.org/details/historyofchurch01ande Vol. 1], [http://www.archive.org/details/historyofchurcho02andeuoft Vol. 2], [http://www.archive.org/details/historyofchurcho03ande Vol. 3. [All three volumes include material on the history of the Church of England in Virginia.] | *Anderson, J.S. ''The History of the Church of England in the Colonies and Foreign Dependencies of the British Empire''. 3 vols. London: Rivington, 1856. Digital versions at Internet Archive: [http://www.archive.org/details/historyofchurch01ande Vol. 1], [http://www.archive.org/details/historyofchurcho02andeuoft Vol. 2], [http://www.archive.org/details/historyofchurcho03ande Vol. 3. [All three volumes include material on the history of the Church of England in Virginia.] | ||
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*Hawks, Francis Lister. ''A Narrative of Events Connected with the Rise and Progress of the Protestant Episcopal Church in Virginia: To Which is Added an Appendix, Containing the Journals of the Conventions in Virginia from the Commencement to the Present Time''. New York: Harper and Brothers, 1836. Digital version at [http://books.google.com/books?id=2p89AAAAYAAJ Google Books]. | *Hawks, Francis Lister. ''A Narrative of Events Connected with the Rise and Progress of the Protestant Episcopal Church in Virginia: To Which is Added an Appendix, Containing the Journals of the Conventions in Virginia from the Commencement to the Present Time''. New York: Harper and Brothers, 1836. Digital version at [http://books.google.com/books?id=2p89AAAAYAAJ Google Books]. | ||
*Meade, William. ''Old Churches, Ministers and Families of Virginia''. 2 vols. 1857. Reprint, Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing, 1966. Digital versions of volume 1 at [https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/509913-old-churches-ministers-and-families-of-virginia-vol-01?offset=1 FamilySearch Digital Library], [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=48592 Ancestry] ($), [http://www.archive.org/details/oldchurchesminis01meaduoft Internet Archive]. Digital version of volume 2 at [http://www.archive.org/details/oldchurchesminis003253mbp Internet Archive], [https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/461500-old-churches-ministers-and-families-of-virginia-vol-02?offset=2 FamilySearch Digital Library]-Vol. 2. {{FHL|218395|item|disp=FHL Book 975.5 K2m 1966}}. Mostly histories of early parishes but includes 6,900 names of individuals. | *Meade, William. ''Old Churches, Ministers and Families of Virginia''. 2 vols. 1857. Reprint, Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing, 1966. Digital versions of volume 1 at [https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/509913-old-churches-ministers-and-families-of-virginia-vol-01?offset=1 FamilySearch Digital Library], [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=48592 Ancestry] ($), [http://www.archive.org/details/oldchurchesminis01meaduoft Internet Archive]. Digital version of volume 2 at [http://www.archive.org/details/oldchurchesminis003253mbp Internet Archive], [https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/461500-old-churches-ministers-and-families-of-virginia-vol-02?offset=2 FamilySearch Digital Library]-Vol. 2. {{FHL|218395|item|disp=FHL Book 975.5 K2m 1966}}. Mostly histories of early parishes but includes 6,900 names of individuals. | ||
*Upton, Dell. ''Holy Things and Profane: Anglican Parish Churches in Virginia.'' Yale University Press, 1997. | *Upton, Dell. ''Holy Things and Profane: Anglican Parish Churches in Virginia.'' Yale University Press, 1997.<br> | ||
For images and brief histories of colonial churches where your ancestors worshipped, see:<br> | |||
*''Colonial Churches: A Series of Sketches of Churches in the Original Colony of Virginia: With Pictures of Each Church.'' Richmond, Va.: Southern Churchman Co., 1907. Digital versions at [http://search.ancestry.com/iexec/Default.aspx?htx=BookList&dbid=28949 Ancestry] ($); [http://books.google.com/books?id=TSISAAAAYAAJ Google Books]; [http://www.archive.org/details/colonialchurches00rich Internet Archive]; 2nd ed. (1908): [http://books.google.com/books?id=MjFLAAAAMAAJ Google Books]; 1990 reprint: {{FHL|521948|item|disp=FHL Book 975.5 K2cc}}. | *''Colonial Churches: A Series of Sketches of Churches in the Original Colony of Virginia: With Pictures of Each Church.'' Richmond, Va.: Southern Churchman Co., 1907. Digital versions at [http://search.ancestry.com/iexec/Default.aspx?htx=BookList&dbid=28949 Ancestry] ($); [http://books.google.com/books?id=TSISAAAAYAAJ Google Books]; [http://www.archive.org/details/colonialchurches00rich Internet Archive]; 2nd ed. (1908): [http://books.google.com/books?id=MjFLAAAAMAAJ Google Books]; 1990 reprint: {{FHL|521948|item|disp=FHL Book 975.5 K2cc}}. | ||
*Wigmore, Francis Marion. ''Old Parish Churches of Virginia: A Pictorial-Historic Exhibition of Photographs in Colors Lent to the Library of Congress''. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1929. Digital version at [http://archive.org/details/oldparishchurche00wigm Internet Archive] - free. | *Wigmore, Francis Marion. ''Old Parish Churches of Virginia: A Pictorial-Historic Exhibition of Photographs in Colors Lent to the Library of Congress''. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1929. Digital version at [http://archive.org/details/oldparishchurche00wigm Internet Archive] - free.<br> | ||
'''Clergy'''<br> | '''Clergy'''<br> | ||
To learn more about the origins of Church of England ministers sent to Virginia from England during the colonial period, start with these books: | To learn more about the origins of Church of England ministers sent to Virginia from England during the colonial period, start with these books:<br> | ||
*Fothergill, Gerald. ''A List of Emigrant Ministers to America, 1690-1811''. London: E. Stock, 1904. Digital versions at [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=4760 Ancestry] ($); [http://books.google.com/books?id=lVgEAAAAIAAJ Google Books]; [http://www.archive.org/details/listofemigrantmi00fothuoft Internet Archive], 1965 reprint: {{FHL|283621|item|disp=FHL Book 973 W2f 1965}}. Addendum published in ''Caribbeana'', Vol. 3 (1914):312-313. Digital version at [http://dloc.com/UF00075409/00003/336j?search=caribbeana dLOC] - free.<br> | *Fothergill, Gerald. ''A List of Emigrant Ministers to America, 1690-1811''. London: E. Stock, 1904. Digital versions at [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=4760 Ancestry] ($); [http://books.google.com/books?id=lVgEAAAAIAAJ Google Books]; [http://www.archive.org/details/listofemigrantmi00fothuoft Internet Archive], 1965 reprint: {{FHL|283621|item|disp=FHL Book 973 W2f 1965}}. Addendum published in ''Caribbeana'', Vol. 3 (1914):312-313. Digital version at [http://dloc.com/UF00075409/00003/336j?search=caribbeana dLOC] - free.<br> | ||
*Weis, Frederick Lewis. ''The Colonial Clergy of Virginia, North Carolina and South Carolina''. Boston, Mass.: Society of the Descendants of Colonial Clergy, 1955. {{FHL|291278|item|disp=FHL Book 975 D3wc}}; digital version at [http://www.worldvitalrecords.com/indexinfo.aspx?ix=gpc0806307315_fredericklewisweis1955 World Vital Records] ($). | *Weis, Frederick Lewis. ''The Colonial Clergy of Virginia, North Carolina and South Carolina''. Boston, Mass.: Society of the Descendants of Colonial Clergy, 1955. {{FHL|291278|item|disp=FHL Book 975 D3wc}}; digital version at [http://www.worldvitalrecords.com/indexinfo.aspx?ix=gpc0806307315_fredericklewisweis1955 World Vital Records] ($). | ||
[http://colonialclergyorg.blogspot.com/ The Society of the Descendants of the Colonial Clergy] points researchers to many valuable resources. | [http://colonialclergyorg.blogspot.com/ The Society of the Descendants of the Colonial Clergy] points researchers to many valuable resources.<br> | ||
Church of England ministers sent to Virginia were often educated at the English universities of Cambridge and Oxford. The website [http://www.pricegen.com/english_genealogy.html Expert Links: English Family History and Genealogy] contains links to many of these university's records available online under the "Occupations" section. | Church of England ministers sent to Virginia were often educated at the English universities of Cambridge and Oxford. The website [http://www.pricegen.com/english_genealogy.html Expert Links: English Family History and Genealogy] contains links to many of these university's records available online under the "Occupations" section.<br> | ||
[http://www.theclergydatabase.org.uk/jsp/search/index.jsp The Clergy of the Church of England] website (work in progress) also contains details of many of their ministerial careers before departing for America. | [http://www.theclergydatabase.org.uk/jsp/search/index.jsp The Clergy of the Church of England] website (work in progress) also contains details of many of their ministerial careers before departing for America.<br> | ||
Very few of Virginia's colonial glebe houses (residences of Church of England ministers owned by the parish) survive today.<ref>John Frederick Dorman, "Review of ''The Glebe Houses of Colonial Virginia,"'' in ''The Virginia Genealogist,'' Vol. 47, No. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 2003):313. Digital version at [http://www.americanancestors.org/ American Ancestors] ($); {{FHL|33159|item|disp=FHL Book 975.5 B2vg v. 47 (2003)}}.</ref> | Very few of Virginia's colonial glebe houses (residences of Church of England ministers owned by the parish) survive today.<ref>John Frederick Dorman, "Review of ''The Glebe Houses of Colonial Virginia,"'' in ''The Virginia Genealogist,'' Vol. 47, No. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 2003):313. Digital version at [http://www.americanancestors.org/ American Ancestors] ($); {{FHL|33159|item|disp=FHL Book 975.5 B2vg v. 47 (2003)}}.</ref><br> | ||
===Correspond with or visit the actual churches.=== | ===Correspond with or visit the actual churches.=== | ||
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