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 Most archives, historical societies, and genealogical societies have special collections and indexes of genealogical value. Sometimes these must be searched in person.
-'''FamilySearch Wiki Bibliographies'''. Lists of Virginia genealogies, county-by-county, are being compiled on FamilySearch Wiki. Some counties, for example, [[Augusta County, Virginia Genealogy|Augusta County]], list compiled genealogies for more than 700 families. Books, periodicals, and manuscript collections are being tapped to create these lists, which are currently available for the following counties:
+'''FamilySearch Wiki Bibliographies'''. Has anyone studied your '''Virginia Genealogy''' before? Lists of Virginia genealogies, county-by-county, are being compiled on FamilySearch Wiki. Some counties, for example, [[Augusta County, Virginia Genealogy|Augusta County]], list compiled genealogies for more than 700 families. Books, periodicals, and manuscript collections are being tapped to create these lists, which are currently available for the following counties:
 [[Accomack County, Virginia Genealogy|Accomack]]{{·}} [[Albemarle County, Virginia Genealogy|Albemarle]]{{·}} [[Alleghany County, Virginia Genealogy|Alleghany]]{{·}} [[Amelia County, Virginia Genealogy|Amelia]]{{·}} [[Amherst County, Virginia Genealogy|Amherst]]{{·}} [[Appomattox County, Virginia Genealogy|Appomattox]]{{·}} [[Arlington County, Virginia Genealogy|Arlington]]{{·}} [[Augusta County, Virginia Genealogy|Augusta]]{{·}} [[Bath County, Virginia Genealogy|Bath]]{{·}} [[Bedford County, Virginia Genealogy|Bedford]]{{·}} [[Bland County, Virginia Genealogy|Bland]]{{·}} [[Botetourt County, Virginia Genealogy|Botetourt]]{{·}} [[Brunswick County, Virginia Genealogy|Brunswick]]{{·}} [[Buchanan County, Virginia Genealogy|Buchanan]]{{·}} [[Buckingham County, Virginia Genealogy|Buckingham]]{{·}} [[Campbell County, Virginia Genealogy|Campbell]]{{·}} [[Caroline County, Virginia Genealogy|Caroline]]{{·}} [[Carroll County, Virginia Genealogy|Carroll]]{{·}} [[Charles City County, Virginia Genealogy|Charles City]]{{·}} [[Charlotte County, Virginia Genealogy|Charlotte]]{{·}} [[Chesterfield County, Virginia Genealogy|Chesterfield]]{{·}} [[Clarke County, Virginia Genealogy|Clarke]]{{·}} [[Craig County, Virginia Genealogy|Craig]]{{·}} [[Culpeper County, Virginia Genealogy|Culpeper]]{{·}} [[Cumberland County, Virginia Genealogy|Cumberland]]{{·}} [[Dickenson County, Virginia Genealogy|Dickenson]]{{·}} [[Dinwiddie County, Virginia Genealogy|Dinwiddie]]{{·}} [[Elizabeth City County, Virginia Genealogy|Elizabeth City]]{{·}} [[Essex County, Virginia Genealogy|Essex]]{{·}} [[Fairfax County, Virginia Genealogy|Fairfax]]{{·}} [[Fauquier County, Virginia Genealogy|Fauquier]]{{·}} [[Floyd County, Virginia Genealogy|Floyd]]{{·}} [[Fluvanna County, Virginia Genealogy|Fluvanna]]{{·}} [[Franklin County, Virginia Genealogy|Franklin]]{{·}} [[Frederick County, Virginia Genealogy|Frederick]]{{·}} [[Giles County, Virginia Genealogy|Giles]]{{·}} [[Gloucester County, Virginia Genealogy|Gloucester]]{{·}} [[Goochland County, Virginia Genealogy|Goochland]]{{·}} [[Grayson County, Virginia Genealogy|Grayson]]{{·}} [[Greene County, Virginia Genealogy|Greene]]{{·}} [[Greensville County, Virginia Genealogy|Greensville]]{{·}} [[Halifax County, Virginia Genealogy|Halifax]]{{·}} [[Hanover County, Virginia Genealogy|Hanover]]{{·}} [[Henrico County, Virginia Genealogy|Henrico]]{{·}} [[Henry County, Virginia Genealogy|Henry]]{{·}} [[Highland County, Virginia Genealogy|Highland]]{{·}} [[Isle of Wight County, Virginia Genealogy|Isle of Wight]]{{·}} [[James City County, Virginia Genealogy|James City]]{{·}}&nbsp;[[King and Queen County, Virginia Genealogy|King and Queen]]{{·}} [[King George County, Virginia Genealogy|King George]]{{·}} [[King William County, Virginia Genealogy|King William]]{{·}} [[Lancaster County, Virginia Genealogy|Lancaster]]{{·}} [[Lee County, Virginia Genealogy|Lee]]{{·}} [[Loudoun County, Virginia Genealogy|Loudoun]]{{·}} [[Louisa County, Virginia Genealogy|Louisa]]{{·}} [[Lunenburg County, Virginia Genealogy|Lunenburg]]{{·}} [[Madison County, Virginia Genealogy|Madison]]{{·}} [[Mathews County, Virginia Genealogy|Mathews]]{{·}} [[Mecklenburg County, Virginia Genealogy|Mecklenburg]]{{·}} [[Middlesex County, Virginia Genealogy|Middlesex]]{{·}} [[Montgomery County, Virginia Genealogy|Montgomery]]{{·}} [[Nansemond County, Virginia Genealogy|Nansemond]]{{·}} [[Nelson County, Virginia Genealogy|Nelson]]{{·}} [[New Kent County, Virginia Genealogy|New Kent]]{{·}} [[Norfolk County, Virginia Genealogy|Norfolk]]{{·}} [[Lower Norfolk County, Virginia#Genealogy.C2.A0|Norfolk (Lower)]]{{·}} [[New Norfolk County, Virginia#Genealogy|Norfolk (New)]]{{·}} [[Upper Norfolk County, Virginia#Genealogy|Norfolk (Upper)]]{{·}} [[Northampton County, Virginia Genealogy|Northampton]]{{·}} [[Northumberland County, Virginia Genealogy|Northumberland]]{{·}} [[Nottoway County, Virginia Genealogy|Nottoway]]{{·}} [[Orange County, Virginia Genealogy|Orange]]{{·}} [[Page County, Virginia Genealogy|Page]]{{·}} [[Patrick County, Virginia Genealogy|Patrick]]{{·}} [[Pittsylvania County, Virginia Genealogy|Pittsylvania]]{{·}} [[Powhatan County, Virginia Genealogy|Powhatan]]{{·}} [[Prince Edward County, Virginia Genealogy|Prince Edward]]{{·}} [[Prince George County, Virginia Genealogy|Prince George]]{{·}} [[Prince William County, Virginia Genealogy|Prince William]]{{·}} [[Princess Anne County, Virginia Genealogy|Princess Anne]]{{·}} [[Pulaski County, Virginia Genealogy|Pulaski]]{{·}} [[Rappahannock County, Virginia Genealogy|Rappahannock]]{{·}} [[(Old) Rappahannock County, Virginia Genealogy|Rappahannock (Old)]]{{·}} [[Richmond County, Virginia Genealogy|Richmond]]{{·}} [[Roanoke County, Virginia Genealogy|Roanoke]]{{·}} [[Rockbridge County, Virginia Genealogy|Rockbridge]]{{·}} [[Rockingham County, Virginia Genealogy|Rockingham]]{{·}} [[Russell County, Virginia Genealogy|Russell]]{{·}} [[Scott County, Virginia Genealogy|Scott]]{{·}} [[Shenandoah County, Virginia Genealogy|Shenandoah]]{{·}} [[Smyth County, Virginia Genealogy|Smyth]]{{·}} [[Southampton County, Virginia Genealogy|Southampton]]{{·}} [[Spotsylvania County, Virginia Genealogy|Spotsylvania]]{{·}} [[Stafford County, Virginia Genealogy|Stafford]]{{·}} [[Surry County, Virginia Genealogy|Surry]]{{·}} [[Sussex County, Virginia Genealogy|Sussex]]{{·}} [[Tazewell County, Virginia Genealogy|Tazewell]]{{·}} [[Warren County, Virginia Genealogy|Warren]]{{·}} [[Warwick County, Virginia Genealogy|Warwick]]{{·}} [[Washington County, Virginia Genealogy|Washington]]{{·}} [[Westmoreland County, Virginia Genealogy|Westmoreland]]{{·}} [[Wise County, Virginia Genealogy|Wise]]{{·}} [[Wythe County, Virginia Genealogy|Wythe]]{{·}} [[York County, Virginia Genealogy|York]]
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 #[http://www.familytreedna.com/public/familiesofinterest/default.aspx Melungeon Families of Interest Project] at FamilyTreeDNA focuses on specific families thought to fit into the ethnic category of Melungeon. Some of these folks lived in Southwest Virginia.
-==== Finding Aids  ====
+==== Virginia Genealogy Finding Aids  ====
 '''Library of Virginia'''. Use the [http://www.lva.virginia.gov/ "Search the LVA Catalog"] feature to locate published genealogies about Virginia families. Many manuscript collections are also held at this facility.
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 '''PERSI'''. This database, available online both at [http://www.ancestry.com/ Ancestry.com] ($) and [http://www.heritagequestonline.com/ HeritageQuestOnline] ($), searches the titles of articles published in genealogy journals. It can help you learn if anyone has published information in this format on your particular family tree.
-=== '''Manuscript Collections'''  ===
+=== '''Virginia Genealogy Manuscript Collections'''  ===
 '''Virginia Colonial Records Project'''. This project includes 14,704 surveys of Virginia-related material in archives of Great Britain, Ireland, and France and 963 microfilm reels of original documents. The database index lists 500,000 personal names and ship names. The Library of Virginia has put the index on the Internet. They also have interlibrary loan of the films of original documents.
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 '''Genealogical Notes''', 1607-present. Held at the Virginia Historical Society. These records are available {{RecordSearch|1932510|online}}.<br>
-=== Published Collections, Indexes, and Guides  ===
+=== Virginia Genealogy Published Collections, Indexes, and Guides  ===
 Some helpful indexes to many published accounts of families are in the books by Stuart Brown, Robert Stewart, Earl Swem (see below), and P. G. Wardell (see [[Virginia Biography]]).
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 *Swem, Earl Gregg. {{FHL|65243|title-id|disp=''Virginia Historical Index''}}. Two Volumes in four. 1934-1936. Reprint, Gloucester, Massachusetts: Peter Smith, 1965. {{FHL|975.5 H22s|disp=(Family History Library book 975.5 H22s; films 485948-49; fiche 6046961.)}} This lists many genealogies that were published in periodicals.
 *Brown, Stuart E., Jr. {{FHL|254291|title-id|disp=''Virginia Genealogies: A Trial List of Printed Books and Pamphlets''}}. Two Volumes. Berryville, Virginia: Virginia Book, 1967, 1980. {{FHL|975.5 D23b|disp=(Family History Library book 975.5 D23b.)}} These volumes reproduce card catalogs of about 3,000 family and local histories listed in books and periodicals published before 1980. This is a supplement to Robert Armistead Stewart's book (see above).
 *Pecquet du Bellet, Louise. ''Some Prominent Virginia Families''. 4 vols. 1907. Reprint, Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing, 1976. {{FHL|1036136|film|disp=FHL Film 1036136}} see also {{FHL|61342|item|disp=FHL Collection}}, Includes more than 100 early families. Based on published histories, biographies, and periodicals. Indexed in Vera Meek Wimberly, {{FHL|566971|title-id|disp=FHL Collection}} (Conroe, Texas: Montgomery County Genealogical &amp; Historical Society, 1980; Family History Library book 975.5 D2p index). Digital versions available online: [http://books.google.com/books?id=tyQSAAAAYAAJ Vol. 2] | [http://www.archive.org/details/someprominentvir04pecq Vol. 4] | [http://www.archive.org/details/indextosomepromi00davi Index]. All four volumes have been digitized by [http://www.content.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=13197 Ancestry] ($). Vol. 4: {{FSbook|588924}} - free.
 *{{FHL|140862|title-id|disp=''Genealogies of Virginia Families: From Tyler's Quarterly''. . .}} . Four Volumes. Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing, 1981. {{FHL|975.5 D2gvf|disp=(Family History Library book 975.5 D2gvf.)}} Alphabetical (by author's surname) reprints of hundreds of articles.
 *{{FHL|335181|title-id|disp=''Genealogies of Virginia Families: From the Virginia Magazine of History and Biography''}}. Five Volumes. Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing, 1981. {{FHL|975.5 D2gv|disp=(Family History Library book 975.5 D2gv.)}} Alphabetical (by author's surname) reprints of hundreds of articles.
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 '''A wiki article describing an online collection is found at:'''
 [[Virginia Historical Society Papers (FamilySearch Historical Records)|Virginia Historical Society Papers (FamilySearch Historical Records)]]
 === Popular Virginia Genealogies  ===
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 {{Virginia_Genealogy|Virginia Genealogy}}
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