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 ''{{VA-sidebar}}''[[United States|United States]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Virginia Genealogy|Virginia]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Virginia_Archives_and_Libraries|Archives and Libraries]]''<br>
-These archives, libraries, societies, and museums preserve sources, maintain indexes, and provide services to help genealogists document their ancestors who lived in Virginia.
+These repositories preserve sources, maintain indexes, and provide services to help genealogists document their ancestors who lived in Virginia.
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 === Wiki Articles on Major Repositories in Virginia ===
 {{Nowrap|{{AutoLink|Virginia Historical Society}}{{·}}}} {{Nowrap|{{AutoLink|Library of Virginia}}{{·}}}} {{Nowrap|{{AutoLink|Virginia Theological Seminary}}{{·}}}} {{Nowrap|{{AutoLink|Earl Gregg Swem Library at the College of William and Mary}}{{·}}}} {{Nowrap|{{AutoLink|Germanna Foundation}}{{·}}}}{{Nowrap|{{AutoLink|Handley Regional Library}}{{·}}}} {{Nowrap|{{AutoLink|John D. Rockefeller Jr. Library at Colonial Williamsburg}}{{·}}}} {{Nowrap|{{AutoLink|Jones Memorial Library}}{{·}}}} {{Nowrap|{{AutoLink|Mary Ball Washington Museum and Library}}{{·}}}} {{Nowrap|{{AutoLink|Portsmouth Public Library}}{{·}}}} {{Nowrap|{{AutoLink|Roanoke County Public Library}}{{·}}}} {{Nowrap|{{AutoLink|University of Virginia Library}}{{·}}}} {{Nowrap|{{AutoLink|Library of Congress}}{{·}}}} {{Nowrap|{{AutoLink|National Archives and Records Administration}}{{·}}}} {{Nowrap|{{AutoLink|National Archives at College Park, Maryland}}{{·}}}} {{Nowrap|{{AutoLink|New York Public Library}}{{·}}}} {{Nowrap|{{AutoLink|Santa Cruz Public Library Downtown}}}}
-=== Virginia Online Records  ===
+=== Online Records of Virginia  ===
-{{Click|Image:VA_ORP.png|Virginia Online Genealogy Records|left}}{{DCfollowup}}<br><br>
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+[[Image:National Archives at Philadelphia sign.jpg|thumb|230px|National Archives at Philadelphia sign]]
+=== National Repositories ===
-=== National Repositories ===
-[[Image:National Archives at Philadelphia sign.jpg|thumb|230px|National Archives at Philadelphia sign]]
 ==== National Archives at Philadelphia ====
-[[National Archives at Philadelphia]] <br>14700 Townsend Road<br>Philadelphia, PA 19154-1096<br>Telephone: 215-305-2044<br>Fax: 215-305-2052<br>E-mail: [mailto:Philadelphia.archives@nara.gov Philadelphia.archives@nara.gov]<br>Website: [http://www.archives.gov/philadelphia/ National Archives Philadelphia]<br><br>
+[[National Archives at Philadelphia]] <br>14700 Townsend Road<br>Philadelphia, PA 19154-1096<br>Telephone: 215-305-2044<br>Fax: 215-305-2052<br>E-mail: [mailto:Philadelphia.archives@nara.gov Philadelphia.archives@nara.gov]<br>Website: [http://www.archives.gov/philadelphia/ National Archives Philadelphia]
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-:Has federal agency and court records for '''''Delaware, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia''''', and '''''West Virginia'''''. All U.S. federal censuses 1790-1940, and indexes. Also has passenger arrivals in Philadelphia 1800-1945 and Baltimore, pension and bounty land warrant applications, naturalizations 1790-1990, early federal history, diplomacy, military history, Chinese-Americans, World War II homefront, National Park Service, merchant marine, U.S. Army Corp of Engineers, federal tax evasion and smuggling cases.<ref name="DB12627">William Dollarhide and Ronald A. Bremer. ''America's Best Genealogy Resource Centers'' (Bountiful, Utah: Heritage Quest, 1998), 126-27. {{WorldCat|39493985|disp=At various libraries (WorldCat)}}. {{FHL|728550|item|disp=FHL Ref Book 973 J54d}}.</ref><br><br>
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-==== National Archives and Records Administration ====
+:This branch has federal agency and court records for '''''Delaware, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia''''', and '''''West Virginia'''''. All U.S. federal censuses 1790-1940, and indexes. Also has passenger arrivals in Philadelphia 1800-1945 and Baltimore, pension and bounty land warrant applications, naturalizations 1790-1990, early federal history, diplomacy, military history, Chinese-Americans, World War II homefront, National Park Service, merchant marine, U.S. Army Corp of Engineers, federal tax evasion and smuggling cases.<ref name="DB12627">William Dollarhide and Ronald A. Bremer. ''America's Best Genealogy Resource Centers'' (Bountiful, Utah: Heritage Quest, 1998), 126-27. {{WorldCat|39493985|disp=At various libraries (WorldCat)}}. {{FHL|728550|item|disp=FHL Ref Book 973 J54d}}.</ref><br><br>
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+==== National Archives ====
 [[Image:National Archives and Records Administration.jpg|thumb|280px|National Archives and Records Administration]][[National Archives and Records Administration]]<br>700 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW<br>Washington DC<br>Telephone: 1-866-272-6272<br>Fax: 301-837-0483<br>E-mail: [http://www.archives.gov/contact/inquire-form.html National Archives and Records Administration inquiry form]<br>Website: [http://archives.gov/ NARA]<br><br>
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 :They have a relatively small family folder collection. Nevertheless, it is an important resource for settlers coming from '''''Pennsylvania, Maryland''''', and northern '''''Virginia''''' &nbsp;along the [[Great Valley Road]] into '''''Tennessee, Kentucky''''', and '''''North Carolina'''''.<ref>Dollarhide and Bremer, 105.</ref><br><br>
-==== Earl Gregg Swem Library at the College of William and Mary ====
+==== William and Mary College Swem Library ====
 [[Image:EG Swem Library.jpg|thumb|280px|EG Swem Library at William and Mary]][[Earl Gregg Swem Library at the College of William and Mary]]<br>P.O. Box 8794<br>Landrum Drive <br>College of William and Mary<br>Williamsburg, Virginia 23187-8794<br>Telephone: 757-221-3050<br>Fax: 757-221-2635<br>E-mail: [mailto:sweref@wm.edu sweref@wm.edu]<br>Website: [http://guides.swem.wm.edu/genealogy EG Swem Library, Genealogy]<br><br>
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 '''Family History Centers'''. Some of the collections described above are at least partially available on microfilms at the [[Family History Library]] in Salt Lake City, and through thousands of its branch Family History Centers. For further information see [[Introduction to LDS Family History Centers]]. To locate a center near you, see [http://familysearch.org/locations/centerlocator Find a Family History Center].
-=== Guides  ===
+=== Guidebooks  ===
 *Ellen Garrison, ''Archives in Appalachia: A Directory&nbsp;'' (Boone, North Carolina: Appalachian Consortium Press, 1985). {{WorldCat|12712710|item|disp=At various libraries (WorldCat)}}. {{FHL|12712710|item|disp=FHL Book 975 A3a}}. For Georgia, Kentucky, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia, arranged alphabetically, each entry shows the archive, address, phone, inclusive dates of the collection, the records of the collection, subjects, and size of the collection. Indexed by record type, and by subject.