West Virginia University Library

West Virginia University Library     Contact Information E-mail:  Address: Virginia Historical Society 428 North Boulevard Richmond, Virginia 23220 Telephone: 804-358-4901 Hours: Mon. to Sat. 10 a.m. to  5 p.m., closed federal holidays Public transportation, maps, and directions: Directions to Virginia House Internet sites and databases: Virginia Historical Society Catalog Online Virginia Historical Society home page Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, tables of contents, indexes, online access tips Collection Description A wiki article describing an online collection is found at: Virginia Historical Society Papers (FamilySearch Historical Records) Tips Admission to the research library and museum is free. Guides Alternate Repositories If you cannot visit or find a record at the West Virginia University Library, a similar record may be available at one of the following. Similar Collections Family History Library, Salt Lake City, 450 computers, 3,400 databases, 3.1 million microforms, 4,500 periodicals, 310,000 books of worldwide family and local histories, civil, church, immigration, ethnic, military, and records pertaining to members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Allen County Public Library (Indiana) has a premier genealogical periodical collection, genealogies, local histories, databases, military, censuses, directories, passenger lists, American Indians, African Americans, Canadians. Neighboring Collections Library of Virginia, digital sources, databases, vital, military, newspapers, periodicals, tax, history, land records. National Archives I, Washington DC, census, pre-WWI military service & pensions, passenger lists, naturalizations, passports, federal bounty land, homesteads, bankruptcy, ethnic sources, prisons, and federal employees. Daughters of the American Revolution Library, Washington DC, Revolutionary War and colonial period, including family and local histories, cemetery transcriptions, Bible records, 15,000 genealogical membership applications. Maryland State Archives, census, court, church, vital, military, probate, land, tax, immigration, naturalizations. Sources

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