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'''Holidays'''
'''Holidays'''


* Please check our [http://www.lva.virginia.gov/news/calendar.asp News &amp; Events Calendar] for any changes to our regular hours due to holiday closings, special events, or inclement weather. The Library is closed often during a given month for various reasons.<ref name="Visit"> [http://www.lva.virginia.gov/about/visit.asp Visitors' Guide] at Library of Virginia] (accessed 22 October 2012).</ref><br>
*Please check our [http://www.lva.virginia.gov/news/calendar.asp News &amp; Events Calendar] for any changes to our regular hours due to holiday closings, special events, or inclement weather. The Library is closed often during a given month for various reasons.<br>


'''Planning Your Visit'''
'''Planning Your Visit'''


* Please see our [https://www.lva.virginia.gov/about/visit.asp Visitors Guide] for everything you need to know before coming to the Library including directions, parking, collection access policies, use of microfilm scanners, and more.
*Please see our [https://www.lva.virginia.gov/about/visit.asp Visitors Guide] for everything you need to know before coming to the Library including directions, parking, collection access policies, use of microfilm scanners, and more.


<br>'''Website and Catalog'''
<br>'''Website and Catalog'''


*[http://www.lva.virginia.gov/ Library of Virginia Home.]  
*[http://www.lva.virginia.gov/ Library of Virginia Home.]
*[https://lva.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/search?vid=01LVA_INST:01LVA&lang=en Online catalog]
*[https://lva.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/search?vid=01LVA_INST:01LVA&lang=en Online catalog]
'''Databases & eBooks'''
All visitors to the Library have access to an extensive [https://www.lva.virginia.gov/public/using_collections.asp#_research collection of research databases]. The Library of Virginia is a FamilySearch affiliate library which enables onsite users to have access to 400 million digitized records that are otherwise only available at LDS Church family history centers. Virginia residents can [https://www.lva.virginia.gov/about/policies/circ.htm register for an online library account] to access many databases from home.


'''Digital Collections'''
'''Digital Collections'''


*Digital collections in the catalog include: land records; vital records; Virginia Death Indexing; Henley Marriage/Obituary Index to Virginia Newspapers; Marriage and&nbsp;Obituary&nbsp;Index for Richmond Enquirer/Richmond Visitor; Petersburg Public Library Newspaper Index; Probate Records; Index to Wills and Administrations; Church Records; Bristol Church and Family Cemeteries Index; Military Records; Virginia Colonial Records Project; Coats of Arms; Index to Sources on Family Coats of Arms; Biographies; WPA Life Histories Collection.
*Digital collections in the catalog include: land records; vital records; Virginia Death Indexing; Henley Marriage/Obituary Index to Virginia Newspapers; Marriage and&nbsp;Obituary&nbsp;Index for Richmond Enquirer/Richmond Visitor; Petersburg Public Library Newspaper Index; Probate Records; Index to Wills and Administrations; Church Records; Bristol Church and Family Cemeteries Index; Military Records; Virginia Colonial Records Project; Coats of Arms; Index to Sources on Family Coats of Arms; Biographies; WPA Life Histories Collection.
*Additional digital collections are available on the Library's [https://virginiamemory.com '''Virginia Memory'''] website.
*Additional digital collections are available on the Library's [https://virginiamemory.com '''Virginia Memory'''] website including the [http://www.virginiamemory.com/collections/chancery/ Chancery Records Index], [http://virginiachronicle.com/ Virginia Chronicle] (newspapers), [http://www.virginiamemory.com/collections/aan/ Virginia Untold: the African American Narrative].
 
'''Guides & Indexes'''


*[http://www.lva.virginia.gov/agencies/ccrp/ Circuit Court Records Preservation Program] Page dedicated to the Program and access to various links. For example: [http://www.lva.virginia.gov/public/virginia.asp County and City Records] - online guides and databases to county and city records available at the Library of Virginia, including court, land, vital, and probate records.
* The Library provides a collection of [https://www.lva.virginia.gov/public/using_collections.asp#_guides research guides] for our print, newspaper, manuscript, and archival collections.


===Tips===
'''Tips'''


*Many items in the Library's collections are as Tiff images.&nbsp; Your computer will need to recognize and handle the .tif images properly.&nbsp; [http://www.lva.virginia.gov/public/tifftips.htm How to configure your computer for Tiff files].
*Many items in the Library's collections are as Tiff images.&nbsp; Your computer will need to recognize and handle the .tif images properly.&nbsp; [http://www.lva.virginia.gov/public/tifftips.htm How to configure your computer for Tiff files].
*Ordering Materials. Pre-paid service fee required. [http://www.lva.virginia.gov/public/order.asp Orders can be placed online, by mail, by telephone, or by fax.]
*Ordering Materials. Pre-paid service fee required. [http://www.lva.virginia.gov/public/order.asp Orders can be placed online, by mail, by telephone, or by fax.]
*Please also check our calendar to ensure the Library will be open and available to the public during your planned visit.


=Guides=
'''Additional Resources'''


*[http://www.lva.virginia.gov/public/guides/guide_census.htm Guide to Census Records]
*[https://www.lva.virginia.gov/public/using_collections.asp#_guides List of Guides]. These items are available for example: Research guides; Newspaper guides; Census Records Guides; Civil War guides.
*[http://www.lva.virginia.gov/public/guides/rn16_biographical.htm The Library of Virginia Using the Collections Guide].
*John S. Salmon, comp.. ''A Guide to State Records in the Archives Branch''. (Richmond, Virginia: Virginia State Library, 1985). {{FHL|478979|item|disp=FHL book 975.5 A3sj}}
*John S. Salmon, comp.. ''A Guide to State Records in the Archives Branch''. (Richmond, Virginia: Virginia State Library, 1985). {{FHL|478979|item|disp=FHL book 975.5 A3sj}}
*Suzanne Smith Ray, ''A Preliminary Guide to Pre- 1904 County Records in the Archives Branch, Virginia State Library and Archives''. (Richmond, Virginia: Library and Archives, [1988?]). {{FHL|626107|item|disp=FHL book 975.5 A3r}}
*Suzanne Smith Ray, ''A Preliminary Guide to Pre- 1904 County Records in the Archives Branch, Virginia State Library and Archives''. (Richmond, Virginia: Library and Archives, [1988?]). {{FHL|626107|item|disp=FHL book 975.5 A3r}}
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*Virginia State Library. Archives and Records Division. ''Annual Reports of Archival Accessions''. (Richmond, Virginia: Library and Archives, 1971–). {{FHL|939150|item|disp=FHL book 975.5 A35v}}
*Virginia State Library. Archives and Records Division. ''Annual Reports of Archival Accessions''. (Richmond, Virginia: Library and Archives, 1971–). {{FHL|939150|item|disp=FHL book 975.5 A35v}}


===Alternate Repositories===
'''Other Repositories'''
 
If you cannot visit or find a record at the&nbsp;'''''{{PAGENAME}}''''', a similar record may be available at one of the following.
 
'''''Similar Collections'''''<br>
 
*[[Family History Library|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.<br>
 
'''''Neighboring Collections'''''<br>


*[[Virginia Historical Society]], .
* [https://www.virginiahistory.org/ Virginia Museum of History and Culture], Richmond, VA - A major repository, research, and teaching center for Virginia history.
*[[National Archives and Records Administration|National Archives I]], Washington DC, census, pre-WWI military service &amp; pensions, passenger lists, naturalizations, passports, federal bounty land, homesteads, bankruptcy, ethnic sources, prisons, and federal employees.<br>
* [https://thevalentine.org/ The Valentine], Richmond, VA -  Museum dedicated to collecting, preserving and interpreting Richmond's history.
*[[Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) Library|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.<br>
*[http://www.msa.md.gov/ Maryland State Archives], census, court, church, vital, military, probate, land, tax, immigration, naturalizations.


===Sources===
*[[Family History Library|Family History Library]], Salt Lake City, UT -  Library has 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]], Fort Wayne, IN - Premier genealogical periodical collection, genealogies, local histories, databases, military records, census records, directories, and passenger lists.


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*[[National Archives and Records Administration|National Archives I]], Washington, DC - Census, pre-WWI military service &amp; pensions, passenger lists, naturalizations, passports, federal bounty land, homesteads, bankruptcy, ethnic sources, prisons, and federal employees.
*[[Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) Library|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.
*[http://www.msa.md.gov/ Maryland State Archives], Annapolis, MD - Census, court, church, vital, military, probate, land, tax, immigration, and naturalizations.


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Library of Virginia
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Collection Description[edit | edit source]

Has a historical map collection, Virginia Land Office Patents and Grants, Dunmore's War Collection, and Blandford Cemetery Survey Records Collection. Also, books, periodicals, government publications, state newspapers from 1736 to present, Virginia state records from the colony's founding through the present, architectural drawings and plans, manuscripts, archival records, rare books, prints and photographs, and fine art. 

Contact Information[edit | edit source]

Library of Virginia

800 E. Broad Street

Richmond, VA 23219

Telephone (lobby): 804-692-3500

Library Reference: 804-692-3777

Archives Reference: 804-692-3888
Fax: 804-692-3556


Hours
Tuesday through Friday, 10:00 a.m. until 4:00 p.m. by appointment only.

Holidays

  • Please check our News & Events Calendar for any changes to our regular hours due to holiday closings, special events, or inclement weather. The Library is closed often during a given month for various reasons.

Planning Your Visit

  • Please see our Visitors Guide for everything you need to know before coming to the Library including directions, parking, collection access policies, use of microfilm scanners, and more.


Website and Catalog

Databases & eBooks

All visitors to the Library have access to an extensive collection of research databases. The Library of Virginia is a FamilySearch affiliate library which enables onsite users to have access to 400 million digitized records that are otherwise only available at LDS Church family history centers. Virginia residents can register for an online library account to access many databases from home.

Digital Collections

  • Digital collections in the catalog include: land records; vital records; Virginia Death Indexing; Henley Marriage/Obituary Index to Virginia Newspapers; Marriage and Obituary Index for Richmond Enquirer/Richmond Visitor; Petersburg Public Library Newspaper Index; Probate Records; Index to Wills and Administrations; Church Records; Bristol Church and Family Cemeteries Index; Military Records; Virginia Colonial Records Project; Coats of Arms; Index to Sources on Family Coats of Arms; Biographies; WPA Life Histories Collection.
  • Additional digital collections are available on the Library's Virginia Memory website including the Chancery Records Index, Virginia Chronicle (newspapers), Virginia Untold: the African American Narrative.

Guides & Indexes

  • The Library provides a collection of research guides for our print, newspaper, manuscript, and archival collections.

Tips

Additional Resources

  • John S. Salmon, comp.. A Guide to State Records in the Archives Branch. (Richmond, Virginia: Virginia State Library, 1985). FHL book 975.5 A3sj
  • Suzanne Smith Ray, A Preliminary Guide to Pre- 1904 County Records in the Archives Branch, Virginia State Library and Archives. (Richmond, Virginia: Library and Archives, [1988?]). FHL book 975.5 A3r
  • Lyndon H. Hart, A Preliminary Guide to Pre-1904 Municipal Records in the Archives Branch, Virginia State Library and Archives. (Richmond, Virginia Library and Archives, [1988?]). FHL book 975.5 A3h)
  • Virginia State Library. Archives and Records Division. Annual Reports of Archival Accessions. (Richmond, Virginia: Library and Archives, 1971–). FHL book 975.5 A35v

Other Repositories

  • Family History Library, Salt Lake City, UT - Library has 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, Fort Wayne, IN - Premier genealogical periodical collection, genealogies, local histories, databases, military records, census records, directories, and passenger lists.
  • 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, Annapolis, MD - Census, court, church, vital, military, probate, land, tax, immigration, and naturalizations.
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Topics
Counties
Accomack • Albemarle • Alleghany • Amelia • Amherst • Appomattox • Arlington • Augusta • Bath • Bedford • Bland • Botetourt • Brunswick • Buchanan • Buckingham • Campbell • Caroline • Carroll • Charles City • Charlotte • Chesterfield • Clarke • Craig • Culpeper • Cumberland • Dickenson • Dinwiddie • Essex • Fairfax • Fauquier • Floyd • Fluvanna • Franklin • Frederick • Giles • Gloucester • Goochland • Grayson • Greene • Greensville • Halifax • Hanover • Henrico • Henry • Highland • Isle of Wight • James City • King and Queen • King George • King William • Lancaster • Lee • Loudoun • Louisa • Lunenburg • Madison • Mathews • Mecklenburg • Middlesex • Montgomery • Nelson • New Kent • Northampton • Northumberland • Nottoway • Orange • Page • Patrick • Pittsylvania • Powhatan • Prince Edward • Prince George • Prince William • Pulaski • Rappahannock (New) • Richmond • Roanoke • Rockbridge • Rockingham • Russell • Scott • Shenandoah • Smyth • Southampton • Spotsylvania • Stafford • Surry • Sussex • Tazewell • Warren • Washington • Westmoreland • Wise • Wythe • York
Independent
Cities
Extinct Counties/Cities
Counties
gone to KY
Counties
gone to WV
Barbour • Berkeley • Boone • Braxton • Brooke • Cabell • Calhoun • Clay • Doddridge • Fayette • Gilmer • Greenbrier • Hampshire • Hancock • Hardy • Harrison • Jackson • Jefferson • Kanawha • Lewis • Logan • Marion • Marshall • Mason • McDowell • Mercer • Monongalia • Monroe • Morgan • Nicholas • Ohio • Pendleton • Pleasants • Pocahontas • Preston • Putnam • Raleigh • Randolph • Ritchie • Roane • Taylor • Tucker • Tyler • Upshur • Wayne • Webster • Wetzel • Wirt • Wood • Wyoming
Colonial
Parishes
Abingdon • Accomac • Accomack • Albemarle • Amherst • Antrim • Appomattox • Argall's Gift • Augusta • Bath • Beckford • Berkeley • Blisland • Blount Point • Botetourt • Boutracy • Bristol • Bromfield • Brunswick • Bruton • Camden • Cameron • Charles City • Charles • Charles River • Chickacoan • Chickahominy • Chippokes • Chiskiack • Chotank • Christ Church (Lancaster Co.) • Christ Church (Middlesex Co.) • Chuckatuck • Cople • Cornwall • Cumberland • Dale • Denbigh • Dettingen • Drysdale • East • Elizabeth City • Elizabeth River • Fairfax • Fairfield • Farnham • Flowerdew Hundred • Fluvanna • Frederick • Fredericksville • Hamilton • Hampton • Hanover • Harrop • Henrico • Hog Island • Hungars • James City • Jordan's Journey • Kecoughtan • Kingston • King William • Lancaster • Lawnes Creek • Lee • Leeds • Lexington • Littleton • Lower (Elizabeth City Co.) • Lower (Isle of Wight Co.) • Lower (Lancaster Co.) • Lower (Nansemond Co.) • Lower (Northampton Co.) • Lower (Stafford Co.) • Lower (Upper Norfolk Co.) • Lower Suffolk • Lunenburg • Lynnhaven • Machodick • Manchester • Marston • Martin's Brandon • Martin's Hundred • Meherrin • Middle Plantation • Middletowne • Montgomery • Mulberry Island • New Poquoson • Newport • Nomini • Norborne • Northampton • North Farnham • Nottoway (Prince Edward Co.) • Nottoway (Southampton Co.) • Nutmeg Quarter • Occohannock • Overwharton • Patrick • Petsworth • Piankatank • Piscataway • Poropotank • Portsmouth • Potomac • Raleigh • Richmond • Rockbridge • Rockingham • Russell • St. Andrew's • St. Anne's (Albemarle Co.) • St. Anne's (Essex and Caroline Cos.) • St. Asaph's • St. Brides • St. David's • St. George's (Accomack Co.) • St. George's (Spotsylvania Co.) • St. James Northam • St. James Southam • St. James's (Goochland Co.) • St. James's (Mecklenburg Co.) • St. John's • St. Luke's • St. Margaret's • St. Mark's • St. Martin's • St. Mary's • St. Mary's Whitechapel • St. Patrick's • St. Paul's (Hanover Co.) • St. Paul's (King George Co.) • St. Peter's • St. Stephen's (King and Queen Co.) • St. Stephen's (Northumberland Co.) • St. Thomas • Shelburne • Sittenburne • Smith's Hundred • South • Southampton • South Farnham • Southwark • Stafford • Stanley Hundred • Stratton Major • Suffolk • Tillotson • Trinity (Lancaster Co.) • Trinity (Louisa Co.) • Truro • Upper (Elizabeth City Co.) • Upper (Isle of Wight Co.) • Upper (Lancaster Co.) • Upper (Nansemond Co.) • Upper (Northampton Co.) • Upper (Stafford Co.) • Upper Suffolk • Varina • Wallingford • Ware • Warrosquyoake • Warwick • Washington (Westmoreland Co.) • Washington (Washington Co.) • Waters Creek • West • West and Shirley • Westbury • Westover • Weyanoke • Wicomico • Wilmington • York • Yorkhampton
Major
Repositories
Bristol Public Library · Germanna Foundation Library · Handley Regional Library · Historical Society of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA) · Historical Society of Washington, D.C. · John D. Rockefeller Jr. Library at Colonial Williamsburg · Jones Memorial Library · Library of Congress (Washington, DC) · Library of Virginia · Mary Ball Washington Museum and Library · Maryland State Archives (Annapolis, MD) · National Archives I (Washington, DC) · National Archives II (College Park, MD) · National Archives at Philadelphia (PA) · National Genealogical Society · New York Public Library (New York City, NY) · Pennsylvania State Archives (Harrisburg, PA) · Portsmouth Public Library · Roanoke County Public Library · Salisbury University Edward H. Nabb Research Center for Delmarva History and Culture (Salisbury, MD) · Santa Cruz Public Library Downtown (Santa Cruz, CA) · University of Virginia Library · Virginia Department of Health · Virginia Historical Society · Virginia Theological Seminary · Washington National Records Center (Suitland, MD) · William and Mary College Swem Library
Migration
Routes
Routes: Chesapeake Bay • James River • Potomac River • Rappahannock River • York River • Chesapeake and Ohio Canal • Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad • Fall Line Road (or Southern Road) • Great Indian Warpath • Great Trading Path • Great Valley Road • Kanawha Trail • King's Highway • National Road (Cumberland Road) • New River and Southern Trail • Occaneechi Path • Old Cherokee Path • Old Northwestern Turnpike • Pamunkey-New River Trail • Pioneer Road • Richmond Road • Richmond-Williamsburg Road • Saura-Saponi Trail • Secondary Coast Road • Upper Road • Wilderness Road • Wilmington, Highpoint, and Northern Trail • Ports: Atlantic Coast Ports • Accomack • Alexandria • Belvoir Plantation • Bermuda Hundred • Dumfries • Falmouth • Fredericksburg • Hampton • Jamestown • Leedstown • Norfolk • Port Royal • Portsmouth • South Quay • Suffolk • Tappahannock (aka Hobb's Hole) • Urbanna • Williamsburg • Yorktown


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