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==== Virginia ==== | ==== Virginia ==== | ||
'''E-mail:''' <br> | |||
'''Address:''' | '''Address:''' | ||
:Virginia | :Virginia Historical Society | ||
:428 North | :428 North Boulevard | ||
:Richmond, Virginia 23220 | :Richmond, Virginia 23220 | ||
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'''Public transportation, maps, and directions:''' <br> | '''Public transportation, maps, and directions:''' <br> | ||
*[ | *[http://www.vahistorical.org/visit/directions_vahouse.htm Directions to Virginia House] | ||
{{Wikipedia|Virginia Historical Society}} | {{Wikipedia|Virginia Historical Society}} | ||
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'''Internet sites and databases:''' <br> | '''Internet sites and databases:''' <br> | ||
*[http:// | *[http://vhs3.vahistorical.org/star/x.starmarc.html Virginia Historical Society Catalog Online] | ||
*[ | *[http://www.vahistorical.org/ Virginia Historical Society home page] | ||
*[ | *[http://www.vahistorical.org/publications/past_issues.htm Virginia Magazine of History and Biography], tables of contents, indexes, online access tips | ||
==== West Virginia ==== | ==== West Virginia ==== | ||
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==== Internet Sites ==== | ==== Internet Sites ==== | ||
*[ | *[http://www.wvculture.org/history/wvhssoc.html West Virginia Historical Society] | ||
*[ | *[http://www.wvculture.org/history/histsocs.html West Virginia Historical, Genealogical, and Preservation Societies] | ||
*[ | *[http://westernvahistory.org/ Historical Society of Western Virginia] | ||
=== Collection Description === | === Collection Description === | ||
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=== Tips === | === Tips === | ||
Admission to the research library and museum is free.<ref name="visit">"Visit the VHS," ''Virginia | Admission to the research library and museum is free.<ref name="visit">"Visit the VHS," ''Virginia Historical Society,'' http://www.vahistorical.org/visit/location.htm, accessed 10 February 2012.</ref> | ||
=== Guides === | === Guides === | ||
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'''''Similar Collections'''''<br> | '''''Similar Collections'''''<br> | ||
*[https://www.familysearch.org/ | *[https://www.familysearch.org/family-history-library/welcome-to-the-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> | *[[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> | ||
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*[[National Archives and Records Administration|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.<br> | *[[National Archives and Records Administration|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.<br> | ||
*[[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> | *[[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 === | === Sources === | ||
Revision as of 11:06, 6 December 2022
Contact Information[edit | edit source]Virginia[edit | edit source]E-mail: Address:
Telephone: 804-358-4901 Hours: Mon. to Sat. 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., closed federal holidays[1] Public transportation, maps, and directions: Internet sites and databases:
West Virginia[edit | edit source]
Internet Sites[edit | edit source]Collection Description[edit | edit source]Good place to start researching West Virginia ancestors. Original manuscripts, biographies, county histories, and tax records,[2] family folders, birth, marriages, deaths, maps, naturalizations, newspapers, periodicals, photos, directories, and county court records.[3] Tips[edit | edit source]Admission to the research library and museum is free.[1] Guides[edit | edit source]Alternate Repositories[edit | edit source]If you cannot visit or find a record at the West Virginia Archives and History, a similar record may be available at one of the following. Similar Collections
Neighboring Collections
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