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===Contact Information=== | |||
''' | '''Email:''' [https://www.virginiahistory.org/contact-us/staff-directory Staff Directory]<br> [mailto:Jmcclure@VirginiaHistory.org jmcclure@VirginiaHistory.org] (John McClure, Director of Research & Publications)<br> | ||
''' | '''Address:'''[https://www.virginiahistory.org/your-visit Visit the Virginia Museum of History and Culture]<br> | ||
''' | {{Block indent|Virginia Museum of History and Culture}} | ||
{{Block indent|428 North Arthur Ashe Boulevard}} | |||
{{Block indent|Richmond, Virginia 23220}} | |||
'''Telephone:'''[https://www.virginiahistory.org/your-visit/visiting-do-research/getting-access-and-what-bring Contact Us] | |||
{{Block indent|• Main: 804.340.1800<br>}} | |||
{{Block indent|• Library: 804.342.9677<br>}} | |||
{{Block indent|• Genealogy information: 804.342.9649<br>}} | |||
{{Block indent|• Fax: 804.355.2399<br>}} | |||
Librarians can also provide limited assistance to researchers over the phone 804.342.9677 or through their online form [https://www.virginiahistory.org/collections/how-we-can-help-your-research Research Assistance]<br><br>'''Hours:''' Monday - Saturday: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., closed federal holidays. | |||
*Parking: Free parking in the VHS lot behind the museum. | |||
*[https://www.virginiahistory.org/your-visit Map and Directions to the Virginia Historical Society]<br> | |||
'''Internet sites and databases:''' <br> | '''Internet sites and databases:''' <br> | ||
*[ | *[https://www.virginiahistory.org/collections/how-we-can-help-your-research Virginia Historical Society/Virginia Museum of People and Culture home page]. Research, Exhibitions, Education, Visit, Membership, Giving, Publications, News & Events, About the VHS, Museum and Shop, Virginia House, Contact Us, Social Media sites, Calendar, Enews, and donate. | ||
*[ | *[https://www.virginiahistory.org/collections-and-resources/how-we-can-help-your-research/looking-people Genealogical Research]. | ||
*[ | *{{WC}}[https://virginiahistory.org/research/collections Search the Collections] | ||
*[https://www.virginiahistory.org/collections/virginia-magazine-history-biography Virginia Magazine of History and Biography], tables of contents, indexes, online access tips | |||
*[https://www.virginiahistory.org/collections/unknown-no-longer-database-virginia-slave-names "Unknown No Longer."] A Database of Virginia Slave Names. | |||
=== Collection Description | ===Collection Description=== | ||
*The VHS does have numerous materials and collections helpful to genealogists, such as access to Ancestry.com; various indexes such as Virginia Historical Index; Census Records; Land Records; Ship Passenger Lists and Immigration Lists; Military Records; Wills; Vital records and Obituaries; county court records and histories; Bible records; genealogical notes; newspapers; bound serials, maps; 19th–21st-century photographs; and African-American genealogy. | |||
===Tips=== | |||
*It should be noted that most of our collections have not been digitized and thus are not available for viewing online. Please note that we have closed stacks. This means that researchers must fill out call slips in order to request and examine materials from the library collections. [http://www.vahistorical.org/research/procedures.htm More information about library procedures.]<br> | |||
*The VHS researchers can provide [https://www.virginiahistory.org/collections-and-resources/how-we-can-help-your-research/paying-research Research Services] (maximum of one hour) for a prepaid fee of $30.00. This includes a limited number of photocopies.<br> | |||
**Fill out this [https://www.virginiahistory.org/collections-and-resources/how-we-can-help-your-research/paying-research/research-services-request research form].<br> | |||
*Submit your [https://www.virginiahistory.org/collections/photocopies-and-digital-reproductions Request] for photocopies of library and manuscript materials online.<br> | |||
===Guides=== | |||
*[http://www.vahistorical.org/research/genealogy.htm Genealogy at VHS] Ancestry.com, indexes, censuses, land, passenger lists, military, wills, marriages, courts, Bible records, births and deaths, newspapers, maps, African American genealogy. | |||
*[http://www.vahistorical.org/publications/books.htm Books and Research Guides at the VHS] | |||
*[http://www.vahistorical.org/research/main.htm Research Guides] African American, Civil War, Genealogy, Finding aids, photographs, Richmond properties.<br> | |||
=== Alternate Repositories | ===Alternate Repositories=== | ||
If you cannot visit or find a record at the | If you cannot visit or find a record at the '''''{{PAGENAME}}''''', a similar record may be available at one of the following. | ||
'''''Similar Collections'''''<br> | '''''Similar Collections'''''<br> | ||
*[ | *[https://www.familysearch.org/en/library/ FamilySearch 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> | ||
'''''Neighboring Collections'''''<br> | '''''Neighboring Collections'''''<br> | ||
*[[Library of Virginia]], digital sources, databases, vital, military, newspapers, periodicals, tax, history, land records. | *[[Library of Virginia]], digital sources, databases, vital, military, newspapers, periodicals, tax, history, land records. | ||
*[[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> | ||
*[ | *[https://msa.maryland.gov/ Maryland State Archives], census, court, church, vital, military, probate, land, tax, immigration, naturalizations. | ||
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Latest revision as of 10:16, 20 August 2025
 Contact InformationEmail: Staff Directory Address:Visit the Virginia Museum of History and Culture Telephone:Contact Us Librarians can also provide limited assistance to researchers over the phone 804.342.9677 or through their online form Research Assistance
Internet sites and databases:
Collection Description
Tips
Guides
Alternate RepositoriesIf you cannot visit or find a record at the Virginia Historical Society, a similar record may be available at one of the following. Similar Collections
Neighboring Collections
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