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=== History === | === History === | ||
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==== Founded ==== | ==== Founded ==== | ||
*1732 from [[North Farnham Parish, Virginia|North Farnham Parish]] <ref>Freddie Spradlin, [ | *1732 from [[North Farnham Parish, Virginia|North Farnham Parish]] <ref>Freddie Spradlin, [https://freepages.rootsweb.com/~grannyapple/genealogy/HANCOCK/VA%20Colonial%20Parishes.html "Parishes of Virginia,"] VAGenWeb, accessed 29 January 2011; [https://usgenwebsites.org/vagenweb/hening/ ''Hening's Statutes at Large;''] Emily J. Salmon and Edward D.C. Campbell Jr., ''The Hornbook of Virginia History'' (Richmond: Library of Virginia, 1994).</ref> | ||
=== Resources === | === Resources === | ||
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==== Cemetery ==== | ==== Cemetery ==== | ||
{{ | {{Findagrave|2344282|Lower Lunenburg Parish Cemetery}} | ||
==== Parish History ==== | |||
Meade's 1861 history of Lunenburg Parish is available [http://archive.org/stream/oldchurchesminis02meaduoft#page/172/mode/2up online.]<ref name="meade">William Meade, ''Old Churches, Ministers and Families of Virginia'', 2 vols. (Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott and Co., 1861). Digital versions at Internet Archive: [https://www.archive.org/details/oldchurchesminis01meaduoft Vol. I] and [http://archive.org/details/oldchurchesminis02meaduoft Vol. II].</ref> | |||
==== Parish Records ==== | ==== Parish Records ==== | ||
*'''1783-1800''' - Lunenburg Parish Christening Index 1783-1800. Batch {{IGI|C505341}} at FamilySearch - free.<ref | *'''1783-1800''' - Lunenburg Parish Christening Index 1783-1800. Batch {{IGI|C505341}} at FamilySearch - free.<ref>Genealogical Society of Utah, ''Parish and Vital Records List'' (July 1998). Microfiche. Digital version at [[Media:Igivirginia.pdf|https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/images/3/37/Igivirginia.pdf]].</ref> | ||
*'''1783-1800''' - King, George Harrison Sanford. ''The Registers of North Farnham Parish, 1663 - 1814 and Lunenburg Parish, 1783 - 1800, Richmond County, Virginia''. Fredericksburg, Virginia, 1966. {{ | *'''1783-1800''' - King, George Harrison Sanford. ''The Registers of North Farnham Parish, 1663 - 1814 and Lunenburg Parish, 1783 - 1800, Richmond County, Virginia''. Fredericksburg, Virginia, 1966. {{FSC|91196|item}}; digital book available at [https://www.myheritage.com/research/collection-68733/the-registers-of-north-farnham-parish-1663-1814-lunenburg-parish MyHeritage] ($). | ||
== Websites == | == Websites == | ||
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*[http://www.hmdb.org/marker.asp?marker=23530 Saint John's Church], The Historical Marker Database | *[http://www.hmdb.org/marker.asp?marker=23530 Saint John's Church], The Historical Marker Database | ||
== References | == References == | ||
<references /><br>{{Virginia|Virginia}} | <references /><br>{{Virginia|Virginia}} | ||
[[Category: | [[Category:Richmond_County,_Virginia]] | ||
[[Category:Virginia Parishes]] | |||
Latest revision as of 13:33, 16 July 2025
History[edit | edit source]
Lunenburg Parish has served Richmond County, Virginia. The parish's Lower Church was later called St. John's Church.[1]
Founded[edit | edit source]
- 1732 from North Farnham Parish [2]
Resources[edit | edit source]
Cemetery[edit | edit source]
- Findagrave is an international database of cemetery interments. In some cases there are photographs and comments regarding the deceased's family. It is a collaborative project, meaning any volunteer may add names and photos. As of 2016 it contained over 150 million burial records and 75 million photos. [3]
Parish History[edit | edit source]
Meade's 1861 history of Lunenburg Parish is available online.[4]
Parish Records[edit | edit source]
- 1783-1800 - King, George Harrison Sanford. The Registers of North Farnham Parish, 1663 - 1814 and Lunenburg Parish, 1783 - 1800, Richmond County, Virginia. Fredericksburg, Virginia, 1966. FS Catalog Collection; digital book available at MyHeritage ($).
Websites[edit | edit source]
- Saint John's Church, The Historical Marker Database
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ Saint John's Church, The Historical Marker Database
- ↑ Freddie Spradlin, "Parishes of Virginia," VAGenWeb, accessed 29 January 2011; Hening's Statutes at Large; Emily J. Salmon and Edward D.C. Campbell Jr., The Hornbook of Virginia History (Richmond: Library of Virginia, 1994).
- ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Find_a_Grave
- ↑ William Meade, Old Churches, Ministers and Families of Virginia, 2 vols. (Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott and Co., 1861). Digital versions at Internet Archive: Vol. I and Vol. II.
- ↑ Genealogical Society of Utah, Parish and Vital Records List (July 1998). Microfiche. Digital version at https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/images/3/37/Igivirginia.pdf.