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Transported individuals were not indexed by the Library of Virginia in their database. In order to find your immigrant listed in these records, search for the name of the person who claimed land for their importation. | Transported individuals were not indexed by the Library of Virginia in their database. In order to find your immigrant listed in these records, search for the name of the person who claimed land for their importation. | ||
1. If you do not know the claimant's name, check in published abstracts: [[Virginia_Land_and_Property#Abstracts|Nugent | 1. If you do not know the claimant's name, check in published abstracts: [[Virginia_Land_and_Property#Abstracts|Nugent]]. | ||
2. Search for the name of the person who received the land in the [http://lva1.hosted.exlibrisgroup.com/F/8QAKSVPB7GDIIC2HBGTPS3TF425PR5KS5AH7KDA2EU5R52DMDI-69437?func=file&file_name=find-m-lva01 online search engine]. (Tip: Highlight "Virginia Land Office Patents and Grants" before you search).<br>3. When you find the correct record, the unindexed headrights will be visible on the scanned image of the document. | 2. Search for the name of the person who received the land in the [http://lva1.hosted.exlibrisgroup.com/F/8QAKSVPB7GDIIC2HBGTPS3TF425PR5KS5AH7KDA2EU5R52DMDI-69437?func=file&file_name=find-m-lva01 online search engine]. (Tip: Highlight "Virginia Land Office Patents and Grants" before you search).<br>3. When you find the correct record, the unindexed headrights will be visible on the scanned image of the document. | ||
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Headright grants and land patents to 1800 have been indexed and published in: | Headright grants and land patents to 1800 have been indexed and published in: | ||
*Nugent, Nell Marion. ''Cavaliers and Pioneers: Abstracts of Virginia Land Patents and Grants''. 8 vols. Richmond, Va.: Dietz Print.: Virginia State Library: Virginia Genealogical Society, 1934-2005. {{FSC|76227|item|disp=FS Library Books 975.5 R2n v. 1-8}}. Volume 1 has been digitized by [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=48408 Ancestry] ($) and [http://archive.org/details/cavalierspioneer00nuge Internet Archive] | *Nugent, Nell Marion. ''Cavaliers and Pioneers: Abstracts of Virginia Land Patents and Grants''. 8 vols. Richmond, Va.: Dietz Print.: Virginia State Library: Virginia Genealogical Society, 1934-2005. {{FSC|76227|item|disp=FS Library Books 975.5 R2n v. 1-8}}. Volume 1 has been digitized by [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=48408 Ancestry] ($) and [http://archive.org/details/cavalierspioneer00nuge Internet Archive]. Helps determine residence, immigrants, and sometimes relationships. | ||
Northern Neck Proprietors maintained their own records:<br> | Northern Neck Proprietors maintained their own records:<br> | ||
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*Foley, Louise P. H. ''Early Virginia Families Along the James River''. . . . Two Volumes. Richmond, Virginia: Louise P. H. Foley, 1974. {{FSC|76582|item|disp=FS Library Book 975.5 R2f; Film 1036802 item 5; Fiche 6046679}}. Helps locate pre-revolutionary families in Henrico, Goochland, Prince George, and Charles City counties. | *Foley, Louise P. H. ''Early Virginia Families Along the James River''. . . . Two Volumes. Richmond, Virginia: Louise P. H. Foley, 1974. {{FSC|76582|item|disp=FS Library Book 975.5 R2f; Film 1036802 item 5; Fiche 6046679}}. Helps locate pre-revolutionary families in Henrico, Goochland, Prince George, and Charles City counties. | ||
*''Virginia Military Bounty Land in the Northwest Territory''. Signal Mountain, Tenn.: Mountain Press, 2010. | *''Virginia Military Bounty Land in the Northwest Territory''. Signal Mountain, Tenn.: Mountain Press, 2010. [http://www.mountainpress.com/books/va/details/va-0717w.html Online surname index]. Identifies Virginia Revolutionary War Patriots who received bounty land in the "Territory North of the River Ohio." | ||
Reprints and an index of many colonial land records dating from the 1600s to 1834 that were originally published in periodicals are in: | Reprints and an index of many colonial land records dating from the 1600s to 1834 that were originally published in periodicals are in: | ||
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*Ward, Roger G. ''1815 Directory of Virginia Landowners and Gazetteer''. 6 vols. Athens, Ga.: Iberian Pub. Co., 1997-2000. {{FSC|692063|item|disp=FS Library Books 975 E4w v. 1-v. 6}}.<br> | *Ward, Roger G. ''1815 Directory of Virginia Landowners and Gazetteer''. 6 vols. Athens, Ga.: Iberian Pub. Co., 1997-2000. {{FSC|692063|item|disp=FS Library Books 975 E4w v. 1-v. 6}}.<br> | ||
The [[Virginia Taxation]] article provides further information about quitrent and other records that help identify | The [[Virginia Taxation]] article provides further information about quitrent and other records that help identify Virginia landowners. | ||
===History=== | ===History=== | ||
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*Robinson, W. Stitt. ''Mother Earth—Land Grants in Virginia, 1607-1699''. Williamsburg: 350th Anniversary Celebration Corp., 1957. {{FSC|64845|item|disp=FS Library Book 975.5 A1 no. 81}}. | *Robinson, W. Stitt. ''Mother Earth—Land Grants in Virginia, 1607-1699''. Williamsburg: 350th Anniversary Celebration Corp., 1957. {{FSC|64845|item|disp=FS Library Book 975.5 A1 no. 81}}. | ||
==Transfers of Land between Individuals== | ==Transfers of Land between Individuals== | ||