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''[[United States|United States]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Virginia]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Virginia Archives and Libraries| | ''[[United States|United States]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Virginia]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Virginia Archives and Libraries|Archives and Libraries]][[Image:Gotoarrow.png]][[Library_of_Virginia|Library of Virginia]]'' <br> | ||
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=== Collection Description === | === Collection Description === | ||
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. <ref>[http://www.lva.virginia.gov/public/using_collections.asp Using the Collections] at Library of Virginia] (accessed October 2012).</ref><br> | 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. <ref>[http://www.lva.virginia.gov/public/using_collections.asp Using the Collections] at Library of Virginia] (accessed October 2012).</ref><br> | ||
=== Tips === | === Tips === | ||
*Many items in the Library's collections are as Tiff images. Your computer will need to recognize and handle the .tif images properly. [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. Your computer will need to recognize and handle the .tif images properly. [http://www.lva.virginia.gov/public/tifftips.htm How to configure your computer for Tiff files]. | ||
*Ordering Materials. Pre-paid service fee required. | *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. | *Please also check our calendar to ensure the Library will be open and available to the public during your planned visit. | ||
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*[http://www.lva.virginia.gov/public/guides/guide_census.htm Guide to Census Records] | *[http://www.lva.virginia.gov/public/guides/guide_census.htm Guide to Census Records] | ||
*[http://www.lva.virginia.gov/search.asp?cx=003101711403383086340%3Axhathpp67to&cof=FORID%3A11&q=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/search.asp?cx=003101711403383086340%3Axhathpp67to&cof=FORID%3A11&q=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]. | *[http://www.lva.virginia.gov/public/guides/rn16_biographical.htm The Library of Virginia Using the Collections Guide]. | ||
*[http://anquestory.com/take-me-back-to-olde-virginie-no-fee-on-line-resources-for-genealogical-research/ Guide to Library of Virginia Website for Genealogists] by Anquestory. | *[http://anquestory.com/take-me-back-to-olde-virginie-no-fee-on-line-resources-for-genealogical-research/ Guide to Library of Virginia Website for Genealogists] by Anquestory. | ||
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If you cannot visit or find a record at the '''''{{PAGENAME}}''''', a similar record may be available at one of the following. | 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> | ||
*[[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, Mormon records. | *[[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, Mormon records. | ||
*[[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> | ||
*[[Virginia Historical Society]], . | *[[Virginia Historical Society]], . | ||
*[[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. | *[http://www.msa.md.gov/ Maryland State Archives], census, court, church, vital, military, probate, land, tax, immigration, naturalizations. | ||
=== Sources === | === Sources === | ||
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[[Category:Virginia_Repositories]] [[Category:Virginia]] | [[Category:Virginia_Repositories]] [[Category:Virginia]] | ||