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:This is one of the largest research libraries in the world including excellent genealogical resources for Virginia. The library has city and telephone directories, vital records indexes, local histories, genealogies, federal and state censuses, passenger lists, genealogical collections (including DAR transcripts), and church records.<ref name="DB81">Dollarhide and Bremer, 81.</ref> For maps, try the Map Division at the same address.<br><br> | :This is one of the largest research libraries in the world including excellent genealogical resources for Virginia. The library has city and telephone directories, vital records indexes, local histories, genealogies, federal and state censuses, passenger lists, genealogical collections (including DAR transcripts), and church records.<ref name="DB81">Dollarhide and Bremer, 81.</ref> For maps, try the Map Division at the same address.<br><br> | ||
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[[Image:Library of Virginia.jpg|right|250px|Library of Virginia.jpg]]'''[[Library of Virginia]]''' <br>800 East Broad Street <br>Richmond, VA 23219-8000<br>Telephone: 804-692-3500 <br>Fax: 804-692-3556<br>E-mail: [http://www.lva.virginia.gov/about/contact.asp Contact Us] Select department to open dialog box.<br>Internet: http://www.lva.virginia.gov/ <br><br> | [[Image:Library of Virginia.jpg|right|250px|Library of Virginia.jpg]]'''[[Library of Virginia]]''' <br>800 East Broad Street <br>Richmond, VA 23219-8000<br>Telephone: 804-692-3500 <br>Fax: 804-692-3556<br>E-mail: [http://www.lva.virginia.gov/about/contact.asp Contact Us] Select department to open dialog box.<br>Internet: http://www.lva.virginia.gov/ <br><br> | ||
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:Their large genealogical collection has family Bibles, birth, marriages, deaths, divorces, histories, biographies, and newspapers. Many of their manuscripts are now online. The '''''General Library''''' contains printed materials, while the '''''Research and Information Services Division''''' consists of government records and other historical documents. Many collections are available '''''online''''', such as Confederate pensions, veterans and widows, an index to wills and administrations, Revolutionary War bounty land, and Virginia Land Office patents and grants.<ref name="DB97" /> <ref>[http://www.lva.virginia.gov/public/using_collections.asp#_guides Using the Collections] in ''Library of Virginia'' (accessed 7 January 2014).</ref><br><br> | :Their large genealogical collection has family Bibles, birth, marriages, deaths, divorces, histories, biographies, and newspapers. Many of their manuscripts are now online. The '''''General Library''''' contains printed materials, while the '''''Research and Information Services Division''''' consists of government records and other historical documents. Many collections are available '''''online''''', such as Confederate pensions, veterans and widows, an index to wills and administrations, Revolutionary War bounty land, and Virginia Land Office patents and grants.<ref name="DB97" /> <ref>[http://www.lva.virginia.gov/public/using_collections.asp#_guides Using the Collections] in ''Library of Virginia'' (accessed 7 January 2014).</ref><br><br> | ||
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[[Image:Univ of Virginia Library.png|right|300px|Univ of Virginia Library.png]]'''[[University of Virginia Library]]'''<br>PO Box 400113<br>Charlottesville VA 22904-4113<br>Telephone: 434-924-3021<br>Fax: 434-924-1431<br>E-mail: [mailto:library@virginia.edu library@virginia.edu]<br>Internet: http://www.library.virginia.edu/ <br><br> | [[Image:Univ of Virginia Library.png|right|300px|Univ of Virginia Library.png]]'''[[University of Virginia Library]]'''<br>PO Box 400113<br>Charlottesville VA 22904-4113<br>Telephone: 434-924-3021<br>Fax: 434-924-1431<br>E-mail: [mailto:library@virginia.edu library@virginia.edu]<br>Internet: http://www.library.virginia.edu/ <br><br> | ||
:Virtually a second state archives with a large genealogical collection, colonial records, federal, private, and state manuscripts, vital records, censuses, maps, military records, newspapers, periodicals, African American genealogy, and computer databases.<ref name="DB113" /> <ref>[http://guides.lib.virginia.edu/content.php?pid=81921&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;sid=608081 Genealogy] in ''University of Virginia Library'' (accessed 7 January 2014).</ref><br><br> | :Virtually a second state archives with a large genealogical collection, colonial records, federal, private, and state manuscripts, vital records, censuses, maps, military records, newspapers, periodicals, African American genealogy, and computer databases.<ref name="DB113" /> <ref>[http://guides.lib.virginia.edu/content.php?pid=81921&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;sid=608081 Genealogy] in ''University of Virginia Library'' (accessed 7 January 2014).</ref><br><br> | ||
:*University of Virginia Library, ''Virginia Genealogy: A Guide to Resources in the University of Virginia Library'' (Charlottesville, Virginia: University Press of Virginia, 1983). {{WorldCat|8494964|item|disp=At various libraries (WorldCat)}}. {{FHL|76157|item|disp=FHL book 975.5 D23u}}.<br> | :*University of Virginia Library, ''Virginia Genealogy: A Guide to Resources in the University of Virginia Library'' (Charlottesville, Virginia: University Press of Virginia, 1983). {{WorldCat|8494964|item|disp=At various libraries (WorldCat)}}. {{FHL|76157|item|disp=FHL book 975.5 D23u}}.<br> | ||
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