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:Virginia Historical Society  
:Virginia Historical Society  
:428 North Boulevard  
:428 North Arthur Ashe Boulevard  
:Richmond, Virginia 23220
:Richmond, Virginia 23220


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'''Public transportation, maps, and directions:''' <br>  
'''Public transportation, maps, and directions:''' <br>  


*[http://www.vahistorical.org/visit/directions_vahouse.htm Directions to Virginia House]
*[https://virginiahistory.org/visit Visit Us]


{{Wikipedia|Virginia Historical Society}}  
{{Wikipedia|Virginia Historical Society}}  
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'''Internet sites and databases:''' <br>  
'''Internet sites and databases:''' <br>  


*[http://vhs3.vahistorical.org/star/x.starmarc.html Virginia Historical Society Catalog Online]  
*[http://librarycatalog.virginiahistory.org/final/portal.aspx Library Collections Catalog Online]  
*[http://www.vahistorical.org/ Virginia Historical Society home page]  
*[https://virginiahistory.org/ Virginia Museum of History and Culture]  
*[http://www.vahistorical.org/publications/past_issues.htm Virginia Magazine of History and Biography], tables of contents, indexes, online access tips
*[https://virginiahistory.org/research/research-resources/virginia-magazine-history-biography Virginia Magazine of History and Biography], tables of contents, indexes, online access tips


==== West Virginia  ====
==== West Virginia  ====
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==== Internet Sites  ====
==== Internet Sites  ====


*[http://www.wvculture.org/history/wvhssoc.html West Virginia Historical Society]
*[https://archive.wvculture.org/history/wvhs/wvhssoc.html West Virginia Historical Society]


*[http://www.wvculture.org/history/histsocs.html West Virginia Historical, Genealogical, and Preservation Societies]
*[https://archive.wvculture.org/history/archives/histsocs.html West Virginia Historical, Genealogical, and Preservation Societies]


*[http://westernvahistory.org/ Historical Society of Western Virginia]
*[https://roanokehistory.org/ Historical Society of Western Virginia]


=== Collection Description  ===
=== Collection Description  ===
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=== Tips  ===
=== Tips  ===


Admission to the research library and museum is free.<ref name="visit">"Visit the VHS," ''Virginia Historical Society,'' http://www.vahistorical.org/visit/location.htm, accessed 10 February 2012.</ref>  
Admission to the research library and museum is free.<ref name="visit">"Visit the VHS," ''Virginia Museum of History and Culture,'' https://virginiahistory.org/visit, accessed 23 May 2023.</ref>  


=== Guides  ===
=== Guides  ===

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West Virginia Archives and History

Contact Information[edit | edit source]

Virginia[edit | edit source]

E-mail: 

Address:

Virginia Historical Society
428 North Arthur Ashe Boulevard
Richmond, Virginia 23220

Telephone: 804-358-4901

Hours: Mon. to Sat. 10 a.m. to  5 p.m., closed federal holidays[1]

Public transportation, maps, and directions:

Wikipedia has more about this subject: Virginia Historical Society

Internet sites and databases:

West Virginia[edit | edit source]

Internet Sites[edit | edit source]

Collection Description[edit | edit source]

Good place to start researching West Virginia ancestors. Original manuscripts, biographies, county histories, and tax records,[2] family folders, birth, marriages, deaths, maps, naturalizations, newspapers, periodicals, photos, directories, and county court records.[3]

Tips[edit | edit source]

Admission to the research library and museum is free.[1]

Guides[edit | edit source]

Alternate Repositories[edit | edit source]

If you cannot visit or find a record at the West Virginia Archives and History, a similar record may be available at one of the following.

Similar Collections

  • 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.

Neighboring Collections

  • Library of Virginia, digital sources, databases, vital, military, newspapers, periodicals, tax, history, land records.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Maryland State Archives, census, court, church, vital, military, probate, land, tax, immigration, naturalizations.

Sources[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Visit the VHS," Virginia Museum of History and Culture, https://virginiahistory.org/visit, accessed 23 May 2023.
  2. ↑ William Dollarhide and Ronald A. Bremer. America's Best Genealogy Resource Centers (Bountiful, Utah: Heritage Quest, 1998), 117. At various libraries (WorldCat). FS Library Ref Book 973 J54d.
  3. ↑ West Virginia Archives and History in West Virginia Division of Culture and History (accessed 21 December 2013).
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Counties
Major
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Boyd County Public Library (Ashland, KY) · Clarksburg-Harrison Public Library · Historical Society of Western Pennsylvania (Pittsburgh, PA) · Library of Congress (Washington, DC) · Library of Virginia (Richmond, VA) · Martinsburg-Berkeley County Public Library · Mary Ball Washington Museum and Library (Lancaster, VA) · Maryland State Archives (Annapolis, MD) · National Archives I (Washington, DC) · National Archives II (College Park, MD) · National Archives at Philadelphia (PA) · New York Public Library (New York City, NY) · Parkersburg and Wood County Public Library · Roman Catholic Diocese of Charleston · Santa Cruz Public Library Downtown (Santa Cruz, CA) · University of Chicago Library (Chicago, IL) · Virginia Historical Society (Richmond, VA) · Washington National Records Center (Suitland, MD) · West Virginia Archives and History · West Virginia University Wise Library · West Virginia Vital Registration Office
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