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'''Histories and Guides'''<br> | '''Histories and Guides'''<br> | ||
During the last half of the eighteenth century, the Church of England in Virginia lost much of its membership to dissenting religions. Many of the grand church buildings fell into disrepair. In the nineteenth century, "Many Virginians had a deep sense of living among the ruins of a more glorious past."<ref>Rhys Isaac, ''The Transformation of Virginia 1740-1790'' (Chapel Hill, N.C.: The University of North Carolina Press, 1982), 417.</ref> <br> | During the last half of the eighteenth century, the Church of England in Virginia lost much of its membership to dissenting religions. Many of the grand church buildings fell into disrepair. In the nineteenth century, "Many Virginians had a deep sense of living among the ruins of a more glorious past."<ref>Rhys Isaac, ''The Transformation of Virginia 1740-1790'' (Chapel Hill, N.C.: The University of North Carolina Press, 1982), 417.</ref> <br> | ||
*Anderson, J.S. ''The History of the Church of England in the Colonies and Foreign Dependencies of the British Empire''. 3 vols. London: Rivington, 1856. Digital versions at Internet Archive: [ | *Anderson, J.S. ''The History of the Church of England in the Colonies and Foreign Dependencies of the British Empire''. 3 vols. London: Rivington, 1856. Digital versions at Internet Archive: [https://www.archive.org/details/historyofchurch01ande Vol. 1], [https://www.archive.org/details/historyofchurcho02andeuoft Vol. 2], [https://www.archive.org/details/historyofchurcho03ande Vol. 3. [All three volumes include material on the history of the Church of England in Virginia.] | ||
*Axelson, Edith F. ''A Guide to Episcopal Church Records in Virginia''. Athens, Georgia: Iberian Publishing, 1988. {{FSC|384322|item|disp=FS Library Book 975.5 K27a}}. Includes parish register and vestry book inventories. | *Axelson, Edith F. ''A Guide to Episcopal Church Records in Virginia''. Athens, Georgia: Iberian Publishing, 1988. {{FSC|384322|item|disp=FS Library Book 975.5 K27a}}. Includes parish register and vestry book inventories. | ||
*Bryden, George MacLaren. ''Virginia's Mother Church and the Political Conditions Under Which It Grew''. 2 vols. Richmond, Va.: Virginia Historical Society Press, 1947-1952. {{FSC|72441|item|disp=FS Library Book 975.5 K2bg v. 1-v. 2}} | *Bryden, George MacLaren. ''Virginia's Mother Church and the Political Conditions Under Which It Grew''. 2 vols. Richmond, Va.: Virginia Historical Society Press, 1947-1952. {{FSC|72441|item|disp=FS Library Book 975.5 K2bg v. 1-v. 2}} | ||
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*Goodwin, Wm. A.R. ''History of The Theological Seminary in Virginia and Its Historical Background.'' 1923. Digital versions at [https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/392083-history-of-the-theological-seminary-in-virginia-and-its-historical-background?viewer=1&offset=1#page=2&viewer=picture&o=info&n=0&q= FamilySearch Digital Library]-Vol. 1, [https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/380116-history-of-the-theological-seminary-in-virginia-and-its-historical-background?viewer=1&offset=2#page=2&viewer=picture&o=info&n=0&q= FamilySearch Digital Library]-Vol. 2. | *Goodwin, Wm. A.R. ''History of The Theological Seminary in Virginia and Its Historical Background.'' 1923. Digital versions at [https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/392083-history-of-the-theological-seminary-in-virginia-and-its-historical-background?viewer=1&offset=1#page=2&viewer=picture&o=info&n=0&q= FamilySearch Digital Library]-Vol. 1, [https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/380116-history-of-the-theological-seminary-in-virginia-and-its-historical-background?viewer=1&offset=2#page=2&viewer=picture&o=info&n=0&q= FamilySearch Digital Library]-Vol. 2. | ||
*Hawks, Francis Lister. ''A Narrative of Events Connected with the Rise and Progress of the Protestant Episcopal Church in Virginia: To Which is Added an Appendix, Containing the Journals of the Conventions in Virginia from the Commencement to the Present Time''. New York: Harper and Brothers, 1836. Digital version at [http://books.google.com/books?id=2p89AAAAYAAJ Google Books]. | *Hawks, Francis Lister. ''A Narrative of Events Connected with the Rise and Progress of the Protestant Episcopal Church in Virginia: To Which is Added an Appendix, Containing the Journals of the Conventions in Virginia from the Commencement to the Present Time''. New York: Harper and Brothers, 1836. Digital version at [http://books.google.com/books?id=2p89AAAAYAAJ Google Books]. | ||
*Meade, William. ''Old Churches, Ministers and Families of Virginia''. 2 vols. 1857. Reprint, Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing, 1966. Digital versions of volume 1 at [https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/509913-old-churches-ministers-and-families-of-virginia-vol-01?offset=1 FamilySearch Digital Library], [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=48592 Ancestry] ($), [ | *Meade, William. ''Old Churches, Ministers and Families of Virginia''. 2 vols. 1857. Reprint, Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing, 1966. Digital versions of volume 1 at [https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/509913-old-churches-ministers-and-families-of-virginia-vol-01?offset=1 FamilySearch Digital Library], [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=48592 Ancestry] ($), [https://www.archive.org/details/oldchurchesminis01meaduoft Internet Archive]. Digital version of volume 2 at [https://www.archive.org/details/oldchurchesminis003253mbp Internet Archive], [https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/461500-old-churches-ministers-and-families-of-virginia-vol-02?offset=2 FamilySearch Digital Library]-Vol. 2. {{FSC|218395|item|disp=FS Library Book 975.5 K2m 1966}}. Mostly histories of early parishes but includes 6,900 names of individuals. | ||
*Upton, Dell. ''Holy Things and Profane: Anglican Parish Churches in Virginia.'' Yale University Press, 1997.<br> | *Upton, Dell. ''Holy Things and Profane: Anglican Parish Churches in Virginia.'' Yale University Press, 1997.<br> | ||
For images and brief histories of colonial churches where your ancestors worshipped, see:<br> | For images and brief histories of colonial churches where your ancestors worshipped, see:<br> | ||
*''Colonial Churches: A Series of Sketches of Churches in the Original Colony of Virginia: With Pictures of Each Church.'' Richmond, Va.: Southern Churchman Co., 1907. Digital versions at [http://search.ancestry.com/iexec/Default.aspx?htx=BookList&dbid=28949 Ancestry] ($); [http://books.google.com/books?id=TSISAAAAYAAJ Google Books]; [ | *''Colonial Churches: A Series of Sketches of Churches in the Original Colony of Virginia: With Pictures of Each Church.'' Richmond, Va.: Southern Churchman Co., 1907. Digital versions at [http://search.ancestry.com/iexec/Default.aspx?htx=BookList&dbid=28949 Ancestry] ($); [http://books.google.com/books?id=TSISAAAAYAAJ Google Books]; [https://www.archive.org/details/colonialchurches00rich Internet Archive]; 2nd ed. (1908): [http://books.google.com/books?id=MjFLAAAAMAAJ Google Books]; 1990 reprint: {{FSC|521948|item|disp=FS Library Book 975.5 K2cc}}. | ||
*Wigmore, Francis Marion. ''Old Parish Churches of Virginia: A Pictorial-Historic Exhibition of Photographs in Colors Lent to the Library of Congress''. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1929. Digital version at [http://archive.org/details/oldparishchurche00wigm Internet Archive] - free.<br> | *Wigmore, Francis Marion. ''Old Parish Churches of Virginia: A Pictorial-Historic Exhibition of Photographs in Colors Lent to the Library of Congress''. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1929. Digital version at [http://archive.org/details/oldparishchurche00wigm Internet Archive] - free.<br> | ||
'''Clergy'''<br> | '''Clergy'''<br> | ||
To learn more about the origins of Church of England ministers sent to Virginia from England during the colonial period, start with these books:<br> | To learn more about the origins of Church of England ministers sent to Virginia from England during the colonial period, start with these books:<br> | ||
*Fothergill, Gerald. ''A List of Emigrant Ministers to America, 1690-1811''. London: E. Stock, 1904. Digital versions at [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=4760 Ancestry] ($); [http://books.google.com/books?id=lVgEAAAAIAAJ Google Books]; [ | *Fothergill, Gerald. ''A List of Emigrant Ministers to America, 1690-1811''. London: E. Stock, 1904. Digital versions at [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=4760 Ancestry] ($); [http://books.google.com/books?id=lVgEAAAAIAAJ Google Books]; [https://www.archive.org/details/listofemigrantmi00fothuoft Internet Archive], 1965 reprint: {{FSC|283621|item|disp=FS Library Book 973 W2f 1965}}. Addendum published in ''Caribbeana'', Vol. 3 (1914):312-313. Digital version at [http://dloc.com/UF00075409/00003/336j?search=caribbeana dLOC] - free.<br> | ||
*Weis, Frederick Lewis. ''The Colonial Clergy of Virginia, North Carolina and South Carolina''. Boston, Mass.: Society of the Descendants of Colonial Clergy, 1955. {{FSC|291278|item|disp=FS Library Book 975 D3wc}}; digital version at [https://www.myheritage.com/research/collection-55744/the-colonial-clergy-of-virginia-north-carolina-south-carolina MyHeritage] ($). | *Weis, Frederick Lewis. ''The Colonial Clergy of Virginia, North Carolina and South Carolina''. Boston, Mass.: Society of the Descendants of Colonial Clergy, 1955. {{FSC|291278|item|disp=FS Library Book 975 D3wc}}; digital version at [https://www.myheritage.com/research/collection-55744/the-colonial-clergy-of-virginia-north-carolina-south-carolina MyHeritage] ($). | ||
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