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===== Histories and Guides  =====
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During the last half of the eighteenth century, the Church of England in Virginia&nbsp;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>
During the last half of the eighteenth century, the Church of England in Virginia&nbsp;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>  


*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: [http://www.archive.org/details/historyofchurch01ande Vol. 1], [http://www.archive.org/details/historyofchurcho02andeuoft Vol. 2], [http://www.archive.org/details/historyofchurcho03ande Vol. 3. [All three volumes include material on the history of the Church of England in Virginia.]  
*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: [http://www.archive.org/details/historyofchurch01ande Vol. 1], [http://www.archive.org/details/historyofchurcho02andeuoft Vol. 2], [http://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. {{FHL|384322|item}} 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. {{FHL|384322|item}} 975.5 K27a. Includes parish register and vestry book inventories.  
*Goodwin, Edward L. ''The Colonial Church in Virginia: With Biographical Sketches of the First Six Bishops of the Diocese of Virginia, and Other Historical Papers, Together with Brief Biographical Sketches of the Colonial Clergy of Virginia''. Milwaukee, Wisconsin: Morehouse Pub., 1927. {{FHL|72470|item}} 975.5 K2g.  
*Goodwin, Edward L. ''The Colonial Church in Virginia: With Biographical Sketches of the First Six Bishops of the Diocese of Virginia, and Other Historical Papers, Together with Brief Biographical Sketches of the Colonial Clergy of Virginia''. Milwaukee, Wisconsin: Morehouse Pub., 1927. {{FHL|72470|item}} 975.5 K2g.  
*Hawks, Francis Lister. ''A Narrative of Events Connected with the Rise and Progress of the Protestant Episcopal Church in Virginia''. New York: Harper &amp; 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&nbsp;at [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=48592 Ancestry] ($) and [http://www.archive.org/details/oldchurchesminis01meaduoft Internet Archive]. Digital version of volume 2 at [http://www.archive.org/details/oldchurchesminis003253mbp Internet Archive]. {{FHL|218395|item}} 975.5 K2m 1966. Mostly histories of early parishes but includes 6,900 names of individuals.  
*Meade, William. ''Old Churches, Ministers and Families of Virginia''. 2 vols. 1857. Reprint, Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing, 1966. Digital versions of volume 1&nbsp;at [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=48592 Ancestry] ($) and [http://www.archive.org/details/oldchurchesminis01meaduoft Internet Archive]. Digital version of volume 2 at [http://www.archive.org/details/oldchurchesminis003253mbp Internet Archive]. {{FHL|218395|item}} 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.
*Upton, Dell. ''Holy Things and Profane: Anglican Parish Churches in Virginia.'' Yale University Press, 1997.
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