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== Statewide Record Collections == | == Statewide Record Collections == | ||
For abstracts of early Virginia wills, the following reference books are available: | For abstracts of early Virginia wills, the following reference books are available: | ||
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*Currer-Briggs, Noel. ''Virginia Settlers and English Adventurers, Abstracts of Wills, 1484-1798, and Legal Proceedings, 1560-1700, Relating to Early Virginia Families''. Three volumes in one. Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing, 1970. {{FHL|78100|item|disp=FHL Book 975.5 P2cb}}. | *Currer-Briggs, Noel. ''Virginia Settlers and English Adventurers, Abstracts of Wills, 1484-1798, and Legal Proceedings, 1560-1700, Relating to Early Virginia Families''. Three volumes in one. Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing, 1970. {{FHL|78100|item|disp=FHL Book 975.5 P2cb}}. | ||
*King, George H.S. "Copies of Extant Wills from Counties Whose Records Have Been Destroyed," which was originally published in ''Tyler's Quarterly Historical and Genealogical Magazine'', was reprinted in Volume 4 of ''Genealogies of Virginia Families From Tyler's Quarterly Historical and Genealogical Magazine''.<ref>John Frederick Dorman, "Review of ''Genealogies of Virginia Families From Tyler's Quarterly Historical and Genealogical Magazine,''" in ''The Virginia Genealogist,'' Vol. 26, No. 1 (Jan.-Mar. 1982):59. Digital version at [http://www.americanancestors.org/search.aspx?Ca=098&amp;amp;Da=285 American Ancestors] ($). {{FHL|33159|item|disp=FHL Book 975.5 B2vg v. 26 (1982)}}</ref> | *King, George H.S. "Copies of Extant Wills from Counties Whose Records Have Been Destroyed," which was originally published in ''Tyler's Quarterly Historical and Genealogical Magazine'', was reprinted in Volume 4 of ''Genealogies of Virginia Families From Tyler's Quarterly Historical and Genealogical Magazine''.<ref>John Frederick Dorman, "Review of ''Genealogies of Virginia Families From Tyler's Quarterly Historical and Genealogical Magazine,''" in ''The Virginia Genealogist,'' Vol. 26, No. 1 (Jan.-Mar. 1982):59. Digital version at [http://www.americanancestors.org/search.aspx?Ca=098&amp;amp;amp;Da=285 American Ancestors] ($). {{FHL|33159|item|disp=FHL Book 975.5 B2vg v. 26 (1982)}}</ref> | ||
*McGhan, Judith. ''Virginia Will Records''. Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing, 1982. {{FHL|488373|item|disp=FHL Book 975.5 P2v}}. Excerpted and reprinted from ''The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography'', the ''William and Mary Quarterly Historical Magazine'', and ''Tyler's Quarterly Historical and Genealogical Magazine''. | *McGhan, Judith. ''Virginia Will Records''. Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing, 1982. {{FHL|488373|item|disp=FHL Book 975.5 P2v}}. Excerpted and reprinted from ''The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography'', the ''William and Mary Quarterly Historical Magazine'', and ''Tyler's Quarterly Historical and Genealogical Magazine''. | ||
Additional online collections include: | |||
*[http:// | *''[http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=7832 Virginia Land, Marriage, and Probate Records, 1639-1850]'' database at Ancestry ($). Includes wills from the counties of Augusta, Isle of Wight, and Norfolk. | ||
*[http://www.gunstonhall.org/library/probate/index.htm Probate Inventory Database: Virginia and Maryland Probate Inventories 300+ Transcriptions Recorded 1740 - 1810], courtesy: [http://www.gunstonhall.org/ Gunston Hall Plantation]. | *[http://www.gunstonhall.org/library/probate/index.htm Probate Inventory Database: Virginia and Maryland Probate Inventories 300+ Transcriptions Recorded 1740 - 1810], courtesy: [http://www.gunstonhall.org/ Gunston Hall Plantation]. | ||
*[http://www.virginiamemory.com/collections/chancery/ Chancery Records Index] (search online database with digital images) Wills are included in some chancery cases. | *[http://www.virginiamemory.com/collections/chancery/ Chancery Records Index] (search online database with digital images). Wills are included in some chancery cases. | ||
==== Additional Statewide Collections ==== | ==== Additional Statewide Collections ==== | ||
*''Colonial Virginia Source Records, 1600s-1700s.'' [S.l.]: Brøderbund, c2000. {{FHL|992765|item|disp=FHL CD-ROM no. 9 pt. 510}} (FHL US/CAN Access Window). | *''Colonial Virginia Source Records, 1600s-1700s.'' [S.l.]: Brøderbund, c2000. {{FHL|992765|item|disp=FHL CD-ROM no. 9 pt. 510}} (FHL US/CAN Access Window).<br> | ||
*Oliver, Harold. ''Virginia in the 1600's, An Index to Who was There!---and Where!'' Riverside, California: D&H Pub. Co., c1992-. {{FHL|1287425|item|disp=FHL Book 975.5 H22v vol.1}}; {{FHL|1287426|item|disp=FHL Book 975.5 H22v vol.2}}. | *Oliver, Harold. ''Virginia in the 1600's, An Index to Who was There!---and Where!'' Riverside, California: D&H Pub. Co., c1992-. {{FHL|1287425|item|disp=FHL Book 975.5 H22v vol.1}}; {{FHL|1287426|item|disp=FHL Book 975.5 H22v vol.2}}.<br> | ||
*Daughters of the American Revolution (Virginia). ''Genealogical Records (Family, Church and War Records, etc.).'' Salt Lake City, Utah: Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1972. {{FHL|385395|item|disp=FHL Film 897333 Items 1-2}}. | *Daughters of the American Revolution (Virginia). ''Genealogical Records (Family, Church and War Records, etc.).'' Salt Lake City, Utah: Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1972. {{FHL|385395|item|disp=FHL Film 897333 Items 1-2}}.<br> | ||
*Daughters of the American Revolution (Virginia). Genealogical records. Salt Lake City, Utah: Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1970. {{FHL|302320|item|disp= FHL Film 850096 Item 9, Film 850097 Items 3-4}}. | *Daughters of the American Revolution (Virginia). Genealogical records. Salt Lake City, Utah: Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1970. {{FHL|302320|item|disp= FHL Film 850096 Item 9, Film 850097 Items 3-4}}.<br> | ||
*''Miscellaneous Wills of Virginia, 1675-1884. San Marino''. California: Henry E. Huntington Library, 1948. {{FHL|371381|item|disp=FHL Film 29281}}. | *''Miscellaneous Wills of Virginia, 1675-1884. San Marino''. California: Henry E. Huntington Library, 1948. {{FHL|371381|item|disp=FHL Film 29281}}.<br> | ||
*Daughters of the American Revolution (Virginia). ''Records, ca. 1700-1930'' {{FHL|302286|item|disp=FHL Film 850096 Items 5-6}}. | *Daughters of the American Revolution (Virginia). ''Records, ca. 1700-1930'' {{FHL|302286|item|disp=FHL Film 850096 Items 5-6}}.<br> | ||
*Daughters of the American Revolution (Virginia). ''Report, 1933''. Salt Lake City, Utah: Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1970. {{FHL|302298|item|disp=FHL Film 850096 Item 7}}. | *Daughters of the American Revolution (Virginia). ''Report, 1933''. Salt Lake City, Utah: Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1970. {{FHL|302298|item|disp=FHL Film 850096 Item 7}}.<br> | ||
*Fleet, Beverley. ''Virginia Colonial Abstracts''. Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Pub. Co., c1988. {{FHL|616706|item|disp=FHL Book 975.5 N2fb 1988, 3 vol.}} | *Fleet, Beverley. ''Virginia Colonial Abstracts''. Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Pub. Co., c1988. {{FHL|616706|item|disp=FHL Book 975.5 N2fb 1988, 3 vol.}} <br> | ||
*Daughters of the American Revolution (Virginia). ''Virginia Genealogical Records: Bibles,Wills, Deeds, Genealogies.''Salt Lake City, Utah: Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1971. {{FHL|722782|item|disp=FHL Film 858646 Item 6}}. | *Daughters of the American Revolution (Virginia). ''Virginia Genealogical Records: Bibles,Wills, Deeds, Genealogies.''Salt Lake City, Utah: Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1971. {{FHL|722782|item|disp=FHL Film 858646 Item 6}}.<br> | ||
*Bell, Annie W. B.''Virginia Genealogies and County Records''. Salt Lake City, Utah: Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1970. {{FHL|302275|item|disp=FHL Film 850096 Items 1-4}}. | *Bell, Annie W. B.''Virginia Genealogies and County Records''. Salt Lake City, Utah: Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1970. {{FHL|302275|item|disp=FHL Film 850096 Items 1-4}}.<br> | ||
*Nimmo, Thomas.''Virginia Notes''. Salt Lake City, Utah: Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1970. {{FHL|302261|item|disp=FHL Film 850095}}.<br><br> | *Nimmo, Thomas.''Virginia Notes''. Salt Lake City, Utah: Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1970. {{FHL|302261|item|disp=FHL Film 850095}}.<br><br> | ||