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==== Publications for Sale ==== | ==== Publications for Sale ==== | ||
The Virginia Genealogical Society [http://www.vgs.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&layout=blog&id=31&Itemid=54 publications program] includes three major series: | |||
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*''Cavaliers and Pioneers: Abstracts of Virginia Land Patents: 1732-1776'' (vols. 4-8). Land patent records are an invaluable genealogical and historical resource for researchers of early Virginia. The Virginia Genealogical Society has issued five volumes taking the three volumes of Nell Marion Nugent's abstracts of Virginia land patents to 1776. | |||
*''Index to Virginia Estates: 1800-1865'' (10 vols). Index of all Virginia estate-related records found in will books and other collections, typically on microfilm. This ten-volume set has been completed geographically. Funding for this series has been made possible in part by a grant from the Richard Slatten Endowment for Virginia History of The Community Foundation in memory of Richard Slatten, a former President of the Virginia Genealogical Society. | |||
*''Cavaliers and Pioneers: Abstracts of Virginia Land Patents: 1732-1776'' (vols. 4-8). Land patent records are an invaluable genealogical and historical resource for researchers of early Virginia. The Virginia Genealogical Society has issued five volumes taking the three volumes of Nell Marion Nugent's abstracts of Virginia land patents to 1776. | |||
*''Index to Virginia Estates: 1800-1865'' (10 vols). Index of all Virginia estate-related records found in will books and other collections, typically on microfilm. This ten-volume set has been completed geographically. Funding for this series has been made possible in part by a grant from the Richard Slatten Endowment for Virginia History of The Community Foundation in memory of Richard Slatten, a former President of the Virginia Genealogical Society. | |||
*''The Magazine of Virginia Genealogy'' vols. 1-40 are available on CD; vols. 34-45 are available for purchase as printed back issues.<br> | *''The Magazine of Virginia Genealogy'' vols. 1-40 are available on CD; vols. 34-45 are available for purchase as printed back issues.<br> | ||
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=== Benefits to Those Who Join the Society === | === Benefits to Those Who Join the Society === | ||
Members of the Virginia Genealogical Society enjoy: | |||
* | *''The Magazine of Virginia Genealogy''. Published quarterly; covers primarily Virginia records. Copies of back issues are available. | ||
*The ''Virginia Genealogical Society Newsletter''. Published bi-monthly; winner of the 1996 and 1997 National Genealogical Society Newsletter Competition. Contains feature articles, queries, book reviews, column "Glad You Asked That...," and announcements. Copies of back issues are available. | |||
*Access to the Members-Only section of the VGS website, with premium articles and information of interest to the Virginia researcher. | |||
*The names of Friends, Patrons, Benefactors, and Life Members are published in the ''Newsletter''. | |||
*Discounted registration fees for conferences. | |||
*Twenty percent discount on Society publications. | |||
=== Society Happenings === | === Society Happenings === | ||