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'''Message Boards and Lists'''. Genealogists share information and ask questions in online message boards. Some examples are: | '''Message Boards and Lists'''. Genealogists share information and ask questions in online message boards. Some examples are: | ||
*[http://genforum.com/va/ Virginia | *[http://genforum.com/va/ '''Virginia Genealogy Forum'''] (Genealogy.com) 40,000+ messages | ||
*[http://boards.ancestry.com/localities.northam.usa.states.virginia/mb.ashx Virginia - Family History & Genealogy Message Boards] (Ancestry.com) 25,000+ messages | *[http://boards.ancestry.com/localities.northam.usa.states.virginia/mb.ashx Virginia - Family History & Genealogy Message Boards] (Ancestry.com) 25,000+ messages | ||
*[http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/index/usa/VA/ Virginia Mailing Lists] (RootsWeb.com) | *[http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/index/usa/VA/ Virginia Mailing Lists] (RootsWeb.com) | ||
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#[http://www.familytreedna.com/group-join.aspx?Group=CumberlandGap-YDNA Cumberland Gap Y-DNA Project] at FamilyTreeDNA focuses on families in Lee, Russell, and Scott counties, Virginia; Bell and Harlan counties, Kentucky; and Claiborne, Hancock, and Hawkins counties, Tennessee. 3700+ samples. | #[http://www.familytreedna.com/group-join.aspx?Group=CumberlandGap-YDNA Cumberland Gap Y-DNA Project] at FamilyTreeDNA focuses on families in Lee, Russell, and Scott counties, Virginia; Bell and Harlan counties, Kentucky; and Claiborne, Hancock, and Hawkins counties, Tennessee. 3700+ samples. | ||
#[http://www.familytreedna.com/public/familiesofinterest/default.aspx Melungeon Families of Interest Project] at FamilyTreeDNA focuses on specific families thought to fit into the ethnic category of Melungeon. Some of these folks lived in Southwest Virginia. | #[http://www.familytreedna.com/public/familiesofinterest/default.aspx Melungeon Families of Interest Project] at FamilyTreeDNA focuses on specific families thought to fit into the ethnic category of Melungeon. Some of these folks lived in Southwest Virginia. | ||
==== Virginia Genealogy Finding Aids ==== | ==== Virginia Genealogy Finding Aids ==== | ||
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'''PERSI'''. This database, available online both at [http://www.ancestry.com/ Ancestry.com] ($) and [http://www.heritagequestonline.com/ HeritageQuestOnline] ($), searches the titles of articles published in genealogy journals. It can help you learn if anyone has published information in this format on your particular family tree. | '''PERSI'''. This database, available online both at [http://www.ancestry.com/ Ancestry.com] ($) and [http://www.heritagequestonline.com/ HeritageQuestOnline] ($), searches the titles of articles published in genealogy journals. It can help you learn if anyone has published information in this format on your particular family tree. | ||
=== | === Virginia Genealogy Manuscript Collections === | ||
'''Virginia Colonial Records Project'''. This project includes 14,704 surveys of Virginia-related material in archives of Great Britain, Ireland, and France and 963 microfilm reels of original documents. The database index lists 500,000 personal names and ship names. The Library of Virginia has put the index on the Internet. They also have interlibrary loan of the films of original documents. | '''Virginia Colonial Records Project'''. This project includes 14,704 surveys of Virginia-related material in archives of Great Britain, Ireland, and France and 963 microfilm reels of original documents. The database index lists 500,000 personal names and ship names. The Library of Virginia has put the index on the Internet. They also have interlibrary loan of the films of original documents. | ||
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