United States Resources: Virginia

    Virginia Reel quilt square based on a graphic from Mary Herron

    ROOTS-L Databases and Files

  • Virginia Surnames in the RootsWeb Surname List

    Surname to search for:
  • Virginia Books We Own
  • genealog.lc-va: Books in the on-line Library of Congress catalog with the subject "Virginia--genealogy."
  • genealog.vital-va: Where to write for Virginia vital records, Virginia genealogical and historical societies, the state archives, and newspaper genealogical columns
  • genealog.virgenr1: Information (from 1991) about Virginia Genealigical Research Bulletin Board System, with informationa about some Virginia genealogical societies, etc. Or check Virginia Vital Records Information for more current info on where to write for vital records.

    Other Virginia Genealogical and Historical Resources on the Net

    Other Virginia Genealogy and History Pages

  • Linkpendium Virginia County Links
  • Virginia Resources at Rootsweb:
    • State level
    • County level
  • Cyndi's List of Genealogy Sites on the Internet - U.S. - Virginia
  • The Virginia GenWeb Project
  • American Local History Network
  • The American History and Genealogy Project
  • Virginia historical links on Yahoo
  • A Guide to Virginia Genealogy Resources from GeneaSearch
  • All Things Virginia!

    General Resources

  • USGenWeb Archives: Virginia
  • LDS Research Outline for Virginia
  • Virginia Family History Centers
  • From Ancestry.com
    • 1880 U. S. Census
    • 1900 U. S. Census
    • 1910 U. S. Census
    • 1920 U. S. Census
  • The USGenWeb Census Project: Virginia
    • Completed Transcriptions
  • 1790/1800 County Tax Lists of Virginia
  • Newberry Library's Virginia Genealogy
  • The Guide to Historic Virginia
  • The Virginia Newspaper Project
  • Colonial Money of Virginia
  • Introduction to Virginia Land History
  • Early Virginia Rent Rolls
  • Stories and Oddities from around Virginia
  • Records of Ante-Bellum Southern Plantations From the Revolution Through the Civil War
    • Selections from the Southern Historical Collection
      • Virginia
    • Selections from the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation Library
      • The Shirley Plantation Collection, 1650-1888
    • Selections from the Virginia Historical Society
      • Virginia's Northern Neck; also Maryland
      • Other Tidewater Virginia
      • Central Piedmont Virginia
      • Southside Virginia
      • Northside Virginia and Valley
  • Chronicles of the Scotch-Irish in Virginia
  • Census Online: Virginia
  • NEIC: Earthquake History of Virginia
  • Virginia Hurricane History
  • Virginia Tornadoes, 1950-1995
  • Leaf of Gold: Tobacco in Colonial America
  • Genealogy and History of the Eastern Shore (GHOTES) of Virginia
  • Virginia's Covered Bridges
  • Virginia Visions: The History of Virginia
  • Random Acts of Genealogical Kindness
  • Genealogy Helplist
  • Ghost Towns of Virginia
  • Virginia Civilian Conservation Corps camps
  • New River Valley Historical Notes
  • Delegates to the Constitutional Convention
  • Early Virginia Religious Petitions
  • HistoryPoint - The rich history of Fredericksburg, Stafford, Spotsylvania, and Westmoreland in VA
  • Virginia Postal History
  • Virginia Bibliography - United States and Worldwide Postal History
  • Historical Newspaper Index Fairfax City Public Library
  • Virginia Highway Tidbits
  • New River Notes Historical Sketches of Southwest Virginia

    Archives, Libraries and Special Collections

  • The Library of Virginia
    • Library of Virginia Genealogy
    • Virginia Colonial Records
    • Online Catalog
    • Bible Records
    • And even more collections of searchable records!
  • Leslie Brock Center for the Study of Colonial Currency
  • Chesapeake and Ohio Historical Society Archives
  • The Museum of Culpeper History
  • Eastern Shore of Virginia Public Library Genealogy Works
  • Fairfax City Regional Library - Virginia Room
  • Frontier Culture Museum
  • Virginiana Room, Hampton Public Library
  • Leesburg: The Thomas Balch Local History & Genealogy Library
  • Special Collections at James Madison University
  • George Mason University: Special Collections and Archives
  • Virginia Military Institute Archives
  • Monticello The Home of Thomas Jefferson
  • The Claude Moore Colonial Farm Park at Turkey Run
  • Appalachian History Resources at Virginia Tech
  • Afro-American Sources in Virginia: Guide to Manuscripts
  • Recent Acquisitions in African-American History, University of Virginia
  • Laura Virginia Hale Archives Warren Heritage Society
  • Special Collections at Washington and Lee University including the genealogy resources!
  • History Museum and Historical Society of Western Virginia
  • Special Collections at the College of William and Mary

    Cemeteries

  • The Tombstone Transcription Project
  • Cemetery Records Online
  • The Virginia Political Graveyard
  • Find A Grave
  • Saving Graves: Virginia
  • Arlington National Cemetery
  • Cemeteries of Fairfax County, Virginia
  • Lester Cemetery The cemetery is located in Montgomery County, Virginia, south of the town of Riner
  • Old Soldiers Cemetery, Mount Jackson
  • Poplar Grove National Cemetery, Petersburg National Battlefield

    Ethnic and Religious

  • Black Women at Virginia Tech Oral History Project
  • Researching Native American Genealogy
  • Stone Tools and Archeology of Virginia and Alaska
  • History of the Cherokee
  • Cherokee History up to the Trail of Tears and through the present
  • The Monacan Indians of Amherst County
  • A Brief History of the Occaneechi Band of the Saponi Nation

    Local History and Information

  • Virginia Black History Archives
  • Historic Alexandria
  • The Diocese of Alexandria The History of the Diocese
  • Amelia's History
  • Arlington County History
  • A brief history of Arlington County, Virginia
  • Valley of the Shadow - Augusta County, Virginia and Franklin County, Pennsylvania in the American Civil War
  • 1860 Augusta County Census
  • Blacksburg Bicentennial History
  • Bland County History Archives
  • Genealogy requests from The Mountain Laurel in the Blue Ridge
  • Charlottesville Archive
  • History of Colonial Beach
  • Danville VA Historic Walking Tours
  • Falls Church History
  • Tithables in Fauquier County, 1759
  • Floyd County History and Facts
  • History of Fluvanna County, VA
  • 1860 Franklin County Census
  • Beyond Germanna
  • Germanna Colony History
  • Grayson County Virginia History
  • History of Hanover County
  • Independence Virginia History
  • Isle of Wight County, 1608-1907
  • Virtual Jamestown
  • Rediscovering Jamestown
  • A Brief History of Jamestown
  • Kellytown Oral History
  • Baptist Church Records, 1774-1785, upper King and Queen County
  • Leesburg: Real History, Real Close
  • Loudoun County History
  • Louisa Historical Notes
  • History of Lynchburg, Virginia
  • Middleburg Town History
  • Mulberry Island Project 1607-2007
  • New Kent County Virginia History
  • Obituaries from the Norfolk Herald
  • Norton History
  • Occoquan History
  • Town of Orange History
  • Petersburg History
  • Piney Grove at Southall's Plantation
  • Marriages Portsmouth, VA and Norfolk County
  • Remembering Our Heritage - Powhatan, Virginia
  • A History of Roanoke County
  • A History of Salem, Virginia
  • Saltville Stories
  • The History of the Town of Stanley
  • Strasburg Town History
  • Vienna Town History
  • A History of Vinton
  • Colonial Williamsburg

    Mailing lists

  • Virginia Mailing Lists
  • VA-ROOTS, and its archived messages
  • VA-HIST and its archived messages

    Maps and Gazetteers

  • USGS/GNIS Database of Virginia locations
  • Virginia from Color Landform Atlas of the United States
  • Virginia Profiles: Interactive county maps
  • Interactive Virginia county maps
  • Pam Rietsch's 1895 U.S. Atlas

    Military

    American Revolution

  • First Virginia Regiment of the Continental Line
  • 2d Virginia Regiment
  • The History of The Fifth Virginia Regiment of the American Revolution
  • The 7th Virginia Regiment of the Continental Line
  • Gaskins' Virginia Battalion Continental Line of Virginia, 1781

    Civil War

  • The Virginia Civil War Home Page
  • Buchanan County Civil War Site
  • Russell County, Virginia: 1860-1865

    Message Boards

  • Civil War, Virginia RootsWeb
  • Virginia Civil War Message Board sitegadgets.com

    Civil War Battles

  • Guide to Virginia's Civil War Battlefields and Sites
  • Civil War Sites in Virginia
    • 1861 to 1862
    • 1863
    • 1864
    • 1865
  • Virginia Civil War Map of Battles
    • 1861
    • 1862
    • 1863
    • 1864
    • 1865
  • The Siege of Petersburg
  • Battle of Spotsylvania Courthouse

    Civil War Units

  • Civil War Rosters: Virginia Links
  • Union Regimental Index: Virginia
  • Civil War Virginians of the Allegheny Highlands
  • Page County, Virginia: Confederate Units and Veterans
  • Virginia Artillery
  • 1st Rockbridge Artillery
  • 1st Virginia Cavalry
  • First Virginia Volunteers Battalion Armory
  • 1st Virginia Infantry
  • 1st Virginia Infantry, Co. C Montgomery Guard
  • First Regiment Virginia Volunteers, Co. D the Old Dominion Guard
  • 1st Virginia Infantry Company H
  • 1st Regiment of Virginia Volunteers, Company H Richmond Grays
  • Company K of the 1st Virginia Infantry The Virginia Rifles
  • Co. A, 2nd Virginia Cavalry The Clay Dragoons
  • 2nd Virginia Infantry
  • 2nd Regt. Co. E. Virginia Inf.
  • 3rd Virginia Volunteer Infantry, Companies A thru K
  • 4th Virginia Cavalry
  • The 4th Virginia Infantry Stonewall Brigade
  • 4th Virginia Infantry, Company F
  • 4th Virginia Infantry, Company I Liberty Hall Volunteers
  • 5th Virginia Volunteer Cavalry
  • The 5th Virginia Infantry
  • 5th Virginia Infantry
  • 5th Virginia, Company A Marion Rifles
  • 5th Regiment, Virginia Volunteer Infantry, Company G The Staunton Rifles
  • 5th Regiment Virginia Volunteers Company K The Continental Morgan Guard
  • 6th Virginia Cavalry
  • 7th Virginia Cavalry
  • 7th Virginia Volunteers
  • 7th Regiment Virginia Volunteers
  • 7th Virginia, Company A The Richardson Guards
  • 7th Regiment Virginia Infantry, Company B
  • 7th Virginia Infantry, Co. D
  • 7th Virginia Infantry Co. F
  • 8th Va Inf.
  • Ninth Virginia Regiment of Cavalry
  • 9th Virginia Cavalry B Company
  • 9th VA Cavalry, Company B (Dismounted)
  • 9th Virginia Cavalry, Company K (dismounted) The Richmond County Cavalry
  • Company A, 9th Virginia Infantry
  • The 9th Regiment Virginia Infantry, Company "B" The Baltimore Artillery
  • 9th Virginia, Co. F
  • Company G, 9th Va. Infantry Portsmouth Rifles
  • 9th Virginia Infantry, Company K
  • 10th Virginia Cavalry
  • 10th Virginia Infantry A Brief History of the Regiment
  • 10th Virginia Volunteer Infantry Regiment Companies A-L
  • The Rockingham Rifles 10th Virginia Infantry, Company B
  • 10th Virginia, Co. H
  • 11th Virginia Cavalry Regt. Company F
  • 11th Virginia Infantry, Company G Lynchburg Home Guard
  • 12th Virginia Cavalry
  • 12th Virginia Infantry, Company B Petersburg Grays
  • 14th Virginia Cavalry Regiment, Co. "G"
  • 15th Regiment Virginia Volunteer Cavalry
  • 15th Virginia Volunteer Infantry
  • The 16th Virginia Volunteer Infantry
  • 16th Virginia
  • 17th Virginia Cavalry, Company F
  • Seventeenth Virginia Infantry, CSA Company D, Fairfax Rifles
  • 17th Virginia Infantry, Company G
  • 18th Virginia Cavalry
  • 18th Virginia Company B
  • F Company, 21st Regiment Virginia Volunteer Infantry Jackson's Foot Cavalry
  • 22nd Virginia Cavalry
  • The Twenty-Third Regiment of Virginia Volunteer Infantry, Companies A-K
  • 24th Virginia Infantry
  • The 24th Virginia Cavalry Regiment
  • 24th Battalion Virginia Partisan Rangers
  • 25th Virginia Infantry
  • 25th Virginia Infantry Company B, The Upshur Grays
  • 26th Virginia Infantry Battalion
  • 27th Virginia Infantry
  • 28th Virginia Infantry Co. C Craig Mountain Boys
  • 30th Battalion, Virginia Sharpshooters, Co. A, CSA
  • Documents of the 31st Regiment (CSA)
  • 31st Virginia Militia, Company A The Continental Morgan Guard
  • The 32nd Regiment Virginia Volunteers The Warwick Beauregards
  • 33d Virginia Volunteers
  • 33rd Virginia Infantry
  • 33rd Regiment Virginia Volunteer Infantry, Company A Potomac Guard
  • Emerald Guard Company E 33rd Virginia Regiment
  • Co. H, 33rd Virginia Infantry Regiment Page Greys
  • 34th Battalion of Virginia Cavalry Witcher's Nighthawks
  • 34th Bn Virginia Cavalry, C.S.A.
  • 35th Battalion Virginia Cavalry
  • 35th Battalion Virginia Cavalry White's Battalion
  • 36th Virginia Infantry Regiments
  • 36th Regiment, Virginia Volunteer Infantry, Co. A
  • 37th Battalion Virginia Cavalry Dunn's Battalion
  • Co. K, 37th VA Inf.
  • 38th Regiment Virginia Volunteer Infantry, Company F Davis Rifle Guards
  • The 41st Virginia Cockade Cadets
  • 42nd Virginia Infantry Regiment Company I, Campbell Guards
  • 43d Virginia Volunteer Cavalry
  • Mosby's Rangers A Record of the Operations of the Forty-Third Battalion of Virginia Cavalry
  • 43rd Battalion of Virginia Cavalry, Co. "A"
  • 43rd Virginia Cavalry, Company A Mosby's Regulars
  • The 44th Virginia Volunteer Infantry Company H
  • Forty-fifth Virginia Infantry
  • 46th Virginia Infantry, Co. F Eastern Shore Refugees
  • 47th VA Infantry Company I, Stafford Guards
  • Company I, 47th Virginia Infantry
  • 48th Virginia Infantry
  • 49th Virginia Infantry Extra Billy Smith's Boys
  • 51st Virginia Infantry Regiment
  • 53rd Virginia Infantry, Company K Charles City Southern Guards
  • 54th Virginia Infantry
  • 55th Virginia Infantry Regt.
  • Company F, 55th Virginia Volunteer Infantry
  • 56th Virginia Inf., Co. E Ebenezer Greys
  • 57th Virginia Infantry, C. S. A.
  • 57th Virginia Infantry, Company E
  • 58th Virginia Infantry
  • 58th Virginia Co. H the Patrick Grays
  • Officers and Men of Co. A, 61st Virginia Infantry
  • 62nd Virginia Infantry
  • 63rd Virginia Infantry, Confederate States Army
  • 64th Virginia Infantry
  • The 70th Virginia Militia and the 105th Virginia Militia
  • The 72nd Virginia Militia
  • The 78th Virginia Militia
  • The 94th Virginia Militia
  • The 105th Virginia Militia and the 70th Virginia Militia
  • 124th Virginia Militia and 185th Virginia Militia
  • The 152nd Virginia Militia
  • 185th Virginia Militia and 124th Virginia Militia
  • The 188th Virginia Militia
  • The 190th Virginia Militia
  • The 198th Virginia Militia

  • U.S. Military Personnel who died in the Korean War
  • Vietnam Conflict Casualty List

    Photographs

  • Detroit Publishing Company Photographs from Virginia
  • Old Photograph Archive of The Mountain Laurel
  • VAGenWeb Photo Album

    Societies, Historical and Genealogical

  • Virginia Genealogical Society
  • Virginia Historical Society
  • Genealogical Research Institute of Virginia

      Ethnic and Religious

    • Virginia Baptist Historical Society
    • The Mid-Atlantic Germanic Society
    • The Huguenot Society of the Founders of Manakin
    • Jewish Genealogy Society of Greater Washington
    • Melungeon Heritage Association
    • Virginia Conference Historical Society United Methodist Church

      Lineage

    • Jamestowne Society
    • Virginia Society, Children of the American Revolution
    • Virginia Daughters of the American Revolution
      • Kate Waller Barrett Chapter - Alexandria
      • Ketoctin Chapter - Bluemont
      • Shadwell Chapter - Charlottesville
      • Providence Chapter - Fairfax Station
      • Falls of Rappahannock Chapter - Falmouth
      • John Rhodes Chapter - Luray
      • General Joseph Martin Chapter - Martinsville
      • Patrick Henry Chapter - Martinsville
      • Freedom Hill Chapter - McLean
      • Thomas Carter Chapter - Mount Cross
      • Colonel Abram Penn Chapter - Stuart
      • Fairfax County Chapter - Vienna
      • Princess Anne County Chapter - Virginia Beach
      • Colonel James Patton Chapter - Waynesboro
      • Williamsburg Chapter
      • Bill of Rights Chapter - Woodbridge
    • Virginia Society - Sons of the American Revolution
      • Colonel Fielding Lewis Chapter - Fredericksburg Area
      • Colonel George Waller Chapter - Martinsville Area
      • Culpeper Minute Men Chapter - Piedmont Area
      • Dan River Chapter - Danville Area
      • Fairfax Resolves Chapter - Fairfax County
      • Fincastle Resolutions Chapter - Roanoke Valley Area
      • Fort Harrison Chapter - Harrisonburg Area
      • Gen. William Campbell Chapter - Abingdon Area
      • George Mason Chapter - Arlington County
      • George Washington Chapter - Alexandria
      • James Monroe Chapter - Upper Northern Neck
      • Lieutenant David Cox Chapter - Galax/Independence
      • New River Valley Chapter
      • Norfolk Chapter
      • Patrick Henry Chapter - Lynchburg Area
      • Richard Henry Lee Chapter - Lower Northern Neck
      • Richmond Chapter
      • Rockbridge Volunteers Chapter - Lexington/Staunton
      • Sergeant-Major John Champe Chapter - Leesburg
      • Thomas Jefferson Chapter - Charlottesville
      • Thomas Nelson, Jr. Chapter - Newport News/Hampton
      • Williamsburg Chapter
    • Sons of Confederate Veterans, Virginia Division
      • Gen. W. E. (Grumble) Jones Camp #850 - Abingdon
      • R. E. Lee Camp - Alexandria
      • Bedford Rifle Grays #1475 - Bedford
      • Brown-Harman Nighthawks Camp 1573 - Bluefield
      • 19th Virginia Infantry Camp #1493 - Charlottesville
      • Captain John F. McElhenny Camp #840 - Cleveland
      • Cumberland Mountain Rangers Camp #1798 - Clintwood
      • Brandy Rifles Co. E Camp #1918 - Culpeper
      • Matthew Fontaine Maury Camp #1722 - Fredericksburg
      • Col. John S. Mosby Camp #1237 - Front Royal
      • Scott County's Clinch Mountain Rangers Camp #1858 - Gate City
      • LTC V.A. Witcher Camp #1863 - Grundy
      • Hanover Dragoons Camp 827 - Hanover County
      • Lee-Piedmont Camp #1761 - Jonesville
      • Captain John F. McElhenney Camp #840 - Lebanon
      • Summers-Koontz Camp #490 - Luray
      • Garland-Rodes Camp #409 - Lynchburg
      • Wise Partisan Rangers Camp #1756 - Norton
      • Powhatan Troop Camp #1382 - Powhatan
      • Waller Tazewell Patton Camp #1661 - Stanardsville
      • General William Mahone Camp No. 1369 - Wakefield
      • Turner Ashby Camp 1567 - Winchester
      • Walker-Terry Camp #1758 - Wytheville
    • The United Daughters of the Confederacy
      • Virginia Division
      • Appomattox Chapter #11
      • Norfolk County Grays Chapter #2535 - Chesapeake
      • Fairfax Chapter #1410
      • Rockbridge Chapter #2568 - Lexington
      • Luray Chapter #436
      • Mildred Lee Chapter - Martinsville
      • Elliott Grays Chapter #1877 - Richmond
      • Janet Randolph Chapter #1932 - Richmond
      • Princess Anne County Chapter #435 - Virginia Beach
    • Children of the Confederacy
    • Department of Maryland - Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War includes Virginia
    • Virginia Commandery Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States

      Railroad

    • Blue Ridge Chapter - National Railway Historical Society
    • Chesapeake and Ohio Historical Society
    • Norfolk and Western Historical Society
    • Old Dominion Chapter - National Railway Historical Society
    • Rivanna Chapter - National Railway Historical Society

      Special Interest

    • Virginia Aeronautical Historical Society
    • Archeological Society of Virginia
    • Organ Historical Society
    • Sergeant Kirkland's Museum and Historical Society
    • The Virginia Canals & Navigations Society
    • Richmond Battlefields Association

      Regional

    • Allegheny Regional Family History Society
    • Central Virginia Genealogical Association
    • Lower Delmarva Genealogical Society
    • Eastern Shore of Virginia Historical Society Kerr Place
    • New River Historical Society - includes the counties of Pulaski, Floyd, Giles, Montgomery and the City of Radford, Virginia
    • South Central Virginia Genealogical Society
    • History Museum and Historical Society of Western Virginia

      Local

    • The Albemarle County Historical Society
    • Amelia County's Historical Society
    • Amherst County Museum and Historical Society
    • Arlington Historical Society
    • Bedford Genealogical Society
    • Bedford Historical Society
    • Botetourt County Historical Society
    • Chesterfield Historical Society of Virginia
    • Culpeper Genealogical Society
    • Fairfax Genealogical Society
    • Fluvanna County Historical Society
    • Franklin County Historical Society
    • Gloucester Genealogical Society of Virginia
    • Goochland County Historical Society
    • Greensville County Genealogical Society
    • Isle of Wight County Historical Society
    • Lee County Historical and Genealogical Society
    • Louisa County Historical Society
    • Lovettesville Historical Society
    • Lunenburg Historical Society
    • New Kent Historical Society
    • Newport News - Warwick Historical Preservation Association of Virginia
    • The Norfolk Historical Society
    • Orange County Historical Society
    • Genealogical Society of Page County, Virginia
    • Powhatan County Historical Society
    • Princess Anne County/Virginia Beach Historical Society
    • Historic Prince William
    • Historical Groups in Prince William, Manassas, and Manassas Park
    • Prince William County Genealogical Society
    • Pulaski County Genealogy Club
    • Rockbridge Area Genealogical Society
    • Salem Historical Society
    • Surry County, VA. Historical Society
    • Tazewell County Historical Society
    • Tidewater Genealogical Society
    • Virginia Beach Genealogical Society
    • Warren Heritage Society
    • Historical Society of Washington County
    • Wise County Historical Society

    Vital Records

  • Virginia Office of Vital Statistics
  • Virginia Vital Records from VitalChek
  • Virginia Vital Records Information from Elizabeth T. Orsay

    Commercial

  • Ancestor Publishers
  • The Appalachian Quarterly
  • Bryn Ffyliaid Publications
  • The Donning Company Publishers
  • Family Tree Bookshop
  • Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc.
  • Genealogy-Books.com
  • The Gregath Publishing Company
  • Higginson Book Company
  • Hunt Multimedia Genealogy
  • Iberian Publishing Company
  • McDowell Publications
  • Picton Press
  • SK Publications Virginia Census Books and CDs
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