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VAGenWeb Hanover County, Virginia Genealogy Project |
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The Page Library of History and Genealogy
is housed in the
Historic Sycamore Tavern in Montpelier, Virginia.
Hours
Monday 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm
Wednesday 9:00 am to 2:00 pm
Friday 9:00 am to 3:00 pm
Saturday 9:00 am to 2:00 pm
Address
Page Library of History and Genealogy
17193 Mountain Road
P. O. Box 323
Montpelier, Virginia 23192
Phone (804) 883-5355
Our purpose is to collect, preserve and
share the history of
Hanover County and Virginia. In order to reach our goal, we
are asking any and everyone who has any information, memories,
books, records, etc., to please share with us, either donating to
us or allowing us to copy it.
The following areas are of interest to us,
if you have anything
that will help us, please contact the library at 804-883-5355.
| Families of Hanover County | Any History Genealogy of Family - Names, Birth, Death, & Marriage Dates, Children Family Traditions - Special celebrations, family events, and holidays Photos or Copies of Photos |
| Homes & Farms of Hanover County | Locations History of Families who have owned or live there now Photos of, Maps, Plats, or Deeds Crops - Tobacco, cash crops, etc. Livestock - Characteristic of the area Machinery - Tools - Ways of farming |
| Business of Hanover County | Lumber, General Stores,
Doctors, Lawyers, Mills, Factories, etc. Speciality Trades - Blacksmiths, Stonemasons, etc. Locations Dates they were in business Records of any kind Employees - Unions and Union Buildings Post Offices - Locations and any history Photos or copies of Photos, Maps, Plats or Deeds |
| Churches / Religion | Location of Churches Past
& Present Plats, Maps, or Deeds Dates - Opened and/or Existed History of Vestry or Church Records Membership List, Cemetery Records, Baptismal, Death, & Marriage Records Photos or copies of Photos of the Church, it's People & Activities |
| Schools / Education | Locations of Schools - Maps,
Plats, or Deeds Dates they were open and/or standing Any History Teachers who taught there - Names, Tales about them Students - Names, How many, Studies, & Activities that were part of their school life Any information on Private Schools, Tudors, & Home Schools Photos or copies of Photos of Schools, Teachers, Students, & Their Activities |
| Schools | Aaron Hall Free School Brown's School Montpelier School - Present One Miss Jenny's School Mont Air School Rev. Peter Nelson's School Cedar Creek Meeting School Old Montpelier School School at Taylor's Creek Hanover Academy Col. Jones' School |
| Churches | Allen's Creek Church Shiloh Church Hopeful Baptist Church Cedar Creek Meeting House Ground Squirrel Meeting Church of Our Saviour Bethany Church Fork Church Little Hope Meeting House Dunn's Chapel |
| People | Quakers Carmelites Czechoslovakian Community |
| Places | Farrington Brown Grove |
| Business | Spool Factory Cook's Mill Woodman Hall Rocky Mill Smith's Mill Clough Mill Creshaw's Mill Shoe Factory Four Mill Morris' Mill Scotchtown Mill Price's Mill Thornton's Mill |
| Taverns | Sycamore / Higgason's Tavern Coleman's Tavern Goodall's Tavern Goodman's Tavern Terrel's Tavern |
| Magazine | Any and all Volumes 1 - 41 of The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography |
Thank you so very much for your help,
without it this would not be possible,
especially the recording of your memories. The recording and sharing of our
memories is a way we can all share with the children of tomorrow.
