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VAGenWeb Hanover County, Virginia Genealogy Project |
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First, you need to know some history of Hanover County, because you may be looking in the wrong county. Hanover County was formed from other counties
and also gave birth to other counties. Depending on the time frame determines which county your ancestors could have been located in and where you need to
look for records.
1634 - 1643 Charles River County 1634 - 1654 James City County 1643 - 1654 York County (Charles River County was renamed) 1654 - 1720 New Kent County 1720 - Today Hanover County
1742 Louisa County Formed From Hanover County
1744 Albemarle County Formed From Louisa
County & Goochland County
Clerk of the Court P.O. Box 470 Hanover, VA 23069-0407 (804) 537-6000
A few that were not destroyed by fire go back prior to 1865. Microfilm Available at Library of Virginia
LDS Family History Libary Catalog
Available at Amazon.com
P. O. Box 91 Hanover, VA 23069
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