Welcome to Montgomery County, VAGenWeb

Postcard circa 1908

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From The Hornbook of Virginia History

Named for Richard MONTGOMERY, killed at Quebec 1775.

Parishes: Montgomery (1776-  )

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BIBLE RECORDS
CORELL (CORRELL) Family Bible	JEWEL Family Bibles	Bible of Lucinda NUNLEY, 1800-1933
PRESTON Bible	Bible of Mary Winston Jewel SHIELDS	Bible of Cora Winston JEWEL
Bible of Christena Jewel SHELOR	Bible of Lucinda Jewel NUNLEY

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BIOGRAPHIES
Daniel Miller of Montgomery County, Virginia (1747-1840)	Montgomery County Biographies All offsite links	Montgomery County Biographies 1606 -1888 Virginia and Virginians

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BLACK HISTORY
All offsite links
Virginia Black History Archives	Jackson Davis Collection An educational reformer and amateur photographer, took photographs of African American schools, teachers and students.	People of Color in the Old South
Timeline of Black History at Virginia Tech

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BOOKS & DIARIES
All offsite links
A History of Middle New River Settlements and Contiguous Territories By Daved E. Johnston, 1906	Books for Sale & Lookup Check out the list of books currently available from various vendors, or for which Lookup Offers have been made. Let me post your books here if you're willing to assist others.

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BUSINESS
Post Offices, Past and Present	Montgomery County Business Register 1884 - 1885	Montgomery Business Register 1888
Montgomery County Business Register 1893 - 1894

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CEMETERIES
Howard Family Cemetery	Jewell Family Cemetery	Linkous Cemetery, Blacksburg, Virginia
Sunset Cemetery	Weaver Cemetery, Pilot, Va	Burial list given to me by Bobby Tolbert (Now deceased)

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CENSUS
1840 Slave Schedule	1850 Slave Census	1880 Census Transcription
Register of Free Negroes and Mulattoes	S&K Census Indexes for VA	Electronic census spreadsheets An Off Site Link
USGenWeb Census Project

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CHURCHES

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CLAIMS

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COURT DOCUMENTS
Montgomery County Specific Files in the VaGenweb Archives	Montgomery County Orphans 1802-1822

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DEATHS & OBITUARIES
Montgomery County Memorials 1	Montgomery County Memorials 2	Montgomery News Messenger Obits 1952
Montgomery News Messenger Obits 1963	Montgomery News Messenger Obits 1970	Montgomery County Deaths 1972
Death Certificate Index

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FUNERAL HOMES
Horne Funeral Service	McCoy Funeral Home	Mullins Funeral Home
Radford City Funeral Homes
Clayton & Dean Funeral Home 2000 West Street Radford, VA 24141 540-731-1486	De Vilbiss Funeral Home 1200 Grove Radford, VA 24141 540-639-2422	Mullins Funeral Home 120 1st Street Radford, VA 24141 540-639-2456

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EDUCATION/SCHOOLS
Montgomery County Schools 1954 All offsite links	VA Tech Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Blacksburg, VA 24061	Appalachian Rural Education Network

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FAMILIES
ALL Off Site Links
Terry & Turner Family

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HISTORY
All offsite links
Archives of Appalachia	Appalachian History Collection at VA Tech	Chalkley's Chronicles of the Scotch-Irish Settlement in Virginia
	William and Mary College Quarterly Historical Magazine

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LETTERS

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LIBRARIES
All offsite links
Manuscript Collection at VA Tech Library	University Libraries Special Collections Department Virginia Tech P.O. Box 90001 Blacksburg, VA 24062-9001	Draper Manuscripts on Film
Montgomery, Floyd Regional Library An offsite Link	The Library of Virginia (LVA) 800 East Broad Street Richmond, VA 23219-1905 Phone: 804.692.3500

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LINKS
All offsite links
Genealogical Databases of Old Prison Records An offsite Link		New River Notes An Offsite Link This is a GREAT site that Jeff Weaver has put a LOT of work into!

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MAPS
All offsite links
Bureau of Land Management	U.S. Census Maps 1790-1930	Geostat - University of Virginia Library
Virginia Historical Counties Map       Provides on-demand, printable, large-scale maps of every boundary change of every county and independent city of Virginia. User chooses any day and month from 1634 to 2000 and can zoom in or out or alter the map in other ways. An easy-to-use HELP file and supplementary texts support the maps. From the Newberry Library

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MARRIAGES
Selected Montgomery County marriages 1777-1850	Montgomery County Marriages	Marriages sorted by Bride 1850-1860
Marriages sorted by Groom 1850-1860	Montgomery County Marriages 1903	Radford City Marriages

MILITARY
All offsite links
Revolutionary War List of Pensioners	Korean War Casualties	National Archives Records Administration (NARA) - Where you send off for various records, mostly military related
The Valley of the Shadow A wonderful Civil War History database of information - Mostly Augusta and Franklin Counties	Montgomery County Revolutionary War Patriots Pension applications	The Flower Swift Militia Company Of  Montgomery Co., Virginia 1779-1783 An off site link by Jeff Weaver

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MUSEUMS
All offsite links
Virginia Tech Museum of Natural History	Montgomery Museum and Lewis Miller Regional Art Center	Wilderness Road Museum

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NEWSPAPERS
All offsite links
Southwest Times	Roanoke Times - New River Valley Edition	NRV Today
	The News Messenger

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ORGANIZATIONS

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PENSIONS

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PHOTOGRAPHS
	Jeff Weavers Montgomery Photo Site

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PLACES

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POSTCARDS

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RECREATION
Coal Mining Heritage Park		The Huckleberry Trail

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TAXES
1782 Montgomery County Tax List An Off site Link to Jeff Weavers New River Notes

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WILLS

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MONTGOMERY COUNTY RESOURCES
All offsite links
The County Of Montgomery	The City of Christiansburg	Blacksburg Electronic Village
Information on THE SMART ROAD;	Eastern Montgomery County, VA Web page  Shawsville-Elliston-Ironto	Blacksburg Chamber of Commerce

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MONTGOMERY COUNTY RELATED PAGES 

GENEALOGY HELPERS LINKS
Geographic Nameserver Put in a city name and find out what county it is in	USGenWeb Archive Search Engine, State-by-State	VAGenWeb Archives
Search the LDS website	Search the Digital Resources at the Library of Virginia	Search the DAR Library Catalog
Where to Write for Vital Statistics	Create a timeline of History	Epidemics in the United States
US Newspapers Link	The Association for Gravestone Studies	State Abbreviations
Cyndi's List		Deciphering Old Handwriting

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Shortcut to Neighboring Counties

Giles Co	Craig Co	Roanoke Co
Pulaski Co	Floyd Co	Franklin Co

Shortcut to Ancestor Counties

      Charles River Co                   Chickacoan Indian District

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    York Co (1642/43)                  Northumberland Co (1648)

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    New Kent Co (1654)                    Lancaster Co (1651)

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  King and Queen Co (1691)           Rappahanock Co (1656-1692) defunct 

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                             |     King William Co (1702)      Essex Co (1692)

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            Spotsylvania Co (1721)

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            Orange Co (1734)

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              Augusta Co (1745)

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                   Botetourt Co (1770)

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                          Fincastle Co (1772-1777) defunct

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                         Montgomery Co (1777)

 

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