Shenandoah County Library & Truban Archives
514 Stony Creek Blvd.
Edinburg, VA 22824
http://www.shenandoah.co.lib.va.us
Email: swhitesides@countylib.org
Phone: 540-984-8200
Did your ancestors live in the northern Shenandoah Valley? Or perhaps pass through on their way west? They may have left traces of themselves in Shenandoah County, waiting for you to discover. Our family history archives are housed at the Shenandoah County Library. The hours are: Monday, Wednesday, and Friday 10:00 a.m.‒6:00 p.m.; Tuesday and Thursday 10:00 a.m.‒8:00 p.m.; and Saturday 10:00 a.m.‒3:00 p.m. The Society is closed on Sunday.
Collections
We have extensive family histories, cemetery records, historic building surveys, land and personal property tax records on microfilm, early deed abstracts, will indexes, marriage records, books with early church records, necrology, African-American Research, local folk history, and Civil War records. What else can we offer you?• From the Mid-Atlantic Germanic Society (MAGS) we have a collection of over 1,000 books, publications, newsletters and periodicals for Germanic genealogy and heritage research.
• A nine-volume study of the 1860 Census of Shenandoah County that offers incredible detail.
• A photo collection from the Shenandoah County Historical Society totaling over 27,000 images from 1900‒1950.
• Early local newspapers on microfilm. Maps. A great postcard collection in the Truban Archives. And much more…
Be Prepared
Excellent self-help materials available to point first-time visitors in the right direction. Need copies? You can photograph, copy, copy to USB drive including from microfilm and scan with your own scanner. Make your own copies at $.15 each, large copies additional. You don’t need to bring coins for copies!
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