Virginia Repositories—Richmond Region

Chesterfield Historical Society of Virginia
10111 Iron Bridge Road
Chesterfield, Va. 23832

Phone: 804-796-7121
Web: http://www.chesterfieldhistory.com/
E-mail:  admin@chesterfieldhistory.com


Distance from Convention Center:  18.6 miles (24 minutes).  We are located at the intersection of Krause Road and Route 10 (Ironbridge Road) in Chesterfield, VA.  From the I-95 exit onto Route 10, proceed west for 6.5 miles, turn right at Krause Road.  Turn left into the School Board parking lot and follow blue signs.

Be Prepared

The Library of the Chesterfield Historical Society is a reference facility open to the public Monday through Friday, 10:00 a.m.‒4:00 p.m.  Use of the library is free. A fee is charged for photocopies (10‒25 cents depending on size).  Microfilm readers are available but no printers.

Holdings

You are certain to find information on your family if they lived in Chesterfield County.  Published county and family histories are here, as are abstracts of marriages, wills, deeds, and census records.  There’s a comprehensive collection of maps, 1607‒1991, and a picture collection of over 1,000 images.  The manuscript collection includes church minute books, Bible records, genealogical charts, and records of the Health Department.

Collection

Carefully collected by volunteers are records of over 12,000 known burials in Chesterfield County. See the link to county cemeteries on the CHSV website.  There are individual files on each cemetery, many with photographs and family information.  A collection of vertical files includes family history files, group sheets, and pedigree charts.

Chesterfield Historical  Society of Virginia

Services

Write-in research requests, a minimum of $25 for focused, limited research.  Copies are extra.

Gift shop, publications for sale

The Museum Gift Shop, located inside the Magnolia Grange Historic House Museum, offers many Chesterfield-oriented gift items. Reproductions of 18th century tavern ware, reprint maps and a fine selection of local history books are available.  Open Tuesday through Friday from 10:00 a.m.‒4:00 p.m. and Saturday from 10:00 a.m.‒2:00 p.m.

Virginia Repositories—Richmond Region

Richmond Discoveries' Tours

Virginia State Capitol 

Tour Registration Ends 1 April  2014!

Tuesday, 1 April  is the official deadline to sign up for pre-conference tours in historic and beautiful Richmond, Virginia! Registration will remain open after that date ONLY for the tours that have met the required minimum number of attendees.

At this point, these tours are in serious danger of being canceled.

Colonial Williamsburg and Swem Library Research Trip, 5 May (7:30 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.)

Cost per Person: $78    (minimum 30, maximum 55 attendees)
Note: Includes round-trip transportation from Richmond to Williamsburg and an expert local guide to provide driving tour and be a “go to” person for attendees. This does NOT include admission to Colonial Williamsburg's attractions.

Richmond’s Black Heritage Tour, 5 May (1:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.)

Cost per Person: $48    (minimum 30, maximum 100 attendees TOTAL)
Note: Transportation, guide, and attractions included. The upper story of the Maggie Walker House, NPS, is not accessible for those with mobility restrictions.

Richmond Discoveries Tour 6 May (8:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. and 1:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.) 

Cost per Person: $59    (minimum 30, maximum 55 attendees per tour)
Note: Transportation, guide, and attractions included. The upper story of the Dabbs House Museum is not accessible for those with mobility restrictions.

Patriots and Presidents Tour 6 May (8:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. and 1:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.)

Cost per Person: $51    (minimum 25, maximum 32 attendees per tour)
Note: Transportation, guide, and attractions included. This tour requires some moderate walking at the Capitol Square and at Hollywood Cemetery.

Register TODAY by visiting the tour registration page on our website and using the passcode NGS2014 (case sensitive).

http://www.richmonddiscoveries.com/ngs.php

Feel free to contact us at (804) 222-8595 or at richmonddiscoveries@cavtel.net. We are often out doing programs, but leave a message and we will respond.

Thank you and we look forward to seeing your registrations so we may share Richmond’s long and fascinating history with you!

Richmond Discoveries' Tours

New York Conference Track

The New York Genealogical and Biographical Society 

36 West 44th St., 7th Floor

New York, NY 10036-8105

Web: http://www.newyorkfamilyhistory.org

E-mail: jane@4gtetmenotancestry.com

Thursday, 8 May 2014, NYG&B features five conference lectures and a luncheon. For details about the Thursday program at the NGS 2014 Family History Conference, hear Jane E. Wilcox, host of the Forget-Me-Not-Hour radio show, interview each speaker about their upcoming lectures at http://www.blogtalkradio.com/janeewilcox/2014/03/20/ny-track-at-ngs-richmond-2014. 

The broadcast was announced on this blog 18 March 2014. 

Jane E. Wilcox

Also read Jane's recent blog post at http://www.4getmenotancestry.com/new-york-track-at-ngs-richmond/. 

New York Conference Track

Official Conference Social Media

Ancestry Insider 

The Ancestry Insider blog is the unofficial, unauthorized view of Ancestry.com and FamilySearch.org. The Ancestry Insider reports on, defends, and constructively criticizes these two websites and associated topics. The author attempts to fairly and evenly support both. The Ancestry Insider blog is a readers’ choice news and resources blog, honored as part of Family Tree Magazine’s “40 Best Genealogy Blogs.” It was named a “25 Most Popular Genealogy Blogs” by ProGenealogists, and Family Tree Magazine’s “101 Best Web Sites” award.

The Ancestry Insider is  genealogical technologist. He has been an insider at both Ancestry.com and FamilySearch. He has a post-graduate technology degree and holds a dozen technology patents in the United States and abroad. He has done genealogy since 1972 and has worked in the computer industry since 1978. He was Time Magazine Man of the Year in both 1966 and 2006. Conference attendees are among the few nationwide to learn his secret identity. And he really is descended from an Indian princess.

Web Page: http://www.ancestryinsider.org/

Official Conference Social Media

Virginia Repositories—Richmond

James Branch Cabell Library

Special Collections and Archives
James Branch Cabell Library
Virginia Commonwealth University Libraries
901 Park Ave.
Richmond, VA 23284-2033

Phone:  804-828-1108
E-mail:  libjbcsca@vcu.edu 





Web:  http://www.library.vcu.edu/about/special-collections/cabell/


Open Monday through Friday, 9:00 a.m.‒5:00 p.m. All other times are by appointment.

Located approximately one mile from the Greater Richmond Convention Center:  We are located on the Monroe Park campus of Virginia Commonwealth University just one mile west of the Library of Virginia.

Be Prepared

We have a free digital scanner and a free photocopier.

Repository

Located on the fourth floor of the James Branch Cabell Library, Special Collections and Archives houses books, journals, manuscript collections, university archives, photographs, and other materials that support the academic programs of the Monroe Park Campus of Virginia Commonwealth University.

The department contains over 50,000 volumes in special subject areas, including Virginia and Richmond history and literature, popular culture and graphic arts, comic arts, artist books, and much more. In addition, Special Collections and Archives has one of the largest university collections of comic books – numbering over 40,000. The department also houses the official records and archives of VCU and its predecessor institutions.

Holdings

Materials related to genealogy are primarily university records of VCU and its predecessor institution, Richmond Professional Institute. Those records include student yearbooks, newspapers, and other materials. We have over 400 manuscript collections related to Central Virginia history and the finding aids for many of these collections are available from the Virginia Heritage website at http://vaheritage.org/.

Photograph of the library exterior provided by Jeff Auth.

Ray Bonis
Archives Coordinator
Special Collections and Archives
James Branch Cabell Library
VCU Libraries

Virginia Repositories—Richmond

National Genealogical Society Luncheon

Patricia W. Potrzebowski

Vital Statistics Registrars and Genealogists: 

We Need to Talk!

S431, Saturday, 10 May 2014, at 12:15 p.m.

Patricia W. Potrzebowski, PhD, Executive Director of the National Association for Public Health Statistics and Information, will be the featured speaker at the National Genealogical Society luncheon. The title of her talk is "Vital Statistics Registrars and Genealogists: We Need to Talk!" NGS has selected this topic to emphasis the importance of access to vital records for genealogists. Ms. Potrzeboski's talk will cover the following key points:

• What do state registrars of vital records and genealogists have in common?

• How can state registrars and genealogists work together more effectively to achieve mutual goals?

• Why privacy, confidentiality, and security of vital records matter to all of us.

Patricia W. Potrzebowski, Ph.D. has been the Executive Director of the National Association for Public Health Statistics and Information Systems since January, 2011.  Information about NAPHSIS can be found at http://www.naphsis.org.

Previously, Trish served as the Director, Bureau of Health Statistics and Research at the Pennsylvania Department of Health, where she worked for more than 35 years.  

While there, Trish established the first designated State Center for Health Statistics in the nation, implemented an award winning statewide cancer incidence registry and immunization registry, and directed the state’s vital statistics system.  In 2001 she launched the Commonwealth Universal Research Enhancement (CURE) program with funds from the Tobacco Master Settlement Agreement to provide clinical, biomedical, and health services research grants each year to universities, hospitals, and other research organizations located in Pennsylvania.  

Trish earned her Ph.D. in human genetics from the Department of Biostatistics of the Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh. She is a former President of NAPHSIS and received the Halbert L. Dunn Award in 1991 for her contributions to national and state health statistics systems.  Trish chaired the Panel to Evaluate the U.S. Standard Certificates that created the 2003 revised certificates, and was also a member of the 2011 Model Law Revision Work Group. 

Luncheon tickets can be purchased for $32.00 at http://conference.ngsgenealogy.org/event-registration/ through 22 April 2014. Register now before the luncheon sells out.

Also mark your conference schedule to attend the Records Preservation and Access Committee session, Thursday, 8 May 2014, 4:00 p.m., "RPAC: Access to Vital Records is Under Attack! How Can You Help?"

http://www.ngsgenealogy.org

National Genealogical Society Luncheon

Virginia Repositories—Richmond

The Museum of the Confederacy

Eleanor S. Brockenbrough Library
The Museum of the Confederacy
1201 E. Clay Street
Richmond, VA 23219

No phone
E-mail: library@moc.org. Please e-mail a specific and detailed request.
Web: http://www.moc.org/collections-archives/eleanor-s-brockenbrough-archives?mode=general

The Museum is open daily during the conference 10:00 a.m.‒5:00 p.m. Museum web: https://www.moc.org/visit-us/hours-admission?mode=richmond

Library Hours: Sporadic hours. Not open during NGS Conference; however, we may be open one day during NGS 2014 Conference. If you want to do research while you are in Richmond, send an e-mail to library@moc.org and request an appointment to do research. Watch the Conference Blog two weeks before Conference for up-to-the-minute news on research opportunities with the Museum of the Confederacy.

Repository

The Museum of the Confederacy is in the process of merging with the American Civil War Center to form the American Civil War Museum, which will be located at Tredegar Iron Works on Richmond’s downtown waterfront. For more details see https://www.moc.org/sites/default/files/new_name_nr.pdf. The move is scheduled to be completed in 2016.

The Museum’s library collection eventually will be moved to the Virginia Historical Society. See details at https://www.moc.org/sites/default/files/the_american_civil_war_museum_and_virginia_historical_society_to_combine_forces_on_archival_resources.pdf. The long term plans include digitizing some of the collection and making it available online.

Important!

For the foreseeable future, the Museum’s library collection will be available on a very limited and sporadic basis with no library staff. As a result, we will no longer be able to answer general history reference questions. We will attempt to answer questions about documents unique to our collections and accommodate on-site research or provide copies of documents; but, because there is no specifically designated library staff, we will handle those requests as other duties allow.

Be Prepared

Research fees and photocopying fees waived for members of the Museum and NGS Conference attendees if research opportunity is offered.

If you are given the opportunity to research by appointment, be on time, follow the rules, and leave promptly when your time slot ends.

Highlights of the Collection

What we do NOT have: military service and pension records; birth, marriage, death records, etc.; comprehensive lists of soldiers, prisoners, comprehensive military unit records.

What we DO have: Records of selected Confederate military units and commands; diaries (primarily Confederate soldiers); Confederate soldiers’ letters; correspondence, official and unofficial papers of Confederate military leaders; Jefferson Davis Family Collection (the single largest collection consisting primarily letters sent to President Jefferson Davis); a limited number of family history collections (primarily correspondence among family members); letters and autograph books of Confederate prisoners held in Northern prison camps (especially Johnson’s Island, Ohio); Confederate burial records (primarily photocopies and published, but also including original burial records for Hollywood and Oakwood Cemeteries in Richmond and Woodlawn Cemetery, Elmira, New York); the records of the Southern Historical Society (1869-1894, including wartime military records that the Society collected); and the “Roll of Honour” (a 346-volume biographical project amassed, ca. 1894-1940s, consisting of 50,000+ entries, most of which offer only name, rank, and unit – often erroneous – and perhaps 1,000 autobiographical entries, some of which have been transcribed and are available on the Museum’s website) http://www.moc.org/collections-archives/eleanor-s-brockenbrough-archives?mode=general

Finding aids and Inventories

A wide variety of MS Word file inventories are available upon request.

John M. Coski, Historian
The American Civil War Museum

Virginia Repositories—Richmond

Virginia Repositories—Richmond

Virginia Historical Society

Virginia Historical Society
428 N. Boulevard
Richmond, VA 23220

Mailing address:
P.O. Box 7311
Richmond, VA 23221-0311

Phone: 804-358-4901
Web: http://www.vahistorical.org


Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Virginia-Historical-Society

Open Monday through Saturday, 10:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.  Admission is free.
(Please note that the exhibit galleries will be closed during 2014 for renovation; the library will remain open).

Repository

The research library of the Virginia Historical Society (VHS) draws scholars and genealogists from around the world to mine its collections. Since its founding in 1831, the VHS has assembled a wide-ranging collection of private family and personal papers, business and organizational records, books, maps, photographs, artwork, and other materials, all of which provide insights into the history and culture of Virginia and its people.

Be Prepared

If this is your first visit, you will complete a registration form and allow the staff to copy your government-issued I.D. We have closed stacks and researchers fill out call slips in order to request materials.  Digital photography is permitted, and unrestricted materials can be copied by the public for 15 cents each. Restricted materials in good condition can be copied by the staff for 25 cents each. More information about visiting our library can be found on the web site http://www.vahistorical.org/your-visit/visiting-do-research.

Photos taken of the reading room and exterior of the neoclassical structure that houses the library and headquarters of the Virginia Historical Society, built in six stages between 1912 and 2006.

Holdings and Collections

If you are researching family history, you can check our online catalog http://www.vahistorical.org/collections-and-resources/search-collections to see if we have family papers, Bible records, genealogical notes and charts, or the papers of professional genealogists who left their research files to the library. We also have published state and county histories, directories, biographies, genealogies, and journals. More information about the collections is available on the Collections and Resources page http://www.vahistorical.org/collections-and-resources.

Virginia Historical Society Reading Room

Since most of our collections have not been digitized, we encourage you to make a visit to our library.
Descriptions of our materials are listed in the online catalog, and there are additional finding aids and special guides to our women’s, African American, Civil War, and environmental collections.

Wednesday, 4:00 p.m.,7 May 2014, Session W157, NGS 2014 Family History Conference, Frances S. Pollard will be presenting, "Repopulating the Past: Using the Collections of the Virginia Historical Society."

Frances S. Pollard
Chief Librarian
Virginia Historical Society

Virginia Repositories—Richmond

Spotlight on Exhibitors

Library of Virginia Shop - Booth 718

Library of Virginia
800 East Broad Street
Richmond, Virginia 23219

The Library of Virginia Shop features an assortment of useful genealogy materials and great gifts. A collection of Library of Virginia publications will be available for sale along with research aids and supplies for both the novice and experienced genealogist. You’re sure to find fun and engaging gifts that focus on literacy, history, and culture for all ages.

All proceeds from the Shop help further the educational, cultural, and conservation efforts of the Library of Virginia. We appreciate your support.

If you’d like to visit us on-site while you’re in Richmond, please stop by:

Library of Virginia
800 East Broad Street
Richmond, Virginia 23219
*Free and secure parking beneath the building*

Visit the shop online at http://www.TheVirginiaShop.org.
Visit the Library of Virginia online at http://www.LVA.Virginia.gov.

Spotlight on Exhibitors

Virginia Repositories—Richmond

The Library of Virginia: The Nation’s Story, Virginia’s Story, Your Story

 
Library of Virginia

Library of Virginia

800 East Broad Street
Richmond, VA 23219

Phone: 804-692-3500
Web: http://www.lva.virginia.gov and http://www.virginiamemory.com
E-mail: archdesk@lva.virginia.gov

Open: Monday through Saturday, 9:00 a.m‒5:00 p.m.

On Wednesday, 7 May 2014, the Library of Virginia will be open from 9:00 a.m. until 9:00 p.m. to accommodate NGS 2014 Family History Conference attendees. 

Welcome

We are excited about NGS coming to Richmond in May 2014 and look forward to seeing you! If you have a question before then be sure to e-mail us at archdesk@lva.virginia.gov.

Repository

The Library of Virginia’s 55 miles of shelves and files contain the stories of famous Americans but they also hold the history of all Virginians. Their stories are told through 116 million books, manuscripts, photographs, maps, newspapers, and more. Here you’ll find Bible records, genealogy notes and charts, military and service records, county records, maps, birth, marriage, and death records, land grants, and tax records. 

In addition, to fantastic records the Library has a knowledgeable and helpful staff ready to help you find your history. It’s no surprise that the Library of Virginia is one of the nation’s foremost centers for family research.

Be Prepared

The Library of Virginia, located at 800 East Broad Street in historic downtown Richmond, is open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Saturday. It is free and open to the public.

Fill out ahead of time the online form for applying for a library card. See the section below at the asterisk (*).

You can use cameras to record your research just no flash or artificial lighting. You can copy microfilm and printed books to USB drives. To make copies you’ll need a library card but we will help you get that when you arrive. We do not have coin machines, and prices for items being copied vary.

We also have the Discovery Café, which serves breakfast and lunch. If you are looking for the perfect souvenir be sure to visit the Virginia Shop on the first floor. It offers educational children’s books and games, literary gifts, genealogy tools, Virginia-made foods, and gifts with the state seal.

Introduction to the Library and Its Collections

Our Visitors’ Guide http://www.lva.virginia.gov/about/visit.asp is a great introduction to the Library and offers links to information on using our collections http://www.lva.virginia.gov/public/using_collections.asp.To help you navigate our collections we have created research guides http://www.lva.virginia.gov/public/guides/bibguides.htm. You can learn more about the Library through its websites found at http://www.lva.virginia.gov and http://www.virginiamemory.com/. 

Holdings

The Library's collections of books, periodicals, government publications, and microforms totals 1,902,555 items, including 50,705 reels of newspaper microfilm and 686,542 federal government publications.  

The Library's Archival Collections now total 78,561 cubic feet, or approximately 117.8 million items. The Archival Collection also includes 49,415 reels of microfilm, an estimated 68,000 maps, and 13,062 architectural plans and drawings. 

The Library's Special Collections includes 51,700 Rare Book titles, dating as far back as the 15th century and collected over the past 175 years; Fine Art including paintings and sculptures located largely in buildings in the Capitol Square area, such as the Library, State Capitol, Executive Mansion and Supreme Court; and more than 300,000 prints, photographs, postcards, posters and ephemera in the Prints and Photographs Collection.  

The Library of Virginia’s Virginia Newspaper Project is part of United States Newspaper Program, a national effort to locate, describe, inventory, preserve, and provide public access to the United States imprint newspapers housed in the commonwealth. Virginia Chronicle is a new digital newspaper resource offered by the Library of Virginia that is fully text searchable and free to all patrons. The online resource contains all the titles found at the Library of Congress' Chronicling America site with additional titles that are either out of scope for the National Digital Newspaper Program or titles the Library believes to be of special interest, such as the Farm Bureau News and Our Church Paper, to name just two examples.

Accessing materials at the Library of Virginia

Conference attendees should get a library card if:
• You will be making physical copies from microfilm or books or printing out pages from a library PC. Your card will double as a copy card.
• You will be looking at materials from the closed stacks.  It will allow you to take materials away from the Circulation Desk into the reading rooms.
• You will need to access social media.  It will allow you to log into our computers.

Conference attendees will not need a card to:
• Enter into the reading rooms and use materials on the shelves or use the computers to access your email, our catalog and databases.
• Use our WiFi, log in as LVA Guest.
• Scan images from books or microfilm to a USB/flash drive or take digital photos (without the flash). You will need to bring your own USB drive (8GB or less) or you may purchase a 4GB flash drive at the Circulation Desk. You will need a card to print.

*To register for a library card

• For those who wish to get a library card, the form is available online.  http://www.lva.virginia.gov/forms/libcard.pdf
• Virginia Residents may complete the form and mail it in or submit it via email prior to April 15, 2014 to allow time for the card to be mailed to your home address. Please include a copy of driver’s license or ID with the registration form.
• Non-Virginia Residents must register in person.  You may complete the registration form in advance and bring it along with a photo ID with current address to the Circulation Desk to register. The process takes about 5 minutes of your time. Please note that due to licensing agreements library cards issued to out-of-state residents do not allow access to our Find It Virginia and other licensed databases outside of the library. 

All conference attendees will need a photo id with a current address in order to use material in the manuscripts, maps, and special collections areas. 

Mailing Address: Email address:
The Library of Virginia Tina Miller
Access Services/Registration Access Services Manager
800 East Broad Street                               tina.miller@lva.virginia.gov
Richmond, VA  23219

Photos taken by Prakash Patel.

Virginia Repositories—Richmond

Virginia Repositories—Northern Neck

Northern Neck of Virginia Historical Society

Northern Neck of Virginia Historical Society (NNVHS)
15825 Kings Highway
Montross, VA 22520

Phone: 804-493-1862
Web: http://www.nnvhs.org
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NNVHS
E-mail: nnvhs@live.com

Open by appointment only. Appointments may be made by emailing nnvhs@live.com or calling 804-493-1862.

Repository

The Northern Neck of Virginia Historical Society (NNVHS) library is located on the first floor of the Society’s headquarters at 15825 Kings Highway, Montross, Virginia. The mailing address is P. O. box 716, Montross, VA 22520.

NNVHS Mission

Virginia’s Northern Neck, home to many of America’s Founding Fathers and birthplace of three of the nation’s first five presidents, has been called the cradle of American democracy. The mission of the Northern Neck of Virginia Historical Society (NNVHS) is to collect, preserve, and disseminate information and material of every nature relating to the history, antiquities, and literature of the Counties of Northumberland, Lancaster, Westmoreland, Stafford, Richmond and King George.

Be Prepared

The library research fee is free for NNVHS members; $5 daily for non-members. Copies are $ .25 each.

Holdings

The Society’s library collection includes print and non-print materials on the history and genealogy of Virginia’s Northern Neck.

Collections

The NNVHS library collection includes vital records, family histories, church and cemetery guides, military records, immigration lists and census records, histories of Virginia and Northern Neck towns and counties.

Publications for sale

Northern Neck of Virginia Historical Society Magazine, published annually since 1951 and
Comprehensive Index to the Northern Neck of Virginia Historical Society Annual Magazine,
3-volume set, 1951-2003, which can be purchased separately.

Virginia Repositories—Northern Neck

Virginia Repositories—Northern Neck

The Mary Ball Washington Museum & Library

Mary Ball Washington Museum & Library

8346 Mary Ball Rd (Va. Rt. 3)
Lancaster VA 22503

Phone: 804-462-7280
http://www.mbwm.org
E-mail: info@mbwm.org

Open Tuesday through Friday, 10:00 a.m.‒4:00 p.m. and Saturday, 11:00 a.m. ‒3:00 p.m

Repository

The Mary Ball Washington Museum & Library in Lancaster County, Virginia, maintains a regional History and Genealogy Research Library with thousands of published records, books, manuscripts, periodicals, microfilm holdings, unpublished research notes, and loose paper files related to Virginia family histories, census records, county histories, church and cemetery records, vital statistics, and local history topics.

Be Prepared

Before coming to the Library, we suggest that you first check our online card catalog.  Currently you can search over 7,800 items by keyword, surname, title, or author. When you visit, you’ll discover additional indexes, subscription-based resources, and wonderful volunteer staff to help you. You’ll be amazed by our Surname Index Card File, a pre-computer age labor of love with hundreds of thousands of handwritten entries copied from the indexes of almost every book in the genealogy collection.

The Library has a $5 daily-use fee (cash or check) or you can get an annual membership pass for $35. Photocopies and computer printouts are 25 cents per page. Staff will retrieve books from closed stacks and make copies. For an extra $10 daily fee, you may use your own camera or wand scanner for digital imaging. Laptops/tablets are allowed, but the Library does not offer Wi-Fi. There is a patron computer workstation with Internet access. Our microfilm machine is a reader-only.

Although we have a lot of information, our physical space is small, so we suggest that you make an appointment. Regular hours are Tuesday through Friday, 10:00 a.m.‒4:00 p.m. and Saturday, 11:00 a.m.‒3:00 p.m., but please check our website for any changes or call ahead to confirm, especially before driving long distances. You’ll find us at 8346 Mary Ball Rd (Va. Rt. 3), Lancaster VA 22503; 804-462-7280; http://www.mbwm.org. If you can’t visit in person, contact us about ways we can help by mail or e-mail.

Holdings and Collections

The focus is on Lancaster and the surrounding Northern Neck region, including the counties of Northumberland, Westmoreland, Richmond, Essex, and Middlesex. We also have materials on counties to the north and west that were part of the original Northern Neck Proprietary, other Virginia areas like Tidewater and Eastern Shore, and nearby states where settlers came from or went to, including Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Kentucky. Our historical society is named after George Washington’s mother, who was born in Lancaster County, and we have a large reference section on the Ball family and descendants.

Mary Ball Washington Library

See Our Indexes Before Visiting Nearby Courthouse

Nearly all of Lancaster’s court records back to its formation in 1651 still exist at the nearby co

urthouse, but you’ll need to visit our Library first to find indexes to these deeds, wills, order books, etc. Among our finding aids we have court abstract books for Lancaster and 20 other counties. We also have a unique database of Lancaster Estate Records and an index of over 3,000 named slaves.

Lancaster House

Lancaster House

Lancaster House, built circa 1830, is the MBWML's main museum building housing exhibit galleries, the gift shop and bookstore, and administrative offices. It has been a private home, a tavern, and a boarding house at various times in its history. Changing exhibits highlight a variety of objects and artifacts related to the county's history, collected by the museum from local donors. Lancaster House is located across the street from the research library building. Public parking for both the museum and library is available in front of Lancaster House.

Virginia Repositories—Northern Neck

International Society of Family History Writers and Editors Lecture

Spreading the News Track

Linda Coffin 

Friday, 9 May 2014, 11:00 a.m., Writing for Your Audience

So many genealogists have boxes and binders of material that no one wants to read. Often our families don’t understand what treasures are hiding between the pages. As genealogists, it’s up to us to present our stories so that they draw people in. But how do we make all those dates and places sound exciting? How do we make our ancestors come alive in our writing? What do we do if we are not gifted writers?

“Writing for Your Audience,” Friday, 11:00 a.m., will help you get those stories out there to be read and enjoyed. The presenter, Linda Coffin, will demonstrate how to create interesting stories out of very basic genealogical information, by adding plot, character, description, and context. By the end of the lecture, you will be inspired to re-visit your material and try some new writing techniques.

Linda has been a personal historian for ten years http://www.historycrafters.com and, since January 2012, has also been the Executive Director of the Association of Personal Historians http://www.personalhistorians.org. Blending careful genealogical research with a variety of interviewing and writing techniques, Linda has helped more than 30 clients produce personal memoirs, family histories, and community and business histories. Many of these books have been designed for the family audience, but some have reached out into the larger community as well.

Come join Linda at “Writing for Your Audience” and learn how to make your stories come alive!

For more information about the International Society of Family History Writers and Editors see http://isfhwe.org.

International Society of Family History Writers and Editors Lecture

Richmond Discoveries' Tours

Tour Registration Closes on 1 April 2014

Richmond Discoveries are offering several tours on Monday, 5 May and Tuesday, 6 May 2014 prior to the National Genealogical Society 2014 Family History Conference in Richmond, Virginia.

If you were planning to take one of the historical tours being offered, make your reservations NOW since reservations for all tours close on 1 April 2014. Reservations can be placed on the special Richmond Discoveries website http://www.richmonddiscoveries.com/ngs.php. The password is NGS2014 and is case sensitive.  If you have any questions about the tours call Richmond Discoveries at 804-222-8595 or e-mail richmonddiscoveries@cavtel.net. In the event that the minimum number of registrants for each tour is not met, Richmond Discoveries reserves the right to cancel the tour if necessary.

Colonial Williamsburg and Swem Library Research Trip 

Monday, 5 May 2014, 7:30 a.m–6:00 p.m. (All-day tour)

Spend the day on your own in Williamsburg and choose to tour Colonial Williamsburg, do research at the Swem Library, or each for half a day. Williamsburg, formerly Middle Plantation, served as Virginia’s capital from 1699 to 1780. The Earl Gregg Swem Library on the campus of the College of William and Mary has a Rare Book room, manuscripts, and special collections. For details about the collection see https://swem.wm.edu/. Experience the sites, tastes, and sounds of the colonial capital, reconstructed in the 1920s and 1930s through the philanthropic work of John D. Rockefeller. See http://www.colonialwilliamsburg.com/plan/tickets/ for ticket prices and details.

The Swem Library can only accommodate twenty researchers at a time in its special collections, so please notify conference co-chair Jan Alpert at janalpert@aol.com to reserve a seat at the Swem Library. There are a few reserved seats still available at the Swem Library.

Cost per Person:  $78 (min. 30, max. 55)

Cost includes motor coach transportation and driver gratuity, as well as a guide to escort the group to Williamsburg and answer questions. Note: Participants must purchase their own tickets for Colonial Williamsburg and are responsible for their own lunch.

Richmond’s Black Heritage Tour 

Monday, 5 May 2014, 1:00 p.m.–5:00 p.m. (Afternoon tour)

Maggie L. Walker

Central Virginia’s African American community has one of the richest heritages in the nation. From the comfort of your motor coach, see sites such as the James River-Kanawha Canal and Tredegar Ironworks, which offered unique economic opportunities to both free and enslaved blacks; First African Baptist Church; and Jackson Ward, home of the Bill “Bojangles” Robinson statue and known as “Harlem of the South” and “Black Wall Street” for the African American entrepreneurs, artists, journalists, and leadership that flourished there through the Civil Rights Movement. Visit the Maggie L. Walker House, National Park Service, home of an inspirational civic leader and America’s first female bank president. Tour Sixth Mt. Zion Baptist Church, founded in 1867 by acclaimed minister and community cornerstone John Jasper and one of Richmond’s most active churches today. Meet with church historian Benjamin Ross, who will discuss the use of church records in genealogy and in reconstructing family histories.

Cost per Person:  $48 (min. 30, max. 100)

Cost includes motor coach transportation and driver gratuity, step-on guide service, full tour management, and all attractions.

The upper story of the Maggie Walker House, National Park Service, is not accessible for those with mobility restrictions.

The Confederate Capital Tour

Tuesday, 6 May 2014, 9:00 a.m.–6:00 p.m. (All-day tour)

Museum of the Confederacy
Photo by Jeff Greenberg

For four dramatic years, Richmond was the proud, embattled capital of a new nation, and the fascinating tale of that star-crossed nation awaits you. Enjoy a tour of the White House of the Confederacy, where Confederate President Jefferson Davis lived with his family during the war years. Walk through the fascinating exhibits of the Museum of the Confederacy, home of the world’s largest collection of Confederate memorabilia. Visit Tredegar Ironworks, National Park Service, known as the “Ironmaker of the Confederacy.” At St. Paul’s Church you can sit in the pews of Lee and Davis and admire the beauty of the Tiffany stained glass memorial windows. Take a quiet stroll into the Confederate Soldiers section of Hollywood Cemetery, the final resting place of 18,000 Confederate enlisted men. From your motor coach, view other Civil War related sites such as Monument Avenue, built as a tribute to Southern heroes.

Conclude the day with our Richmond Alive!—Life of the Civil War Soldier program. With a full display of Civil War artifacts, a soldier will educate and entertain you with everything from a demonstration of the use of flags and drum signals on the battlefield to life in the camps: including food, music, games, and personal entertainment. The presentation will demonstrate a complete picture of life of the average enlisted man in the Civil War. Add to this a healthy dose of humor and you have a program that you will long remember! Lunch is on your own in historic Shockoe Slip, the restored warehouse district, with a wide variety of restaurants to choose from.

Cost per Person:  $89 (min. 30, max. 100)

Cost includes motor coach transportation and driver gratuity, step-on guide service, full tour management, and all attractions. Individuals are responsible for their own lunch.

The upper stories of the White House of the Confederacy are not accessible for those with mobility restrictions.

Richmond Discoveries Tour

Tuesday, 6 May 2014, 8:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m. and 1:30 p.m.–5:30 p.m. (The tour repeats morning and afternoon).

Kanawha Canal

This tour features an overview of Richmond’s historical and cultural attractions. From the comfort of your motor coach, you will see Richmond’s graciously restored historic neighborhoods including: Shockoe Slip, a cobblestone restaurant district; Church Hill, noted for its unique cast iron patterns; the riverfront; and the famed Monument Avenue, one of America’s most beautiful boulevards. This tour includes a guided tour at the Virginia State Capitol, designed by Thomas Jefferson and completed in 1788, and a narrated canal cruise on the James River-Kanawha Canal. This tour also includes a visit to Dabbs House Museum, a house museum in Henrico County that served as Lee’s headquarters during the Seven Days campaign of June 1862. Henrico or “Henricus” was established by the English in 1611 as the first settlement after Jamestown; eventually, eight central Virginia counties were carved out of Henrico. The staff will present a special discussion on the extensive use of genealogical research in the interpretation of the house as well as special programs they produce for the county.

Cost per Person:  $59  (min. 30, max. 55 per morning or afternoon tour)

Cost includes motor coach transportation and driver gratuity, step-on guide service, full tour management, and all attractions.

The upper story of the Dabbs House Museum is not accessible for those with mobility restrictions.

Patriots and Presidents Tour

Tuesday, 6 May 2014, 8:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m. and 1:30pm–5:30 p.m. (The tour repeats morning and afternoon).

Hollywood Cemetery

Explore the history of Founding Fathers and nation-builders in Richmond. Enjoy a visit to St. John’s Church and learn about the events in Virginia that culminated in Patrick Henry giving his passionate “Liberty or Death” speech at the Second Virginia Convention in March 1775.  Make a brief stop on the grounds of Virginia’s Capitol Square to discuss Mr. Jefferson’s “Temple of Democracy” and admire the historic statuary. Enjoy a walking and driving tour through the quiet beauty of Hollywood Cemetery, final resting place of 18,000 Confederate enlisted men, 25 Confederate generals, and a number of other famous personages. See the graves of Confederate President Jefferson Davis and his family, as well as two U.S. Presidents (subject to funerals). In addition, from the comfort of your motor coach, view sites such as the Edmund Randolph Lodge, the nation’s oldest Masonic Lodge in continuous use; the First Freedom site where Thomas Jefferson’s Statute of Religious Freedom was passed; and the Marshall house, home of Revolutionary War patriot and Chief Justice John Marshall.

Cost per Person:  $51 (min. 25, max. 32 per tour)

Cost includes motor coach transportation and driver gratuity, step-on guide service, full tour management, and all attractions.

All tours leave from the Marriott Hotel, 500 East Broad St., Richmond, Virginia 23219.

Photos provided by http://www.visitrichmondva.com.

Richmond Discoveries' Tours

Virginia Repositories—Piedmont

Bedford Museum and Genealogical Library

Bedford Museum and Genealogical Library
201 East Main Street
Bedford, VA 24523

Phone: 540-586-4520
Web: http://www.bedfordvamuseum.org
https://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/Bedford-Museum-Genealogical-Library/311951041346
E-mail: bccm-info@BedfordVAMuseum.org

Open Monday‒Friday, 10:00 a.m.‒5:00 p.m.; Saturday, 10:00 a.m.‒3:00 p.m., (till 5:00 p.m. in December & January); closed Sunday and major holidays

Repository

The Bedford Museum and Genealogical Library has been preserving the history and genealogy of Bedford County, Virginia, since 1933. It has been in its current location since 1979.  Two resources in one building; we are the Museum for the County of Bedford, Va. as well being an amazing genealogy library. Staff is available for help, if needed. The goal is to have visitors leave with new-found knowledge.

Be Prepared

Free parking is available in the parking lot adjacent to the Museum; however, approximately half are paid reserved spots, but there are other free spaces available nearby. Copies are $.50 a page for the first 10 pages and $.25 per page afterwards. Scanners and cameras are allowed to be used; however, a contribution is requested if the equipment is used. Wi-Fi is available, and the Bedford County Courthouse is located next door.

There is a researcher available for those who cannot come to Bedford, and she charges $25 an hour for the first hour. The website features a members-only section that includes a copy of the marriage index from 1754-1899, and a copy of the 1,500-plus known cemeteries in the county.

Holdings

Thousands of books on family history and local history are available for in-house research. There is also a good selection of books on different wars, including 40-plus on the Korean War.

Bedford Genealogical Library

Collections

Family history is intertwined in local history, and the county museum displays artifacts that offer a different perspective of ancestors’ lives.

Genealogy and History Forum

On the second Saturday of every month, except December & January at 1:30 p.m., the Museum hosts a genealogy and history forum. Guest speakers share their genealogy and their history research, and they offer tips for research. The Museum also offers a free beginning genealogy class every month.

Publications for sale

Genealogy books and local history books are stocked in the gift shop. Historical trinkets and local items are also available in the gift shop. Some of the books offered include the marriage index from 1754-1899 and the cemetery database for 1,500 known cemeteries in Bedford County. Other books discuss county mills, villages, and family history. DVDs of some of the guest speakers, as well as maps from different time periods, are available.

Virginia Repositories—Piedmont

NYG&B's New York Experts to Talk About the NGS Conference

The Forget-Me-Not Hour: Your Ancestors Want Their Stories to Be Told

Radio Show, Wednesday Night:, 19 March 2014, 9:00 p.m. Eastern Time

http://www.blogtalkradio.com/janeewilcox/2014/03/20/ny-track-at-ngs-richmond-2014

Join Jane E. Wilcox, host of The Forget-Me-Not Hour: Your Ancestors Want Their Stories to Be Told radio show, when she welcomes the presenters of the New York Genealogical & Biographical-sponsored New York Track at the National Genealogical Society’s 2014 Family History Conference in Richmond, Virginia. On the show, the New York Track lecture team will talk about the exciting lineup of New York genealogy topics at this year’s conference. The radio show airs at 9:00 p.m. Eastern time on Wednesday, 19 March 2014, at http://www.blogtalkradio.com/janeewilcox/2014/03/20/ny-track-at-ngs-richmond-2014, and can be listened to on-demand any time afterward.

The New York Track includes Naomi Joshi on “Navigating the Past: Gazetteers and Genealogists,” Terry Koch-Bostic with two topics: “Misspelled, Misunderstood or Deliberate? Are Your New York Ancestors’ Records Hidden Under a Surname Variation?” and “Upside Down Migration: South Carolina to Nova Scotia to New York,” Joan Koster-Morales on “New York’s Confederate Prisons: Elmira and New York City,” and radio show host Jane Wilcox on “Looking for Your New York Tenant Farmer: Little-Used Resources.” Naomi will also give the NYG&B Luncheon talk on “How to Assemble a Weighty Genealogical Tome and Survive the Experience!” The New York Track and Luncheon take place on Thursday, 8 May.

Find out what each of the presentations is all about on Wednesday, 19 March, on The Forget-Me-Not Hour, and then join the presenters at the Greater Richmond Convention Center in Richmond, Virginia, on 7-10 May 2014.

Begun in November 2010 on WHVW 950 AM radio in Poughkeepsie, the Forget-Me-Not Hour features two one-hour shows each month with one on New York-area genealogy and history topics and one on a variety of genealogy and history topics. The New York show airs on the first Wednesday of the month at 10:00 a.m. or 9:00 p.m. (depending on availability of the guest) at http://www.BlogTalkRadio.com/JaneEWilcox. The variety show airs on the third Wednesday of the month at 10:00 a.m. or 9:00 p.m. Both shows can be accessed on-demand any time after the show airs. The program schedule and archives can be found on BlogTalk.

Host Jane E. Wilcox can be reached at http://www.4getMeNotAncestry.com. Please contact her with show ideas and questions for upcoming guests.

NYG&B's New York Experts to Talk About the NGS Conference

Virginia Repositories—Piedmont

Bassett Historical Center

Bassett Historical Center
3964 Fairystone Park Highway
Bassett, Virginia 24055-5547

Phone: 276-629-9191

Open Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, 10:00 a.m.‒5 p.m.; Tuesday, 12:00 noon‒5:00 p.m.; Friday, 10:00 a.m.‒2:00 p.m.

Web: http://www.bassetthistoricalcenter.com

E-mail: baslib@hotmail.com

Repository

Bassett Historical Center is an independent, stand-alone research facility used by patrons in Henry County, across the Commonwealth of Virginia and the United States, and, so far, from thirteen foreign countries.  We preserve and promote family and local history and help you research to find that bit of information that you are seeking.  Patrons take pride in the place where their family lives now or lived long ago, as you will find facts and documentation as opposed to a myth or oral history that has not been documented.  Our files and records are open to you, the public, as they will be to future generations.

Be Prepared

There is no admission charge to research at the Center.  We do ask that visitors leave tote bags and large purses in your vehicles, or you may use individual lockers available.  Black and white copies are 15 cents each, color copies are 25 cents; photos scanned by staff are also 25 cents each.  You may keep account of your copies and pay at the end of your visit, as we do not use coin-operated machines.  You may not use a flash drive, but cameras (no flash) may be used for certain exhibits with permission from staff.  Please check our catalog, available on our website http://www.bassetthistoricalcenter.com to be familiar with our holdings.

Should you not be able to visit us researching at the Center, we do take e-mail queries or queries sent by regular mail.  No phone requests, please, and we ask that you reimburse the Center for copies and postage.

Holdings

You will find 20,000 books and/or manuscripts at the Historical Center. Some of the materials are only available at the Center, as the “Henry County Cohabitation List, February 1866” and the twenty-nine volume “Bicentennial Collection” set.  This particular set is taken from loose papers found at the old Henry County courthouse in the mid 1970s, thus the title, but papers are as early as 1777.

Bassett Historical Center Interior

Obituary collections, indexes, photos, and records from businesses that no longer exist are here, those of DuPont, Bassett Furniture Industries, Bassett-Walker Knitting, Tultex, Henry County Plywood, Blue Ridge Hardware and Virginia Machine and Tool.  Our “War Room” is one of the favorite areas at the Center, as are our Native American exhibits and books. We not only have records for Virginia, but those of North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Tennessee, and Kentucky, too.

Collections

 You will see on our website the word “explore” and we hope that you will take the time to do so.  Different collections that have been donated to the Historical Center are listed, along with the information and materials for each noted collection.

Another new collection is that of Mrs. Anne Bassett Stanley Chatham (Mrs. Hugh Hill Chatham, Sr.) This collection contains a vast genealogical collection, plus museum items, as Mrs. Chatham researched for many years. It is considered to be a three-generational collection, as there are papers, records, photos, portraits, and items from the J.D. Bassett Sr. family (her grandparents), the Thomas B. Stanley Sr. family (her parents), and the Chatham family (that of her husband).  Each and every item points to a lesson in the history of our community and some of our Commonwealth, as her father was Governor Thomas B. Stanley of Virginia, 1954-1958. Some museum items and portraits are already on display, a welcome addition to the Historical Center.

Museum items are on display, with changes made to the displays every few months.

Pat Ross, Director
Bassett Historical Center

Virginia Repositories—Piedmont

Speaker Change for ISBGFH Luncheon

International Society for British Genealogy and Family History

F332, Friday, 9 May 2014, Luncheon at 12:15 p.m.

ISBGFH has announced that James Jeffrey, the speaker for the luncheon on Friday, 9 May 2014, has a health issue and will be unable to attend the NGS 2014 Family History Conference in Richmond, Virginia.
Our thoughts are with James Jeffrey as he pursues medical treatment.

In his place, ISBGFH has selected Rev. David McDonald, CG, as the luncheon speaker.

The title of McDonald's presentation is "Onward Genealogy's Soldiers: Sabine Baring-Gould as Curate, Parson, Vicar, & Squire"

The Rev. Baring-Gould, a noted antiquarian and hymnist of the 19th century served the Church of England in various roles throughout his life. While in his first charge, he wrote the famed hymn, "Onward, Christian Soldiers." We'll examine Baring-Gould and his life as curate, parson, vicar, and squire in Victorian England.

Rev. David McDonald

Rev. David McDonald, CG, is a past president of ISBGFH and BCG; and a former director of NGS and APG. He is currently a BCG trustee.

You can register for the luncheon at http://conference.ngsgenealogy.org/social-events/.

Speaker Change for ISBGFH Luncheon

Virginia Repositories—Piedmont

Franklin County Historical Society

Franklin County Historical Society
460 S. Main Street
P.O. Box 905
Rocky Mount, VA 24151

Phone: 540-483-1890E-mail: fchistorical@yahoo.com
Open 10:00 a.m.‒2:00 p.m. daily (closed Wednesday and Sunday)





Web: http://www.franklincountyvirginiahistoricalsoc.org

Repository

Franklin County Historical Society is located at 460 S. Main Street in Rocky Mount, Virginia. The Society holds family and place items of historical interest pertaining to Franklin County, Virginia and the surrounding area.

Be Prepared

The Research Library & History Museum are open at no charge; however, a minimum donation of $1 per person is suggested and more is appreciated if you are able.

Research assistance: A donation of $20 per hour is charged for research; copying fees are 25 cents per copy from our holdings and those at the public library and 50 cents per copy made at the courthouse. All proceeds go into our operating fund.

Holdings

Included in the holdings are vital records, family histories, regional history, and more. Available to researchers are thousands of resource publications including family histories, moonshining, railroads, and Confederate history. On display are two floors of artifacts.

Publications for sale

Books for sale – those we make in spiral-bound form and hard bound from various sources. Dying Art volumes by Jack Powell; Franklin County Virginia Heritage 2000; Bicentennial History of Franklin County by Salmons; The Great Moonshine Conspiracy Trial of 1935 and Genesis of a Frontier: Franklin County Virginia by T. Keister Greer; The Wettest County in the World by Bondurant; numerous other selections.

Linda Stanley, Special Projects Coordinator
Franklin County Historical Society

Virginia Repositories—Piedmont

Virginia Repositories—Central Virginia

Jones Memorial Library

Jones Memorial Library

2311 Memorial Avenue

Lynchburg, VA 24501

Phone: 434-846-0501

Web: http://www.jmlibrary.org

E-mail: refdesk@jmlibrary.org

Open Tuesday and Thursday, 12:00 noon‒8:00 p.m.; Wednesday and Friday, 1:00‒5:00 p.m.; Saturday 9:00 a.m.‒5:00 p.m. There is no charge.

Repository

Jones Memorial Library(JML) specializes in genealogy and local history. Although its primary focus is on the central Virginia area, the collection includes a wide variety of materials covering the State of Virginia as well as the surrounding states, including county histories and court records, family histories and genealogies, general works on the Civil War, county land tax and personal property tax records, and census records.

Be Prepared

It will save you some time to go to the JML website, http://www.jmlibrary.org, and use the catalog to determine which resources you would like to see. Our stacks are closed to the public, so a staff member will pull the resources for you. Staff members are available to assist you in the reading room, as time allows.

Copies are $.25 per page and will be made by a staff member.  No photocopies are allowed of any of the manuscript collection or of books published before 1926.

You may use your laptop computer, and you are also allowed to use a digital camera. Free Wi-Fi access is available.

Holdings

The microfilm collection includes court records from Lynchburg and the surrounding counties. Materials of local interest include microfilmed copies of the Lynchburg newspapers, microfilmed copies of funeral home burial files, architectural archives, city directories, indexes of marriage and death notices, and microfilmed church records.

Collections

The Library houses over 300 manuscript collections, including personal family papers and correspondence, records of clubs and organizations, and business records.

Among the Library’s collections are the following:

   The Family File, which contains materials concerning specific families or individuals, in the 

   form of charts, family data, cemetery & Bible records, as well as unpublished books.

   The Pamphlet File, which is made up of those smaller documents and loose papers that would

   be difficult to house as part of a larger collection.

   The Lynchburg Architectural Archives, which is a special collection of over 2,000 sets of 

   architectural drawings and renderings of architects who have practiced, or are practicing, in the

   Lynchburg area.

   Newspapers: Microfilmed copies of Lynchburg newspapers from 1795 to the present are

   available for your perusal.

   Funeral Home Records: This collection includes the burial records of the J. E. Fauber Funeral

   Home of Lynchburg, VA (1919‒1952), as well as the J. J. Hughes & Company (1915‒1917),

   and the Lynchburg Undertaking Company, Inc (1918), predecessors of the Fauber

   establishment, and of the Virginia Funeral Chapel, Inc (1952‒1985), which succeeded the

   Fauber Funeral Home. 

  

    The Virginia Families Data Base: Available at the Library is a very large data base of

    Virginia families, especially those who lived in Lynchburg or the surrounding counties. You  

     may have photocopies made at a charge of $.25 per page.

Jones Memorial Library Interior with Artwork 

Obituaries

There is available an index to obituaries found in Lynchburg & area county newspapers from 1795 to the present. The portion of the index from 1837 to the present can be searched at our web site. You may also order copies of obituaries by going to our website and following the directions found there. There is a charge of $10 per obituary, if ordered this way.

Publications for sale

The following publications are for sale: Lynchburg, Virginia: The First Hundred Years (2004) by James M. Elson; Free Blacks of Lynchburg, Virginia, 1805-1865 (2001) by Ted Delaney & Phillip Wayne Rhodes; and History of Pamplin, Virginia (2004) by Nancy Jamerson Weiland.

Lewis Hobgood Averett

Coordinator of Public Services

Jones Memorial Library

Virginia Repositories—Central Virginia