Virginia-North Carolina Piedmont Genealogical Society and Danville Public Library
Danville Public Library
511 Patton Street |
| Danville Public Library |
Phone: 434-799-5195 Ext. 8, option 1 for the Library Genealogy Department,
option 2 for the VA-NC Piedmont Genealogical Society
Web: http://www.danvillelibrary.org
E-mail: Danielle Pritchett at pritcad@ci.danville.va.us
And adjacent to the Genealogy Room:
Virginia-North Carolina Piedmont Genealogical Society
P.O. Box 2272
Danville, VA 24541-0272
http://www.vancpgs.org
Open Monday‒Tuesday, 10:00 a.m.‒7:00 p.m.; Wednesday, 10:00 a.m.‒6:00 p.m.; Thursday, 10:00 a.m.‒8:00 p.m.; Friday, 10:00 a.m.‒5:00 p.m.; Saturday, 9:00 a.m.‒1:00 p.m.; Sunday, closed
Are you in the southern Virginia area looking for some genealogy help? The Danville Public Library is the place to go! We offer a variety of resources that will help get you started with your research.
Repository
Located at 511 Patton Street, Danville, VA 24541, the Danville Public Library has an extensive genealogy collection that you can have access to, even if you do not have a library card. Interested in checking out sites such as Ancestry.com and other databases without paying the fee? You can have free access using any library computer.Be Prepared
If you are making a special trip, please call to make an appointment at 434-799-5195 Ext. 8, option 1 for the Genealogy Department and option 2 for the VA-NC Piedmont Genealogical Society. Cameras are welcomed and you are able to make copies of any records that you find. Computer prints are $0.10 a page for black & white and $0.25 for color. All microfilm copies are made by staff and are $0.25 per frame. Currently, you are not able to save microfilm records to USB devices.Holdings of Danville Public Library
The genealogy department offers a wide variety of information that other libraries may not offer. We have city directories ranging from 1879 to present, local newspapers on microfilm from 1905 to present, local burial and marriage records, civil war military records, family histories and more!Collections of Virginia-North Carolina Piedmont Genealogical Society
You can also visit the Virginia-North Carolina Piedmont Genealogical Society, which is located adjacent to the genealogy room. The society was organized in April 1978 and is run by volunteers. Their holdings include over 2600 vertical files, 1300 family histories, historical and genealogical information for almost all of the counties in Virginia and North Carolina, and up-to-date cemetery records for all Danville Public cemeteries. You can visit their website at http://www.vancpgs.org for volunteer hours and to make appointments!Stop by and visit us here at the Danville Public Library anytime or e-mail Danielle Pritchett at pritcad@ci.danville.va.us. Visit our website at: http://www.danvillelibrary.org.
Danielle Pritchett
Information Specialist
Genealogy/Reference Dept.
Danville Public Library
Family History Centers in the Piedmont Region
Danville Family History Center
3058 North Main Street
Danville, VA 24540-1741
434-836-3674
https://familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/Danville_Virginia_Family_History_Center
Open Wednesdays, 7:00 a.m. ‒8:30 p.m.; Fridays, 10 a.m.‒ 1:00 p.m.; closed major holidays
While you are in Danville, there is also a Family History Center nearby. This center has access to the Family History Center Portal page, which gives free access in the center to premium family history software and websites that generally charge for subscriptions.
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