Virginia RESEARCH GUIDES Diggin for Roots in Old Virginia. Virginia Genealogy: Sources & Resources

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1 H I S T O R Y & G E N E A L O G Y Virginia This guide provides an overview of research materials available in the History and Genealogy Department but does not list everything available. Items with call number beginning with R may be used in the library only, but circulating copies are often available. Please consult the online catalog at or ask a librarian for assistance. Information available in electronic databases is not listed here. RESEARCH GUIDES R D553D R G889R R M145V Diggin for Roots in Old Virginia Research in Virginia Virginia Genealogy: Sources & Resources AFRICAN AMERICANS R G954B Black Laws of Virginia: A Summary of the Legislative Acts of Virginia Concerning Negroes from Earliest Times to the Present R H468F Free African Americans of North Carolina, Virginia, and South Carolina from the Colonial Period to about 1820 R P737A Afro-American Sources in Virginia: A Guide to Manuscripts R V817 Virginia Slave Births Index, , 6 vols

2 ATLASES, MAPS AND GAZETTERS R D362V Virginia Atlas & Gazetteer R G198G A Gazetteer of Virginia R H251V Virginia Place Names: Derivations, Historical Uses R H925L A List of Places Included in 19th Century Virginia Directories R S211D A Description of the Country: Virginia s Cartographers and Their Maps, R S837V Virginia in Maps: Four Centuries of Settlement, Growth, and Development BIOGRAPHIES R E56 Encyclopedia of Virginia Biography, 5vols T982M Men of Mark in Virginia plus index, 5 vols. CENSUS RECORDS AND TAX LISTS S378S The 1787 Census of Virginia 2 vols. R F761V Virginia Tax Payers, Other Than Those Published by the United States Census Bureau R V817 Virginia Tax Records from the Virginia R 975.5S642Q Quit Rents of Virginia, CHURCH AND BIBLE RECORDS R A969G A Guide to Episcopal Church Records in Virginia R C344H History of the Lutheran Church in Virginia and East Tennessee 2

3 R C719 R G242H R M481O R S473H Q V817G Q V817G Q W388V R P992E R W586E Colonial Churches in the Original Colony of Virginia The History of the Reformed Church in Virginia, Old Churches, Ministers and Families of Virginia, 3 vols. History of the Baptists in Virginia A Guide to Bible Records in the Archives Branch, Virginia State Library A Guide to Church Records in the Archives Branch, Virginia State Library Virginia Parish Register: A Compiled List of Virginia Protestant and Episcopal Parishes with Other Faiths as Designated Early Quaker Records of Southeast Virginia Early Quaker Records of Virginia COLONIAL RECORDS & GENEALOGIES F594V Virginia Colonial Abstracts, 3 vols. Q K55I An Introduction to the Records of the Virginia Company of London with a Bibliographical List of the Extant Documents R R311 Records of the Virginia Company of London: The Court Book, from the Manuscript in the Library of Congress, 4 vols G326C Colonial Records of Virginia. R B642S The Second Germanna Colony and Other Pioneers S394G The German Element in Virginia W973V The Virginia Germans R A244 Adventurers of Purse and Person, Virginia, /5, 3 vols. 3

4 R C976V Virginia Settlers and English Adventurers R G475A Apprentices of Virginia, R G816E Early Virginia Immigrants, R G326 Genealogies of Virginia Families from the Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, 5 vols G326 Genealogies of Virginia Families from Tyler s Historical and Genealogical Magazine, 4 vols G326 Genealogies of Virginia Families from the William and Mary College Historical Magazine, 5 vols. R P369S Some Prominent Virginia Families, 4 vols S851I Index to Printed Virginia Genealogies, Including Key and Bibliography R V813V Virginia Genealogies and Family Histories: A Bibliography of Books about Virginia Families R S974V Virginia Historical Index, 4 vols. R W949C Colonial Families of the Northern Neck of Virginia, 3 vols. HISTORIES C187H History of the Colony and Ancient Dominion of Virginia R D114V Virginia: The New Dominion R H673 History of Virginia, 6 vols. R K26K Kegley s Virginia Frontier: The Beginning of the Southwest; The Roanoke of Colonial Days, Q N411H History of the Virginia Company of London 4

5 IMMIGRANTS AND MIGRATION R F529B Bound Away: Virginia and the Westward Movement R H922E Early Child Immigrants to Virginia, M123V Virginia Immigrants and Adventurers, : A Biographical Dictionary R C436C Scotch-Irish Settlement in Virginia LAND RECORDS H319V Virginia Land Grants: A Study of Conveyance in Relation to Colonial Politics R N967C Cavaliers and Pioneers: Abstracts of Virginia Land Patents and Grants, , 8 vols V817 Virginia Land Records from the Virginia R J89A Abstracts of Virginia s Northern Neck Warrants & Surveys , 5 vols. MILITARY RECORDS R B986G A Guide to Virginia Militia Units in the War of E19L Virginia Soldiers of the American Revolution, 2 vols. R G175S A Sketch of the Virginia Soldier in the Revolution R G994H Historical Register of Virginians in the Revolution: Soldiers, Sailors, Marines, M114V Virginia Militia in the Revolutionary War R S767M Men in Gray Interments, 14 vols. R V817 Virginia Military Records from the Virginia 5

6 975.5 V817 Virginia Militia in the War of 1812 from Rolls in the Auditor s Office at Richmond, 2 vols V817G Gold Star Honor Roll of Virginians in the Second World War R R688U Unionists and the Civil War Experience, Vols.1-6 VITAL RECORDS M135S Virginia Marriages, , 15 vols M135S Some Virginia Marriages, Vol. 1, ; Vols. 2, R V817 Virginia Marriage Records from the Virginia R V817 Virginia Marriages, Early to 1800: A Research Tool R V817 Virginia Vital Records from the Virginia By County Marriage References and Family Relationships Series WILLS AND PROBATE RECORDS R C625V Virginia Wills before 1799 R P665I Index to Virginia Estates, , 8 vols. R T691V Virginia Wills and Administrations, R V817 Virginia Will Records from the Virginia 6

7 R W842V Virginia Gleanings in England: Abstracts of 17th and 18th-century English Wills and Administrations Relating to Virginia and Virginians PERIODICALS & NEWSPAPERS R H433G Genealogical Abstracts from 18th-century Virginia Newspapers R C855 The county court note-book, Volumes I-X, and Ancestral Proofs and Probabilities, nos. 1-4 R 975 H757 Holston pastfinder, Vols R V8172 The of the Virginia Genealogical Society, Vols R V8173 Magazine of Virginia genealogy, Vols R V817 The Virginia genealogist, Vols R V817 Virginia magazine of history and biography, Vols , 55, 57, 65, 68-69, 71, R V817 Virginia Tidewater genealogy, Vols R V817 GRIVA news & notes, Vols. 9-11, R M928 Mountain memories, Vols R N325 The Navigator, Vols R S727 The Southside Virginian, Vols R V817 Virginia Genealogical Society newsletter, Vols , G326 Genealogical Society of Page County Vols B936 Piedmont Bulletin (Piedmont Lineages), Vols. 2 6, 10, W716 The William and Mary, Vols1-64 7

8 R T982 Tyler's quarterly historical and genealogical magazine, Vols R S728 The Southwest Virginian. R975.5 V817 The Virginia Magazine, Vols R975.5 V817 Appalachian Notes, Vols R975.5 G773 Germanna Record, Vols R975.5 B936 Beyond Germanna, Vols R N874 Northern Neck of Virginia Historical Magazine, Vols R N878B1 Bulletin of Northumberland County, Vols T558 Tidewater Virginia Families, Vols. 1-9 R G645 Goochland County Historical Society, Vols A923 Augusta Historical Bulletin, Vols L888 Louisa County Historical Magazine, Vols. 1-7 ABOUT HISTORY & GENEALOGY AT ST. LOUIS COUNTY LIBRARY Founded in 1998, the History & Genealogy Department is a nationally recognized research collection. Substantial print, microfilm, and electronic holdings offer information for the St. Louis area, Missouri, and states east of the Mississippi, with emphasis on migration trails leading into Missouri. The department also offers substantial resources for African American, French Canadian, German, Swiss, and British Isles research. The National Genealogical Society Collection makes 30,000 print items, including 10,000 family histories, available for checkout and interlibrary loan. The History & Genealogy Department at St. Louis County Library is an FamilySearch affiliate library. History and Genealogy 1640 South Lindbergh Boulevard St. Louis, Missouri (314) , Ext genealogy@slcl.org / 2007 Rev 12/2014