In early December, I traveled to Southwest Virginia to continue our work digitizing “Free Negro Registers” for Virginia Untold. We’ve previously written about our digitization…
Lydia NeurothJanuary 22, 2025
Alexandria’s Black Family Reunion
The Alexandria Library Local History/Special Collections branch has a national reputation concerning Virginia history. Researchers not only use this collection…
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Editor's Note: This blog post is part two of two. You can read the first part here. Due to financial complications arising from their usurpation…
Caroline CollinsJanuary 15, 2025
While yearbooks might conjure up thoughts of graduation, summer, and the end of the school year - snow days are a very common topic. The…
Jessi BennettJanuary 13, 2025
While processing Richmond City chancery causes that ended between 1879 and 1881, I stumbled across a suit involving several former members of an English opera…
Caroline CollinsJanuary 8, 2025
Virginia Chronicle, the Library of Virginia’s freely accessible database of historic newspapers, has surpassed the 4.5-million-page mark with new additions spanning over 250 years now…
Kelley EwingJanuary 6, 2025
By February of 1776, the once bustling Borough of Norfolk lay in ruins. After being routed at Great Bridge in early December of 1775, Royal…
Paige NealJanuary 3, 2025
