The Library of Virginia recently received a highly competitive Save America’s Treasures grant in the amount of $110,000 for the conservation of the gubernatorial papers of…
Dale DulaneyFebruary 23, 2011
Check out the video at the link below of the CW 150 Legacy Project in action here at the Library of Virginia. It's provided courtesy…
Dale DulaneyFebruary 16, 2011
Genealogists, take a break from the microfilm machine and those dusty documents! Find a seat on the couch and get ready to see your passion…
Dale DulaneyFebruary 2, 2011
In case you missed it the CW 150 Legacy Project ‘s visit to the Campbell County courthouse in Rustburg was featured recently in the Richmond Times-Dispatch and on…
Dale DulaneyJanuary 25, 2011
Virginia’s historic records have always existed under the threat of floods, hurricanes, fire, and war. Sometimes the records were saved. Sometimes they were lost. When…
Dale DulaneyDecember 15, 2010
Have you ever wondered how fragile or damaged documents are repaired or preserved? Check out this behind-the-scenes look at preservation efforts undertaken to conserve one of the documents used…
Dale DulaneyDecember 10, 2010
Library of Virginia (LVA) staff, partners, and dignitaries gathered at the Goochland County courthouse Thursday to celebrate a milestone in a project that aims to…
Dale DulaneyOctober 15, 2010
Check out the Fall 2010 issue of the Recordatur. This newsletter is published twice a year to keep circuit court clerks informed about the Circuit…
Dale DulaneyOctober 13, 2010
October is Archives Month! The theme of this year’s celebration in Virginia is Making Connections: Archives and Imagination. Archives Month celebrates those institutions and individuals…
Dale DulaneyOctober 1, 2010
After a new courthouse was built in Lunenburg County in 2006, Circuit Court Clerk Gordon Erby asked the Library of Virginia’s Local Records staff to…
Dale DulaneyAugust 25, 2010
When I found an unopened envelope labeled “Exhibit A” among the papers of a Rockingham County Chancery cause, I was curious to see what could…
Dale DulaneyAugust 4, 2010
A group of Library of Virginia (LVA) archivists recently traveled to Staunton, Virginia, to visit the Augusta County courthouse. Their goal was to transfer more…
Dale DulaneyJune 28, 2010
Not all records in the archives are on yellowed paper or centuries old. Correspondence found in the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors Records gives unique…
Dale DulaneyJune 2, 2010
