Welcome to Mug Shot Monday! This is the first in a series of new weekly posts highlighting inmate mug shots in the records of the Virginia Penitentiary. …
Roger ChristmanOctober 3, 2011
The recent deactivation of Fort Monroe as a military installation and its transfer back to the Commonwealth of Virginia calls to mind the fort’s rich history. This…
Craig MooreSeptember 22, 2011
The Library of Virginia is pleased to announce that the first installment of images from the Petersburg chancery causes digitization project have been added to…
Vince BrooksSeptember 21, 2011
In late 1943, Leona Robbins was 12 years old and living in Norfolk, Virginia. Her neighbor and close family friend, Army Lieutenant Charles Field, was…
Jessica Tyree BurgessSeptember 14, 2011
The Library of Virginia is pleased to announce that digital images for Franklin County chancery causes, 1787-1912, are now available on the Chancery Records Index. Digital…
Vince BrooksSeptember 2, 2011
Editor's Note: As promised in a previous post, here’s another look at the plethora of letterheads and stationery found in our archives. The original text…
Vince BrooksAugust 31, 2011
The first blog entry I wrote back in 2009 was about the shredded first pages of an old family Bible that were part of a Rockingham County …
Dale DulaneyAugust 26, 2011
News reports seem to conclude that yesterday’s earthquake, centered in Mineral, Louisa County, was the most powerful earthquake to ever strike the state. Fortunately, damage…
Dale DulaneyAugust 24, 2011
The Library of Virginia is pleased to announce that the Accomack County chancery causes, 1727-1805, and Fluvanna County chancery causes, 1779-1882, are now available on the Chancery…
Vince BrooksAugust 23, 2011
In case you missed it, the Library of Virginia’s conservation of the gubernatorial papers of Thomas Jefferson was featured in Style Weekly. The letters and manuscripts documenting…
Bari HelmsAugust 17, 2011
Recent efforts by the Civil War Sesquicentennial Commission to digitize Virginia’s Civil War legacy is reminiscent of a similar, yet very different, endeavor by the state…
Craig MooreAugust 17, 2011
The latest images from the Augusta County Chancery Causes are now available on the Chancery Records Index. With this addition, one hundred boxes of Augusta County…
Greg CrawfordAugust 16, 2011
Interested in what’s new in the archives at the Library of Virginia? You can find out in two reports compiled quarterly by LVA staffers: The…
Roger ChristmanAugust 15, 2011
Located among the odds and ends of Accomack County court records is this 1758 advertisement from Landon Carter of Richmond County for his runaway slave…
Sarah NerneyAugust 10, 2011
