The naming of the local history and genealogy reading room at Newport News Public Library after Martha Woodroof Hiden is well deserved. Born in Orange…
Eddie WoodwardJanuary 18, 2017
The Circuit Court Records Preservation Program (CCRP) Grant Review Board met on 23 May 2016 at the Library of Virginia to consider records preservation grant requests…
Greg CrawfordJune 15, 2016
The official enrolled parchment of 16 January 1786, An Act for Establishing Religious Freedom, is one of the most important archival records preserved in the…
Brent TarterApril 13, 2016
The Circuit Court Records Preservation Program (CCRP) Grant Review Board met on 14 December 2015 at the Library of Virginia to consider records preservation grant…
Vince BrooksFebruary 10, 2016
Editor’s note: This blog post marks the close of the grant-funded Montgomery County chancery processing project (in Civil War terms, the “Last Dispatch”). Thanks to generous support by…
Scott GardnerAugust 5, 2015
The Circuit Court Records Preservation Program (CCRP) Grant Review Board met on 11 June 2015 at the Library of Virginia to consider records preservation grant requests…
Greg CrawfordJuly 27, 2015
The conservation of the original pages of the Henry County Cohabitation Register has recently been completed. Previously, only a poorly and confusingly microfilmed version of this…
Sarah NerneyFebruary 25, 2015
In the courthouses of Virginia, one can often find records that are not and were never under the official purview of the clerks of the…
Sarah NerneyFebruary 4, 2015
Last year, The Augusta County Genealogical Society generously donated rare African American newspapers to the Library of Virginia. While the collection is comprised of a…
Kelley EwingOctober 3, 2014
The Library of Virginia’s Local Records Services branch, in partnership with the Montgomery County Circuit Court Clerk, was recently awarded a 2-year grant from the National…
Bari HelmsJune 17, 2013
Individuals today wishing to conduct research using Rockingham County court records may encounter a few stumbling blocks. Due to two major events in the locality’s…
Callie FreedMay 8, 2013
While watching the February 2012 episode of NBC’s Who Do You Think You Are? featuring actor and Petersburg native Blair Underwood investigating his family history, Library of…
Sarah NerneyMarch 27, 2013
The Virginia Circuit Court Records Preservation Program (CCRP) is celebrating its 20th anniversary this year. Part of the Library of Virginia’s Local Records Services branch, the program was…
Bari HelmsAugust 31, 2012
In the early 1980s, Mary Helen Gravitt went looking for a coffin. Gravitt, then a secretary at Virgilina Elementary School, was looking for a Halloween…
Bari HelmsJune 1, 2012
