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Short Stories from the Updated Hanover County Chancery Causes, 1831-1868.

For Local Records staff at the Library of Virginia, one of the few positive effects of the current COVID-19 pandemic has been the ability to…

Callie FreedJanuary 20, 2021

Archives

Circuit Court Preservation Grants Awarded

The Circuit Court Records Preservation Program (CCRP) Grant Review Board met on 8 December 2020 at the Library of Virginia to consider records preservation grant requests…

Vince BrooksDecember 18, 2020

Archives Digital Projects

Westmoreland County (Va.) Chancery Causes are now available online!

The Library of Virginia is pleased to announce that digital images for the Westmoreland County (Va.) Chancery Causes, 1753-1901, are now available online through the Chancery…

Greg CrawfordMay 20, 2020

Conservation

Grants Awarded to Circuit Courts for Records Preservation

The Circuit Court Records Preservation Program (CCRP) Grant Review Board met on 26 July 2019 at the Library of Virginia to consider records preservation grant requests…

Greg CrawfordAugust 14, 2019

Archives

A Greensville County Fixer Upper

Greensville County Chancery Cause Pierce R. Farley VS Benjamin D. Tiller, etc., 1886–007 tells the tale of a business deal gone sour. With echoes of…

Louise JonesNovember 28, 2018

Archives Conservation The Stacks

Virginia’s Circuit Court Records Preserved: Eighty-seven Grants Awarded

The Circuit Court Records Preservation Program (CCRP) Grant Review Board met on 24 July 2018 at the Library of Virginia to consider records preservation grant…

Greg CrawfordAugust 24, 2018

Archives

Virginia Untold: The Cullins family of Powhatan County

Two years ago, the Library of Virginia launched Virginia Untold: The African American Narrative, a digital collection aimed at helping researchers break through the “roadblock”…

Greg CrawfordFebruary 7, 2018

Photo of Order Books in the Prince Edward Co. courthouse, ca. 1916.

Archives

The Courthouse Adventures of Morgan P. Robinson

In 1915, Richmond native Morgan P. Robinson became the chief of the Archives Department at the Virginia State Library (now the Library of Virginia); three…

Eddie WoodwardMay 10, 2017

Archives Conservation The Stacks

Virginia’s CCRP Program Provides Preservation Grants

The Circuit Court Records Preservation Program (CCRP) Grant Review Board met on 18 January 2017 at the Library of Virginia to consider records preservation grant requests…

Greg CrawfordMarch 1, 2017

Archives Conservation The Stacks

Court Records Preservation Pioneers: Martha Woodroof Hiden

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

Archives Conservation The Stacks

Virginia’s CCRP Program Provides Almost $900K In Preservation Grants

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

Conservation The Stacks

Over $900,000 in Grant Funds Awarded to Circuit Court Clerks

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

Archives Conservation The Stacks

VIRGINIA’S CCRP PROGRAM PROVIDES ALMOST A MILLION DOLLARS FOR PRESERVATION GRANTS

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

Archives

Not Black and White, But Different Shades of Gray

With examples dating back to the 1750s, Norfolk County chancery causes offer an interesting set of solutions to some of the myriad problems associated with…

Callie FreedJuly 22, 2015

Archives Education & Programming

Remaking Virginia: A New Labor System

This is the third in a series of four blog posts concerning post-Civil War Virginia and the lives of freedpeople after Emancipation. The posts precede…

Greg CrawfordJune 24, 2015