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Love hurts, love scars

The romantic landscape may seem ambiguous in 2013, but courtship in 19th-century Virginia was no different. Think those text messages are hard to decipher? Try…

Bari HelmsAugust 28, 2013

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Slavery at Hampden-Sydney

Once a neglected subject, the role that African American slaves played in Southern colleges has become the focus of new research. Virginia being no exception,…

Laura CrouchAugust 14, 2013

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Arsenic, Lies, and Bigamy

Cornbread and cabbage turned lethal for one Petersburg woman, but it was another woman’s need for some chicken feed that exposed the death as something…

Mary Dean CarterAugust 7, 2013

Archives Digital Projects

Middlesex Co. Chancery Goes Digital!

The Library of Virginia is pleased to announce that digital images for the Middlesex County Chancery Causes, 1754-1912, are now available online through the Chancery Records Index on…

Bari HelmsAugust 2, 2013

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The Lure

When creating a who’s who list of the early days of film, the list is dominated by men – Cecil B. De Mille, D. W.…

Joanne PorterJuly 31, 2013

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Impressed by a British Man of War

Isaac D. Simkins, born on 13 January 1775, left Northampton County at age 21 to go to sea. Like many people leaving home on a…

Louise JonesJuly 17, 2013

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Where did I put that?

Has this ever happened to you? You sit down to watch TV but cannot find the remote control, you need to go somewhere but cannot…

Greg CrawfordJune 26, 2013

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Washington and Scott Co. Cohabitation Registers Now Online

The Library of Virginia is pleased to announce the addition of Scott County and Washington County to the cohabitation register digitization project. This project, via the Virginia…

Sarah NerneyJune 7, 2013

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Stories from the Past Revealed in Rockingham Co. Chancery Records

The Library of Virginia, in partnership with the Rockingham County Circuit Court Clerk’s Office, is pleased to announce that the indexing and digitization of Rockingham County’s…

Bari HelmsMay 31, 2013

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I Fought the Railroad and Won, or Did I?

While examining the James City County/Williamsburg court records recently, I came across a civil suit titled Gatewood vs. Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Company that contained two oversize…

Greg CrawfordApril 24, 2013

Conservation

History Restored: Free Negro Registers Conserved

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

Archives Digital Projects

Finding What Was Lost: The Lost Records Localities Digital Collection

The Lost Records Localities Digital Collection consists of copies of records from counties or incorporated cities that have suffered significant record loss due to intense…

Greg CrawfordMarch 1, 2013

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Scott Co. Chancery Goes Digital!

The Library of Virginia, in partnership with the Scott County Circuit Court Clerk’s Office, is pleased to announce that digitization of Scott County’s historic chancery…

Sam WaltersFebruary 1, 2013

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All I Want For Christmas Is…

On 16 December 1895, 12-year-old Mamie M. Yates wrote a letter to Santa Claus. It read: Dear Santa Claus, I will write to you to…

Greg CrawfordDecember 19, 2012

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"And the piano, it sounds like a carnival"

In May of 1883, H. W. Gray, president of the Schomacker Piano-Forte Manufacturing Company, brought suit against Bettie L. Payne in the Frederick County Circuit…

Sarah NerneyOctober 24, 2012