Archives Local Editorial Contemplates Smyth County’s Cohabitation Register Editor's Note: The following editorial is reprinted here courtesy of the Smyth County News & Messenger. It originally ran 28 July 2010. A team from…Guest ContributorAugust 9, 2010
Manuscripts & Special Collections Ripped From the Family Bible 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
Archives A Tree Grows In… Chancery! When Mary Walker Cabell died in 1862, a series of chancery suits were filed in Nelson County by her numerous descendants in an attempt to…Callie FreedJuly 14, 2010
ArchivesDigital Projects Solid Genealogical Gold Genealogists researching enslaved African Americans face serious challenges. Records that exist for the free population do not exist for the enslaved since slaves were considered…Sarah NerneyJune 23, 2010