Congratulations to the four Virginia public libraries recognized by the Virginia Association of Counties (VACo) for excellence in local government programs! The winning entries for…
Kim ArmentroutOctober 31, 2019
more dreadful than the most gruesome of tales: Newspaper Coverage of The East Orange Bathtub Mystery
I n 1909, a mystery unfolded that was so shocking, it’s nearly too strange to believe today.Shows like Dateline and Forensic Files continuously reveal the…
Kelley EwingJune 3, 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
This is part two of a two part post on a fascinating freedom suit discovered during the Montgomery County Circuit Court Records Project. Part one of the…
Regan SheltonApril 29, 2015
This is part one of a two part post on a fascinating freedom suit discovered during the Montgomery County Circuit Court Records Project. Part two of…
Regan SheltonApril 22, 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
In the late 1880s and early 1890s, Southwest Virginia was gripped with “boom” times as the Norfolk & Western Railroad opened up the region for…
Scott GardnerMay 28, 2014
The editors of Out of the Box would like to give a belated good-bye to Carl Childs, the Library of Virginia’s former Local Records Services director. Last month,…
Roger ChristmanFebruary 7, 2014
Processing of the Montgomery County chancery began in August 2013, and one of the early finds was Chancery Cause 1848-016, Letitia Floyd vs. Executors of Elizabeth…
Regan SheltonJanuary 23, 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
The Library of Virginia is pleased to announce the addition of records from Fluvanna, Goochland, and Montgomery Counties to the cohabitation register digitization project. This project,…
Sarah NerneyDecember 9, 2011
The staff at Montgomery County’s Circuit Court Clerk’s Office recently rediscovered the county’s cohabitation register, one of the most valuable records used for African American…
Dale DulaneyMay 2, 2011
