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Building Towards Victory: The WWII Population Boom of Norfolk

The population in Norfolk, Portsmouth, and the greater Hampton Roads area greatly increased during World War II. Individuals and families moved to the area for…

Lauren CaravatiNovember 6, 2024

Archives Conservation Digital Projects

Virginia Untold: Looking Back and Moving Forward

Editor's Note: Neither Virginia Untold nor Virginia Untold Project Manager Lydia Neuroth is going anywhere, but as we transition out of our two-year NHPRC grant…

Lydia NeurothJune 28, 2023

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“I have this day committed to jail…”: An exhibition from Virginia Untold

On February 1, in celebration of Black History Month, a new exhibit from Virginia Untold will open to the public. This exhibition represents a small…

Lydia NeurothJanuary 25, 2023

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Forthcoming Additions to Free Registers Collection in Virginia Untold

In view of thirty-nine of our free registers recently going live on the From the Page, we’re dedicating a series of blog posts to highlighting…

Lydia NeurothApril 27, 2022

Archives Digital Projects

‘Teaching a School of Negro Children’: The Story of Elizabeth McKennon

In August 1852, Elizabeth McKennon was accused of assembling with “fifteen negroes” at a house on Second Street in the City of Richmond with the…

Lydia NeurothJanuary 26, 2022

Archives Digital Projects

“That he is a ‘person of mixed blood’”: Being Biracial in Antebellum Virginia

William H. Pemberton’s father was a white man. His mother, Elizabeth Pleasants, had skin that was described as “very bright mulatto”, a term then in…

Lydia NeurothDecember 29, 2021

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Montgomery County in the Civil War

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

Conservation Manuscripts & Special Collections

Montgomery County’s Prairie Flower Boys

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

The Women of Smithfield

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

Conservation

Grant Awarded to Process Montgomery Co. Circuit Court Records

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

Archives Digital Projects

Augusta Co. Images All In!

The final images from the Augusta County chancery causes are now available on the Library of Virginia’s Chancery Records Index. With this addition, all Augusta County…

Bari HelmsMarch 13, 2013

The Correct Answer Is, "I Do"

At first glance the story of George Kiner and Diana Bumgardner is one of love triumphing over the tragedies of slavery and war. But documents…

Bari HelmsDecember 5, 2012

Archives Digital Projects

Augusta Co. Chancery Reveals Pioneer Stories of Western Virginia

These words were written by a young lawyer who was researching court records filed in the Augusta County courthouse in the early 1830’s. He was…

Greg CrawfordJune 18, 2012

Archives Digital Projects

Not in my Backyard!

The latest images from the Augusta County Chancery Causes are now available on the Chancery Records Index. This latest addition of Augusta County chancery causes covering the time period…

Bari HelmsFebruary 3, 2012

Archives Digital Projects

Grant Awarded to Aid in Digitizing Augusta County Chancery

The Library of Virginia’s Local Records Services Branch was recently awarded a $150,000 grant from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC) to support the scanning…

Carl ChildsDecember 21, 2010