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Colonial Virginia Source Records, 1600s-1700s
About the Data
This data set contains page
images for ten books originally published by the Genealogical Publishing Company.
Comprehensive in its coverage of colonial Virginia, this data set includes family
histories, local histories, military records, court records, newspaper abstracts,
tax lists, and marriage records. In all, approximately 353,000 individuals are
referenced.
The sources collected here are especially useful because they were collected from local sources and often cover a period of time before centralized record keeping was established. For example, while Virginia did not record births and deaths until the mid-1800s, often you can learn information on vital events from newspapers and genealogies (such as those collected here). Although the first Federal Census was not taken until 1790, in Virginia Tax Payers, 1782-1787, you'll find a list of 34,000 residents. In Early Quaker Records in Virginia you'll find an exact transcription of genealogical data in the oldest Quaker records in Virginia, the so-called Chuckatuck Record. Among the more unusual resources is a collection of abstracts from 18th-century Virginia newspapers (found in the book Genealogical Abstracts from 18th-Century Virginia Newspapers). Extracted from more than 7,000 issues of 80 newspapers, each abstract provides at least two pieces of genealogical data. This is an especially exciting resource for obtaining information on enslaved African-American ancestors since many of the abstracts are advertisements for the return of runaway slaves. Within the great variety of records collected here, you'll find:
Books Included in this Data SetProduced in collaboration with the Genealogical Publishing Company, the following volumes are included in this data set: Gleanings of Virginia
History Virginia Wills Before
1799 — A Complete Abstract Register of All Names Mentioned in Over 600
Recorded Wills Virginia Court Records
in Southwestern Pennsylvania (Records of the District of West Augusta and Ohio
and Yohogania Counties, Virginia 1775-1780) Virginia Tax Payers,
1782-87 (Other Than Those Published by The United States Census Bureau) Genealogical Abstracts
from 18th-Century Virginia Newspapers Historical Collections
of Virginia Index to Obituary
Notices in The 'Richmond Enquirer' From May 9, 1804, through 1828, and The 'Richmond
Whig' From January 1824 Through 1838 Virginia Wills and
Administrations, 1632-1800 Early Quaker Records
in Virginia Marriages of Some
Virginia Residents, 1607-1800
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