Virginia, United States Genealogy

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Over 4 million brief citations (name, date, and source) to manuscripts, periodicals, and books are provided in Fremont Rider's (editor) American Genealogical- Biographical Index. Vols. 1-186+. Middletown, Connecticut: Godfrey Memorial Library, 1952-. (FHL book 973 D22am ser. 2; on 31 FHL films beginning with 1698167).

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Many of the records of headright grants and land purchases in Virginia to 1749 have been indexed and published in Nugent, Nell Marion Nugent's Cavaliers and Pioneers: Abstracts of Virginia Land Patents and Grants. 5 vols. Richmond, Virginia: Dietz Print.: Virginia State Library: Virginia Genealogical Society, 1934, 1963, 1977-1979, 1994. (FHL book 975.5 R2n; vol. 1 on film 1320779 item 5.) Vol. 1 has 1623-1666, vol. 2 1666-1695, vol. 3 1695-1732, vol. 4 1732-1741, vol. 5 1741-1749. The Library of Virginia can be accessed at http://www.lva.lib.va.us/.

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 * An Index of Nineteenth Century Virginia Room by Room Inventories - http://departments.umw.edu/hipr/www/inventories/virginia/19cva.htm