Library of Virginia

United States Virginia  Virginia Archives and LibrariesLibrary of Virginia

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Contact Information
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 * The Library of Virginia 800 East Broad Street Richmond, VA 23219

Telephone: 804.692.3500 Fax:

Hours and holidays:

Directions, maps, and public transportation:

Internet sites and databases:


 * Internet site
 * Online catalogue

Digital collections include:

Land Records


 * Virginia Land Office Patents and Grants

Vital Records


 * Virginia Death Indexing
 * Henley Marriage/Obituary Index to Virginia Newspapers
 * Marriage Index for Richmond Enquirer/Richmond Visitor
 * Obituary Index for Richmond Enquirer/Richmond Visitor
 * Petersburg Public Library Newspaper Index

Probate Records


 * Index to Wills and Administrations

Church Records


 * Bristol Church and Family Cemeteries Index

Military Records

World War I


 * World War I History Commission Questionnaires

Civil War


 * Confederate Disability Applications and Receipts
 * Confederate Pension Rolls, Veterans and Widows
 * Index to Confederate Veteran Magazine
 * Index to Virginia Confederate Rosters
 * Robert E. Lee Camp Confederate Soldiers' Home Applications for Admission

War of 1812


 * Index to War of 1812 Pay Rolls and Muster Rolls

Revolutionary War


 * Culpeper County Classes, 1781
 * Dunmore's War (Virginia Payrolls/Public Service Claims, 1775)
 * Revolutionary War Bounty Warrants
 * Revolutionary War Land Office Military Certificates
 * Revolutionary War Public Service Claims
 * Revolutionary War Rejected Claims
 * Revolutionary War Virginia State Pensions

European Sources about Virginians


 * Virginia Colonial Records Project

Coats of Arms


 * Index to Sources on Family Coats of Arms

Biographies


 * S. Bassett French Biographical Sketches
 * WPA Life Histories Collection

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Overlapping Collections


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Neighboring Collections


 * Virginia Historical Society