Virginia Directories

Online Resources

 * Virginia Online Historical Directories - listed by county and independent city
 * Virginia City Directories links

Directories Online
Ancestry.com ($) has Virginia directories available online in its U.S. City Directories collection.

The Family History Library
The Family History Library has directories for:

Richmond City


 * 1819-1860 Family History Library fiche
 * 1866-1935 Family History Library films

Norfolk City


 * 1801, 1806, 1851, 1859, 1860 Family History Library fiche
 * 1866-1901 Family History Library films
 * 1902-1923 Family History Library films
 * 1924-1935 Family History Library films

For prominent individuals of the colonial era, the Family History Library has name directories such as:


 * Stanard, William G. The Colonial Virginia Register 1902. Reprint, Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1965. (Family History Library .) Gives position and sometimes birth and death information.

Further directories are found in the FamilySearch Catalog Locality Search under:


 * VIRGINIA, [COUNTY], [INDEPENDENT CITY] - DIRECTORIES
 * VIRGINIA, [COUNTY], [TOWN] - DIRECTORIES

Web Sites

 * Norfolk, Virginia 1859 City Directory
 * US City Directories This website identifies printed, microfilmed, and online directories and their repositories.