Fairfax County, Virginia Genealogy

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Parent County
1742--Fairfax County was created 6 May 1742 from Prince William County. County seat: Fairfax

Populated Places
Communities: Belle Haven. Burgundy Village. Engleside. Franconia. Groveton. Hayfield. Huntington. Hybla Valley. Kingstowne. Mount Vernon. Virginia Hills. Waynewood. Wilton Woods

Neighboring Counties

 * Arlington
 * Charles County, Maryland
 * Loudoun
 * Montgomery
 * Prince George's County, Maryland
 * Prince William
 * Washington, DC

Court
Searches of Fairfax County Court Orders should begin with the Fairfax County History Commission and Edith Moore Sprouse's A Surname and Subject Index of the Minute and Order Books of the County Court, Fairfax County, Virginia, 1749-1800 [1802], A Surname and Subject Index of the Minute and Order Books of the Courts, Fairfax County, Virginia, Part IV, 1807-1829, and Fairfax County, Va. Court Records, 1835-1860. They also created A Cumulative Subject Index to the Court Order Books of Fairfax County, Virginia, 1749-1802.

Indexes (1803-1963) and images (1803-1913) to Fairfax County, Virginia Chancery Records are available online through Virginia Memory: Chancery Records Index. These records, which were often concerned with inheritance disputes, contain a wealth of genealogical information.

Newspapers
Indexed images of the Virginia Gazette(1736-1780) are available online through the Colonial Williamsburgwebsite. In addition, Professor Tom Costa and The Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia have created a database of all runaway advertisements for slaves, indentured servants, transported convicts, and ship deserters listed in this source and other Virginia newspapers (1736-1803), see: The Geography of Slavery in Virginia. These newspapers are valuable resources for all regions of Virginia.

Websites

 * USGenWeb project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the state, then the county.
 * Family History Library Catalog