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Volumes
of Virginia Records
Colonial
Virginia Source Records, 1600s-1700s
(CD 510)
Reviewed by Marthe Arends
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Primary sources are, as any genealogist knows, the thing to search
when looking for family information. But how do you find primary
resources when you live on the other side of the country (or world,
if you are researching in another country)? One way is to use
the resources of local Family History Centers to view available
books, microfilms, and microfiche; another way is to order every
book concerning the area you are researching. Most researchers
have limited time to use the former strategy, and can't afford
the latter, which is why I believe this Family Archive will particularly
delight Virginia researchers.
This CD contains the images of ten volumes originally published
by the Genealogical Publishing Company — that's ten volumes
which include primary resources like marriage records, military
records, court records, tax lists, as well as abstracted and secondary
source information such as newspaper abstracts, family histories,
and local histories. Approximately 353,000 individuals are mentioned.
The volumes included on this CD are:
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Early Quaker Records in Virginia by Miles White, Jr.
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Genealogical Abstracts from 18th Century Virginia Newspapers
by Robert K. Headley, Jr.
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Gleanings of Virginia History: An Historical and Genealogical
Collection, Largely from Original Sources by William F.
Booghe
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Historical Collections of Virginia by Henry Howe (originally
published in 1845)
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Index to Obituary Notices in the "Richmond Enquirer"
from May 9, 1804, through 1828, and the "Richmond Whig"
from January 1824 through 1838 by H. R. McIlwaine
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Marriages of Some Virginia Residents, 1607-1800 by Dorothy
Ford Wulfeck
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Virginia Court Records in Southwestern Pennsylvania: Records
of the District of West August and Ohio and Yohogania Counties,
Virginia 1775-1780
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Virginia Tax Payers, 1782-87 by Augusta B. Fothergill and
John M. Naugle
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Virginia Wills and Administrations, 1632-1800 by Clayton
Torrence
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Virginia Wills before 1799: A Complete Abstract Register
of all Names Mentioned in over 600 Recorded Wills by William
Montgomery Clemens
As is usual with these image CDs, each volume's original
title page, table of contents, and index (if available)
are included for each book. One of the reasons I love these
image CDs so much is that you literally hold an electronic
copy of the volumes — everything from the first to
the last page is included, so you can print out or browse
just those areas you want.
The information found for each individual varies greatly
depending on the volume; browsing through the CD I saw diverse
types of information — everything from payrolls, to
election poll results, military histories, family genealogies,
bible transcripts, marriage records, minutes of court, deed
records, will abstracts, and much more.
Although not all of the information on this CD is from
primary sources (notably the genealogies), it is well worth
the investment to have all ten of these valuable books on
one searchable resource. If you have Virginia ancestors,
you'll want to take a look at this new title!
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Marthe Arends has
been involved in genealogy for 18 years. She has lectured on computers and genealogy
to many groups, has been the SysOp of a Fidonet genealogy BBS, has written articles
for a variety of genealogy publications, and currently writes fiction. Marthe has also written Genealogy
Software Guide and Genealogy
on CD-ROM, both published by the Genealogical
Publishing Company.
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