Virginia Genealogy Resources

• Library of Virginia
  • Using the Collections
  • Genealogical Research
  • Research Guides & Bibliographies
  • County and City Records at the Library of Virginia
  • Chancery Records Index
  • Legislative Petitions Digital Collection
  • Lost Records Localities Digital Collection
  • The UncommonWealth blog
  • Unknown No Longer (Slavery Database)
  • Virginia Chronicle (online newspaper collection)
  • Virginia Heritage Project (Manuscripts & Archival Collections)
  • Local Historical Societies in Virginia
  • VA-ROOTS, Library of Virginia’s genealogy listserv
• The Virginia Museum of History & Culture
• Monticello
  • Slavery at Monticello
• Virginia Baptist Historical Society
• Virginia Genealogical Society
• Black History Museum and Cultural Center of Virginia
• Genealogical Research Institute of Virginia (GRIVA)
• USGenNet Index to Virginia Genealogical & Historical Societies

• FamilySearch.org
  • Virginia, African-American Funeral Programs, 1935-2009
  • FamilySearch.org Research Wiki
    • Virginia Wiki
    • Virginia African Americans Wiki
    • Virginia Cohabitation Records
    • How to Find Virginia Marriage Records
• Virginia African American Historic Sites Database
• Virginia Office of Vital Records
• VAGenWeb

• Encyclopedia Virginia
• Virginia Center for Digital History
• Interactive Map of Virginia County Formation History

• African American Gateway (Friends of Allen County)
• Free African Americans of Virginia, NC, SC, MD and DE
• The Free Negro in Virginia 1619-1865 (1915) (free PDF, EPUB)
• Virginia African American Historic Sites Database

• AAHGS - Greater Richmond Chapter
• AAHGS - Central Virginia Chapter
• AAHGS - Hampton Roads Chapter
• AAHGS - Danville/Pittsylvania County Chapter
• Orange County African American Historical Society (OCAAHS)