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New Discoveries in World War I Questionnaires

Created in 1919 by Governor Westmoreland Davis, the World War I History Commission’s task was to collect, edit, and publish source material concerning Virginia’s participation…

Roger ChristmanJuly 13, 2011

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Kilroy Was Here. Pennsylvania Infantry Left Their Mark on Lynchburg’s Courthouse Records.

Sometimes archivists encounter the unexpected. While looking through an unidentified business record, I expected to see the usual debits and credits typically found in nineteenth…

Bari HelmsJune 29, 2011

Archives Conservation The Stacks

LVA and CCRP Assist Hampton Circuit Court Clerk.

On Tuesday June 14, a team of archivists were in Hampton to assist circuit court clerk Linda Batchelor Smith in completing a records inventory of…

Carl ChildsJune 27, 2011

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Fowl Play.

Death records provide familial information to genealogists, statistical information for researchers, and an occasional chuckle for archivists. My morbid fascination with death registers paid off…

Kelly Gilbert SizemoreJune 22, 2011

Archives Digital Projects

FIRST AUGUSTA COUNTY IMAGES ARE HERE!

The first images from the Augusta County chancery scanning project have been posted to the Library’s Chancery Records Index (CRI). This initial posting represents the…

Carl ChildsJune 16, 2011

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A River Runs Through It.

Editor's Note: The two transcribed letters below are found in the Prince Edward Chancery case Gdns. of Jacob Michaux vs. William Smith, 1788-001. The case…

Chris KolbeJune 9, 2011

Archives Digital Projects The Stacks

And They’re Off Too!

The City of Petersburg chancery records scanning project officially began on Friday June 3! The first 50 boxes of case-files were loaded for transfer to…

Carl ChildsJune 7, 2011

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Peabody’s Improbable History: “Sherman, set the Wayback Machine to 2008….”

Last week President Barack Obama made minor news when he incorrectly signed the guest book at Westminster Abbey in London “24 May 2008.” Obama did not make…

Roger ChristmanJune 1, 2011

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Mapping segregation in Virginia’s early public schools

Before the Civil War, Virginia did not have a comprehensive public school system. Lawmakers passed various measures to fund public schools, but these measures were…

Catherine OBrionMay 18, 2011

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Library of Virginia Receives $155,071 NEH Grant to Scan Petersburg Chancery Records

The Library of Virginia has received a grant of $155,071 from the National Endowment for the Humanities to support the scanning of the City of Petersburg chancery…

Dale DulaneyMay 5, 2011

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Tractors on Rabbit Trails.

When I found a little booklet titled “Presented with the Compliments of B.F. Avery & Sons…” in a box of oversized Smyth County Chancery Court…

Dale DulaneyMay 4, 2011

Archives Conservation

Treasure in the Attic: Accomack County Colonial Era Records

In 1996, Samuel Cooper, circuit court clerk of Accomack County, contacted the Library of Virginia about a large amount of county records he found in…

Greg CrawfordApril 27, 2011

Archives Digital Projects

Loudoun County Chancery Now Available Online!

Did you ever wonder where “Egypt” was in Loudoun County or how the Civil War affected the settlement of estates when legatees lived outside of…

Library of VirginiaApril 21, 2011

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"I shall die by my hands" – The Death Row Suicide of Joseph "Cocky Joe" Robinson

Joseph Robinson, alias “Cocky Joe”, was convicted on 9 April 1951 in the Portsmouth City Hustings Court for the 1943 murder of Marc A. Terrell…

Roger ChristmanApril 20, 2011

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Virginia Signs Off

Editor's Note: Guest contributor Mari Julienne joins us this week with some timely background information on a pivotal document in the state’s history. Virginia’s signed Ordinance…

Mari JulienneApril 13, 2011