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You Are Not The Father

The Prince George County chancery causes are filled with numerous divorce cases involving cheating spouses and adulterous affairs, but in the case of Thomas P. Kelly…

Sherri BagleyMay 23, 2012

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Petersburg Chancery Digital Project Now Complete

The Library of Virginia is pleased to announce the completion of the Petersburg chancery causes digital project. The scanning project was funded by the Circuit Court…

Sherri BagleyMay 16, 2012

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A Horse in the Frederick Co. Courthouse

All eyes in the horse world may be directed towards Churchill Downs this week for this year’s Kentucky Derby, but Kentucky isn’t the only state…

Bari HelmsMay 2, 2012

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Dear Uncle…

Horseshoe Bend on the Tallapoosa River in Alabama. (Image used courtesy of the United States National Park Service) This year marks the 200th anniversary of the War…

Greg CrawfordApril 18, 2012

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April Fool!

Mary E. Neff opened an envelope to find a defaced photograph of her estranged husband, William E. Neff, with an eye gouged out, an ear…

Bari HelmsMarch 28, 2012

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The Business of Racism

Business letterhead can offer a fascinating snapshot of a place or time. A striking example appeared in the Rockingham County chancery causes recently. In the…

Vince BrooksFebruary 22, 2012

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My Vindictive Valentine

Among the character witnesses called in the divorce case of Minerva Alice Nulton and John M. Nulton included John’s widowed sister, Annie Sloat, a dry-goods…

Sam WaltersFebruary 14, 2012

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First Scott Co. Chancery Images Have Arrived!

The Library of Virginia is pleased to announce that the first digital images, covering the years 1816-1857, from the Scott County chancery causes digitization project…

Bari HelmsFebruary 10, 2012

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Petersburg Chancery Hits the Rails

The latest images from the Petersburg chancery causes digitization project are now available on the Chancery Records Index. The scanning project is funded by the Circuit Court Records…

Greg CrawfordFebruary 6, 2012

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Not in my Backyard!

The latest images from the Augusta County Chancery Causes are now available on the Chancery Records Index. This latest addition of Augusta County chancery causes covering the time period…

Bari HelmsFebruary 3, 2012

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Nelson Co. Chancery Now Available

Editor’s note: The finding aid for these records can be found here. The Library of Virginia is pleased to announce that Nelson County Chancery Causes,…

Callie FreedJanuary 20, 2012

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Mr. Christmas and his Flights of Fancy

Former Local Records archivist Catherine OBrion was given the task of processing the chancery causes of Arlington (formerly Alexandria) County. Perhaps the most interesting case…

Callie FreedDecember 21, 2011

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Archivist Road Show

During the months of October and November, Local Records archivists delivered presentations on chancery suits to the Tazewell County Public Library, the Scott County Rotary…

Greg CrawfordDecember 16, 2011

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Augusta Co. Images Keep Coming In!

The latest images from the Augusta County Chancery Causes are now available on the Chancery Records Index. With this addition, fifty boxes of Augusta County chancery…

Vince BrooksNovember 18, 2011

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I Ain’t Afraid of No Ghost!

In 1896, Virginia Anderson, nicknamed Jennie, filed for divorce from her husband, Epps G. Anderson, in the Scott County Circuit Court. He was in his…

Sam WaltersOctober 31, 2011