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Not Black and White, But Different Shades of Gray

With examples dating back to the 1750s, Norfolk County chancery causes offer an interesting set of solutions to some of the myriad problems associated with…

Callie FreedJuly 22, 2015

Archives Education & Programming

Remaking Virginia: A New Labor System

This is the third in a series of four blog posts concerning post-Civil War Virginia and the lives of freedpeople after Emancipation. The posts precede…

Greg CrawfordJune 24, 2015

Archives Digital Projects

Spotsylvania County Chancery Causes Online

The Library of Virginia is pleased to announce that digital images for Spotsylvania County (Va.) Chancery Causes, 1812-1913, are now available online through the Chancery…

Joanne PorterApril 24, 2015

Archives Digital Projects

Dinwiddie County Resources Online

Recently, the Library of Virginia’s Local Records Services staff visited the Dinwiddie County Circuit Court Clerk’s office in preparation for the spring grants cycle of…

Vince BrooksApril 13, 2015

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Madison County Chancery Causes Online

The Library of Virginia is pleased to announce that digital images for Madison County (Va.) Chancery Causes, 1794-1912, are now available online through the Chancery…

Greg CrawfordFebruary 18, 2015

Archives Digital Projects

Stafford County Chancery Goes Digital

2014 has been a special year filled with special events for Stafford County. Celebrating its 350th anniversary, the county held numerous community-based historical celebrations to mark the…

Callie FreedNovember 26, 2014

Archives

To Be Sold: Hester Jane Carr’s Story

T his is the last in a series of four blogs related to the “To Be Sold” exhibit which opens on October 27 at the…

Greg CrawfordOctober 22, 2014

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To Be Sold: Beasley, Jones, and Wood- Virginia Slave Traders

This is the third in a series of four blogs related to the “To Be Sold” exhibit which opens on October 27 at the Library…

Greg CrawfordOctober 15, 2014

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To Be Sold: Elizabeth’s Story

This is the second in a series of four blogs related to the “To Be Sold” exhibit which opens on October 27 at the Library…

Greg CrawfordOctober 8, 2014

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To Be Sold: The Williams and Ivy Slave Trade Scheme

This is the first in a series of four blog posts related to the “To Be Sold” exhibit which opens on October 27 at the…

Greg CrawfordOctober 1, 2014

Archives Digital Projects

New Images Added to the Lost Records Digital Collection

Additional document images from counties or incorporated cities classified as “Lost Records Localities” have been added to the Lost Records Localities Digital Collection available on Virginia Memory. The bulk of…

Greg CrawfordSeptember 26, 2014

Digital Projects

Come On, Make Some History!

We’re happy to announce that Making History: Transcribe is now live! This site will enable users to transcribe documents in the Library of Virginia collections in…

Sonya ColemanAugust 19, 2014

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Montgomery County’s African American History

The varied experience of the African American residents of Montgomery County, Virginia, reveals itself in many documentary sources, but perhaps none as unexpected to some…

Sarah NerneyJuly 2, 2014

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“We Are Not Saved The Land Boom & Real Estate Speculation in Montgomery County, VA

In the late 1880s and early 1890s, Southwest Virginia was gripped with “boom” times as the Norfolk & Western Railroad opened up the region for…

Scott GardnerMay 28, 2014

The Stacks

Dwight D. Sunderlin, 1944-2014

Our valued colleague in the Imaging Services Section, Dwight Sunderlin, passed away on February 8 after a brief illness. He will be laid to rest…

Library of VirginiaMay 16, 2014