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Prince Edward Co. Declarations for Revolutionary War Pensions Archives

Prince Edward Co. Declarations for Revolutionary War Pensions

While examining Prince Edward County court records for chancery suits, former Local Records Archivist Catherine OBrion found a group of declarations to the justices of the…
Greg Crawford
Greg CrawfordJanuary 18, 2012
Hey, We Drink Out Of There! Archives

Hey, We Drink Out Of There!

On the morning of 14 March 1885, Lysander Rose, caretaker of the Old Reservoir in Richmond, went about his normal duties, but this morning would…
Bari Helms
Bari HelmsJanuary 11, 2012
Walk Like a Man? One-Legged Prisoner Escapes Road Camp Archives

Walk Like a Man? One-Legged Prisoner Escapes Road Camp

On Sunday 20 January 1907, Ed Baker, a “one leg Italian” with “a bad face”, escaped from the State Convict Road Force camp near Williamsburg.…
Roger Christman
Roger ChristmanJanuary 4, 2012
Mr. Christmas and his Flights of Fancy Archives

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 Freed
Callie FreedDecember 21, 2011
Mug Shot Monday: Mary L. Morst, No. 11033 Archives

Mug Shot Monday: Mary L. Morst, No. 11033

Welcome to Mug Shot Monday!  This is the latest entry in a series of posts highlighting inmate photographs in the records of the Virginia Penitentiary.  Mary L. Morst,…
Roger Christman
Roger ChristmanDecember 19, 2011
Archivist Road Show Archives

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 Crawford
Greg CrawfordDecember 16, 2011
We’ll trade you Fairfax County for Mercer…Just kidding. ArchivesThe Stacks

We’ll trade you Fairfax County for Mercer…Just kidding.

Many of the staff and researchers at the Library of Virginia remember our colleague and friend Robert Young Clay for his vast knowledge of the…
Jim Greve
Jim GreveDecember 14, 2011
See Jefferson’s Papers Conserved! Conservation

See Jefferson’s Papers Conserved!

The Executive Papers of Governor Thomas Jefferson, 1779-1781, have been named one of Virginia’s top ten endangered artifacts by the Virginia Association of Museums. The letters…
Bari Helms
Bari HelmsDecember 12, 2011
Cohabitation Registers Added to Digital Collection ArchivesDigital Projects

Cohabitation Registers Added to Digital Collection

The Library of Virginia is pleased to announce the addition of records from Fluvanna, Goochland, and Montgomery Counties to the cohabitation register digitization project.  This project,…
Sarah Nerney
Sarah NerneyDecember 9, 2011
"Have you any wool? Yes sir, yes sir, three bags full!" Archives

"Have you any wool? Yes sir, yes sir, three bags full!"

The wool of Merino sheep was highly prized and for centuries the flocks were not allowed to be exported from their home in Spain. One…
Chris Kolbe
Chris KolbeDecember 7, 2011
Mug Shot Monday: Will Liddle, No. 6484 and No. 7341 Archives

Mug Shot Monday: Will Liddle, No. 6484 and No. 7341

This is the latest entry in a series of posts highlighting inmate photographs in the records of the Virginia Penitentiary.  Will Liddle, the subject of this week’s…
Roger Christman
Roger ChristmanDecember 5, 2011
The Siege of Veracruz in Amelia Co.? Archives

The Siege of Veracruz in Amelia Co.?

Occasionally the strangest things will surface in the county records.  While processing Amelia County records (Barcode 1147160), archivist Callie Freed found a map depicting the…
Sarah Nerney
Sarah NerneyNovember 30, 2011
Mug Shot Monday: Walter Turpin, No. 3159 and No. 4361 Archives

Mug Shot Monday: Walter Turpin, No. 3159 and No. 4361

This is the latest entry in a series of posts highlighting inmate photographs in the records of the Virginia Penitentiary.  Walter Turpin, the subject of this week’s…
Roger Christman
Roger ChristmanNovember 21, 2011
Augusta Co. Images Keep Coming In! ArchivesDigital Projects

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 Brooks
Vince BrooksNovember 18, 2011
The Gingaskins of Virginia Archives

The Gingaskins of Virginia

November is Native American Heritage Month, a month set aside to recognize the significant contributions the first Americans made to the establishment and growth of the…
Sarah Nerney
Sarah NerneyNovember 16, 2011
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