The Society will sponsor its fourth Virginia Institute of Genealogical Research (VIGR) in Richmond, Virginia, August 5-9, 2001. Virginia offers researchers a wealth of genealogical and historical records, many of which are available in the metropolitan Richmond area.

VIGR focuses exclusively on Virginia topics and methods in two levels of instruction. The introductory course covers Virginia history, geography and surveys of various record groups; topics in the advanced course concentrate on the application of interpretive and analytical methods to solve research problems. The theme for track two, "Virginians and Their Land," concentrates on issues about Virginia geography; land causes; Virginia land companies; bounty land records; patents and grants; and land platting.

VIGR will be held on the peaceful 186-acre campus of Roslyn, the Virginia Episcopal Diocesan Center, which overlooks the James River and is only minutes from downtown Richmond. Registration is limited. Address any questions to the Society office.

Virginia Genealogical Society
Attn.: VIGR4
5001 West Broad Street, Suite 115
Richmond, VA 23230-3023

TRACK ONE, "Introduction to Virginia Research"

• Virginia Geography: Implications for Genealogical Research (Grundset)
  
• Library of Virginia and Its Finding Aids: There's More Than Microfilm (Murphy)
  
• Early Virginia Newspapers: Forget Impartial Reporting (Boyd-Rush)
  
• That's Not a Brick Wall: County Order Books to the Rescue (Hiatt)
  
• Religious Diversity in Virginia--Despite an Established Church (Boyd-Rush)
  
• Special Collections at the Virginia Historical Society (Hiatt)
  
• Tithes and Personal Property Taxes (Little)
  
• Virginia Vocabulary: Keys to Understanding (Hiatt)
  
• Births, Deaths and Marriages, 1700-1900 (Kelley)
  
• What Happens When a Virginian Dies? (Hiatt)
  

TRACK TWO, "Virginians and Their Land"

• Finding and Using Virginia Maps (Little)
  
• Land Causes--Those "Other" Virginia Land Books (Hatcher)
  
• Virginia's Early Land Companies and Bound Land Records (Little)
  
• Beyond Patents and Grants--Other Records of the Virginia Land Office (Clay)
  
• Land Platting: Yes, You Can (Sometimes) Find That 100 Acres! (Hatcher)
  
• Little Maps of the Land: Using Surveyors' Plat Books (Grundset)
  

COMBINED SESSIONS:

• Primogeniture and Entail: Colonial Estates Cannot be Understood Without Knowing the Law (Murphy)
  
• Virginia Had TWO Land Offices (Clay)
  
• How Old Did They Have to Be? Age Considerations in Virginia Research (Grundset)
  
• The Many Ways to Convey Land (Murphy)
  
• Using Land Taxes to Solve Brick Wall Problems (Little)
  
• When a Law Wasn't Broken: Use Chancery Cases to Find Family Information (Hiatt)
  

REGISTRATION FEE:


• Full registration postmarked by 1 June, $250
  
• Full registration postmarked after 1 June, $275
  
• Registration is limited to the first 60 applicants
  

  ACCOMMODATIONS (includes 3 meals a day):
  

• Double occupancy, private bath (Sun.-Wed.), $300
  
• Single occupancy, shared bath, sink in room, $325
  
• Extra night, $45 each (if room needed after session ends)
  
• Day students, $175 (includes meals but no lodging)
  

Add together applicable registration and accommodations. For example, a student who registers after June 1, who wishes to lodge and eat at the retreat, and who lodges in a room alone, pays: ($275+$325 = $600 for the four days). Another example, two students who register by June 1, room together, and need to stay an extra night, each pay: ($250+$300+45= $595). A student who before June 1 requires no overnight lodging, pays the registration fee plus the day student rate ($250+$175= $425).

On Sunday, August 5, 2001, check in is anytime after 3 p.m.
Dinner is at 6 p.m., and an orientation session will begin at 7 p.m.
Breakfast is served at 8 a.m., lunch at 12:30 p.m., and dinner at 6 p.m. each day.
Meals are provided in Tucker Hall, and all classes are held in Walker Hall.
The course will wrap up late Thursday afternoon.

To sign up, send a personal check or money order payable to the Virginia Genealogical Society, to our address given above. Indicate course preference, either Course I or Course II. On a separate piece of paper briefly outline your Virginia research experience.

At this time we cannot take registrations over the Internet.