About our Publications
The Virginia Genealogical Society publications program includes three major series:
- Cavaliers and Pioneers: Abstracts of Virginia Land Patents: 1732-1776 (Vols. 4-8)
Land patent records are an invaluable genealogical and historical resource for researchers of early Virginia. The Virginia Genealogical Society has issued five volumes taking the three volumes of Nell Marion Nugent's abstracts of Virginia land patents to 1776. - Index to Virginia Estates: 1800-1865 (10 Vols.)
Index of all Virginia estate-related records found in will books and other collections, typically on microfilm. This ten-volume set has been completed geographically. Funding for this series has been made possible in part by a grant from the Richard Slatten Endowment for Virginia History of The Community Foundation in memory of Richard Slatten, a former President of the Virginia Genealogical Society. - The Magazine of Virginia Genealogy
Vols. 1-40 are available on CD; vols. 34-45 are available for purchase as printed back issues.
Samples from Cavaliers and Pioneers:
Publications
The Virginia Genealogical Society publications program includes:
- List of Virginia-Based Genealogical Researchers
The Society maintains and periodically updates a list of Virginia-based researchers. The list is provided on the website in Word and PDF, and is available via postal mail, upon request and receipt of a $0.55 return address business envelope. Note: Inclusion on this list carries no endorsement by the VGS nor is VGS accountable for any inadvertent misrepresentation contained therein.-
Virginia Researchers (Word, Revised January 2011, 72.5 KB) -
Virginia Researchers (PDF, Revised January 2011, 127.94 KB)
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- Magazine of Virginia Genealogy (included with membership)
Guidelines: Magazine of Virginia Genealogy (PDF, Revised 2011, 31.39 KB)- The first 35 volumes are available in a fully searchable form to account holders of Ancestry.com.
- Magazine of Virginia Genealogy, Volumes 1 through 40 (1963-2002), on CD. Includes required software for running on PC or Mac. Users must have Adobe Reader 6.0 or later to view the contents.
- Vols. 1 through 20 of the Society's quarterly publication are no longer available in printed form, only on the above mentioned CD. More recent issues of the Society's quarterly publication may be purchased subject to availability, after the end of the publication year, using one of two methods.
- Online: Order them in our web store: Back Issues of the Magazine of Virginia Genealogy.
- By Mail: Alternately, you may download, print, and complete a paper order form for back issues of the Magazine.
- View Tables of Contents for The Magazine of Virginia Genealogy:
- Vols. 1-21 (1963-1983)
- Vols. 22-48 (1984-2010)
- Content Summary: We have compiled a summary of the content of the Magazine of Virginia Genealogy, listed by location and topic. This prints out on a legal-sized sheet, and is available in Microsoft Word and PDF formats:
Content Summary: Magazine of Virginia Genealogy (Word, 57.5 KB)
Content Summary: Magazine of Virginia Genealogy (PDF, 127.64 KB)
- Virginia Genealogical Society Newsletter (included with membership)
Guidelines: VGS Newsletter (PDF, Revised 2011, 366 KB)- Back issues of the Society's bi-monthly newsletter are available in limited quantities. Additional information is forthcoming.
- Many of the issues of the Virginia Genealogical Society Newsletter are downloadable in PDF format, including:
- Books (discounted by 20% to current members)
- Cavaliers and Pioneers
- Index to Virginia Estates (1800-1865) in ten volumes.
- A wealth of other titles.
The Magazine of Virginia Genealogy, 1984-2010
Volumes 22 through 48 of The Magazine of Virginia Genealogy, published since 1984, may be purchased for $15 a volume (4 issues), after the end of the publication year.
Tables of contents of these volumes are provided below for your convenience. Please click the "Read more ..." link.
The Magazine of Virginia Genealogy, 1963-1983
Volumes 1 through 21 of The Magazine of Virginia Genealogy, published prior to 1984, are no longer available for purchase in paper form, but are available on a CD, and may be found among the collections of libraries with large Virginiana collections.
Tables of contents of these volumes are provided below for your convenience. Please click the "Read more ..." link.
Review: Index to Virginia Estates, Vol. 2
Index to Virginia Estates: 1800-1865. Volume 2. Counties of: Clarke, Culpeper, Frederick, Greene, Madison, Orange, Page, Rappahannock, Shenandoah, Spotsylvania, and Warren; cities of Frederickburg and Winchester. Compiled and edited by Wesley E. Pippenger. (Richmond, VA: Virginia Genealogical Society, 2001). ISBN 1-888192-31-3. 849 pp.+ xxiv. Smyth-sewn; hardcover; 6"x9".
Virginia researchers will welcome the second volume of Pippenger's Index to Virginia Estates. Together, volumes 1 and 2 cover eighteen counties and three independent cities in the northernmost part of the state — approximately twenty percent of present-day Virginia.
