Ancestral Adventures from the Civil War to Today TICKET SALES NOW AVAILABLE Conference dates: 3–4 October 2025 from 9:50 a.m. to 3:20 p.m. Eastern Time If you can't attend the live conference, no problem! Recordings will be available for 60 days after the conference. Note: VGS members must be logged in to the VGS website ... Read more
Kick off the Virginia Genealogical Society's new book club on November 12th at 7:30 PM ET as Barbara Vines Little, CG®, FNGS, FVGS, opens the series and introduces her much-anticipated book, A Researcher's Guide to Virginia's Historical Records. Beginning in January, we’ll meet every other month to discuss selected chapters, with each session led by ... Read more
Bounty land was the reward for service to veterans from the Revolution through the Mexican War. Applications for bounty land from veterans or their heirs are bursting with genealogical information, but researchers rarely see it because records for the War of 1812 onwards are only found at the National Archives. Learn about the value of ... Read more
Join us for the first meeting of Barbara’s Book Club, a new discussion series exploring Barbara Vines Little’s A Researcher’s Guide to Virginia’s Historical Records. This month’s session, led by Kelley Conner Lear, CG®, will focus on Chapters 1 and 2, which examine Virginia’s geography and transportation and the impact of record availability at the colony, state, and local levels. Whether you are ... Read more
Researching enslaved individuals is often challenging, particularly when records name the enslaved only indirectly or not at all. In many cases, locating and thoroughly analyzing records created by enslavers is the key to identifying and tracing African American lives across time. The Enslaved at Oakley & Beyond Project demonstrates how careful, contextual research into enslavers ... Read more