The Brantley Collection of Southampton County Court Record Books All of the early record books at the Southampton County court house were imaged and indexed and are available at the Brantley Association website. The deed, will, order and minute books, as well as marriage, guardianship and miscellaneous books through the late 1880s are included in … Read more
Sam Williams, MDiv — Discover how 18th and 19th-century Virginia personal property taxes are a genealogical goldmine.
A comprehensive publication on Virginia research written by Barbara Vines Little, a recognized expert on Virginia research. Be sure to visit the VGS booth at the NGS 2023 Family History Conference in Richmond to learn more, view sample chapters, and sign up for advance publication notification. If you won’t be at the conference, you can … Read more
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Seven Virginia research articles that previously appeared in the NGS Magazine are now available on the VGS website at https://www.vgs.org/virginia-research-articles/. VGS thanks the National Genealogical Society and the authors for allowing us to post these articles.