April 2016 Final Web

Northeast North Carolina Family History - Promise Fulfilled
By: Irene Hampton - nencfamilyhistory@gmail.com
Promise fulfilled… As I promised last month, here is a list of some great Virginia websites for family history research.
www.virginiamemory.com (Virginia Memory)
“Virginia Memory is part of the online
presence of the Library of Virginia, the state archives and reference library. The Library maintains vast and varied collections of print materials, manuscripts,
archival records, newspapers, photographs and ephemera, maps and atlases, rare books, and fine art that tell the history of the commonwealth and its people.”
http://www.lva.virginia.gov/public/using_collections.asp#_guides-BirthsDeathsMarriagesVitalRecords “Using the Collections – Start Your Research!” Here are
two of the helpful indexes listed.
(Death Indexing/Virginia) “A fully-searchable index to Virginia city and county
death registers compiled 1853-1896. This is an on-going project sponsored by the Virginia Genealogical Society. Fifteen cities and counties have been indexed to
date. The death registers are available on microfilm.”
(Henley Marriage/Obituary Index)
“Personal name index to more than 51,000 marriage and obituary notices published primarily in Richmond-area newspapers between 1736 and 1982, with an
emphasis on the years 1780 to 1910. The index was compiled by Bernard J. Henley (1909-1989), former librarian at the Richmond Public Library. Most of the
newspapers are available on microfilm at the Library of Virginia.”
vaheritage.org (Virginia Heritage) “Virginia Heritage is a consolidated database of more than 12,000 finding aids which provide information about the vast array
of manuscripts and archival materials housed in historical societies, libraries, museums, colleges and universities across the Commonwealth. The continuous addition
of new and updated finding aids makes this a great tool for discovering primary source materials documenting the history, culture, and people of Virginia.”
Here’s an example: A Guide to the Records of Ante-Bellum Southern Plantations from the Revolution through the Civil War. Series F, Part 4, (Housed at the
Library of Virginia)Top of Form
“Series 5: The Major Bell Papers, 1853-1864, comprise the personal and business letters of Major Bell of Pasquotank County, North Carolina including letters
from his daughter Christian Bell at Chowan Female College in North Carolina.”
http://research.history.org/DigitalLibrary/va-gazettes/
“The Virginia Gazette was the official newspaper of Virginia, printed in Williamsburg from 1736 until 1780. When the capital of Virginia moved to Richmond
in 1780, printers transferred their businesses to the new seat of government. Both Dixon & Nicolson and Clarkson & Davis resumed their papers in Richmond.”
http://cdm15987.contentdm.oclc.org/ (Hampton Roads Heritage Project) - Norfolk Public Library. “ The Norfolk Public Library’s Hampton Roads Heritage
Project. The images in these collections come from the Sargeant Memorial Collection at Slover Library in Norfolk, Virginia. The Sargeant Memorial Collection
is the region’s premier local history and genealogy collection. The photographs and other materials in the database are intended to help document the history and
cultural heritage of Norfolk, the surrounding Hampton Roads region, the Commonwealth of Virginia, and northeastern North Carolina.”
https://familysearch.org/wiki/en/Virginia_Online_Genealogy_Records (Virginia Statewide Online Genealogy Records)
This is a collection of links to Virginia statewide databases and collections. Free or fee ($) is indicated.
Ancestry.com Although this is a for profit site, you can usually get a free week of use and this record collection is an answer to many a prayer! “As a result of a
public-private collaboration between the Virginia Department of Health (VDH) and Ancestry.com, more than 16 million Virginia vital records have been digitized
and indexed. Scanned
images of the original public documents are available online through Ancestry.com.”
College graduations are just around the corner – remember to gather family info at family gatherings!
Irene Hampton earned a Certifi cate in Genealogy
from Brigham Young University and worked as the
Genealogical/Local history Researcher for the Pasquotank-Camden
Library for over 12 years. She has
also abstracted and published “Widow’s Years Provisions,
1881-1899, Pasquotank County,
North Carolina”; “1840 Currituck,
North Carolina Federal Census” and “Record of
Marriages, Book A (1851-1867) Currituck County,
North Carolina”.You may contact her at
nencfamilyhistory@gmail.com.
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