Genealogies of Virginia Families


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From Tyler's quarterly historical and genealogical magazine.







Order and Civility in the Early Modern Chesapeake


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Tise cutting-edge collection of essays in this volume represent the vast array of experiences in the Chesapeake region, encompassing the racial, class, ethnic, and gender diversity that characterized life in early Maryland and Virginia. Order and Civility in the Early Modern Chesapeake makes a significant contribution to the growing interest in the Chesapeake as an accurate indication of the English customs, rituals, and beliefs men and women brought to the New World. Ultimately, this study suggests that the multicultural Chesapeake created significant cultural, intellectual, and social norms that have shaped the diverse world of the American people.




Virginia County Records


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Vol. 1, new series, was edited by the late William Armstrong Crozier and published posthumously by Mrs. Wm. Armstrong Crozier.







Genealogical Encyclopedia of the Colonial Americas


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Covers the period of colonial history from the beginning of European colonization in the Western Hemisphere up to the time of the American Revolution.




Richmond County, Virginia Order Book Abstracts 1714-1715


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Order books contain records of all matters brought before the court when it was in session and may contain important information not found anywhere else. A wide variety of information is found in order books including appointments of county officials and militia officers, records of legal disputes heard before the county court, appointments of guardians, apprenticeships of children by the overseers of the poor, naturalizations, road orders, and registrations of free Negroes. This volume contains entries from Richmond County Order Book No. 6, beginning on page 255 and ending on page 414 for Courts held December 14, 1714, through March 8, 1715/6. Originally printed in 1997, reprinted 2016.










Wills of Richmond County, Virginia, 1699-1800


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Richmond County wills are extant only from 1699, but the compiler of this useful work has bridged the gap by substituting information from Order Books, 1692-1699, thereby extending the possibilities for genealogical enquiry. The entries, which consist mainly of abstracts of wills and inventories and refer to about 8,000 persons, are arranged throughout the work in chronological order.