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Records Of The Family History Library
Family History Library Catalog
Archives And Libraries
Bible Records
Biography
Cemeteries
Census
Church Records
Court Records
Directories
Emigration And Immigration
Gazetteers
Genealogy
History
Land And Property
Law And Legislation
Maps
Military Records
Minorities
Naturalization And Citizenship
Newspapers
Periodicals
Probate Records
Public Records
Societies
Taxation
Vital Records
For Further Reading
Comments And Suggestions

DIRECTORIESLook this term up in the glossary.

DirectoriesLook this term up in the glossary. of heads of households have been published for major cities in Virginia. For example, the Family History Library has directories for:

1819-1860

FHL fiche 6044391-400

1866-1935

FHL films 1377370-84 and 1605945-66

1801, 1806, 1851,1859, 1860

FHL fiche 6044285-89

1866-1901

FHL films 1377209-15

1902-1923

FHL films 1844188-202

1924-1935

FHL films 1844311-17

For prominent individuals of the colonial era, the Family History Library has name directories such as:

Stanard, William G. The Colonial Virginia Register 1902. Reprint, Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1965. (FHL book 975.5 N2s 1965; computer number 216981; film 982250 item 4; computer number 309314.) Gives position and sometimes birth and death information.

Further directories are found in the Family History Library Catalog Locality Search under:

VIRGINIA, [COUNTY], [INDEPENDENT CITY] - DIRECTORIESVIRGINIA, [COUNTY], [TOWN] - DIRECTORIES

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