Library of Virginia

United States Virginia  Virginia Archives and LibrariesLibrary of Virginia

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Contact Information
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 * The Library of Virginia 800 East Broad Street Richmond, VA 23219

Telephone: 804.692.3500 Fax:  To order materials by mail or fax, please print and complete the applicable forms from the categories listed below, and return them to the Library of Virginia with payment. A fee of $25.00 is charged for all returned checks.

Fax orders: 804-692-3556

Hours and holidays: The Library's regular hours are Monday through Saturday, 9:00 AM until 5:00 PM. Please check our News & Events or contact us for any changes to our regular hours due to holiday closings, special events, or inclement weather.

Directions, maps, and public transportation:

Internet sites and databases:


 * Internet site
 * Online catalogue

Digital collections include:

Land Records


 * Virginia Land Office Patents and Grants

Vital Records


 * Virginia Death Indexing
 * Henley Marriage/Obituary Index to Virginia Newspapers
 * Marriage Index for Richmond Enquirer/Richmond Visitor
 * Obituary Index for Richmond Enquirer/Richmond Visitor
 * Petersburg Public Library Newspaper Index

Probate Records


 * Index to Wills and Administrations

Church Records


 * Bristol Church and Family Cemeteries Index

Military Records

World War I


 * World War I History Commission Questionnaires

Civil War


 * Confederate Disability Applications and Receipts
 * Confederate Pension Rolls, Veterans and Widows
 * Index to Confederate Veteran Magazine
 * Index to Virginia Confederate Rosters
 * Robert E. Lee Camp Confederate Soldiers' Home Applications for Admission

War of 1812


 * Index to War of 1812 Pay Rolls and Muster Rolls

Revolutionary War


 * Culpeper County Classes, 1781
 * Dunmore's War (Virginia Payrolls/Public Service Claims, 1775)
 * Revolutionary War Bounty Warrants
 * Revolutionary War Land Office Military Certificates
 * Revolutionary War Public Service Claims
 * Revolutionary War Rejected Claims
 * Revolutionary War Virginia State Pensions

European Sources about Virginians


 * Virginia Colonial Records Project

Coats of Arms


 * Index to Sources on Family Coats of Arms

Biographies


 * S. Bassett French Biographical Sketches
 * WPA Life Histories Collection

Alternate Repositories
If you cannot visit or find a record at the , a similar record may be available at one of the following.

Similar Collections


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Neighboring Collections


 * Virginia Historical Society,.
 * National Archives I, Washington DC, census, pre-WWI military service &amp; pensions, passenger lists, naturalizations, passports, federal bounty land, homesteads, bankruptcy, ethnic sources, prisons, and federal employees.
 * Daughters of the American Revolution Library, Washington DC, Revolutionary War and colonial period, including family and local histories, cemetery transcriptions, Bible records, 15,000 genealogical membership applications.
 * Maryland State Archives, census, court, church, vital, military, probate, land, tax, immigration, naturalizations.