James City County, Virginia Genealogy

United States &gt; Virginia &gt; James City County

Parent County
1634--James City was created in 1634 as an original shire or county. County seat: Williamsburg

Neighboring Counties

 * Charles City
 * Gloucester
 * King and Queen
 * Isle of Wight
 * New Kent
 * Surry
 * York

Newspapers
The Virginia Gazette

This was paper was published in Williamsburg, Virginia weekly during much of the 18th century, when Williamsburg was the capital of the colony. Digitized images of the paper are avialable through the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation. The collection contains a full run of the paper, which was published from 1736 to 1780.

The Richmond Dispatch

Digitized images of the paper through the Library of Congress. Collection covers from 1900 to 1903.

The Times (Richmond, Va)

Digitized images of the paper through the Library of Congress. Collection covers from 1901 and 1903.

The Richmond Times-Dispatch

Digitized images of the paper through the Library of Congress. Collection covers from 1907 to 1910.

Jamestown Related Records
The Jamestown Records of the Virginia Company of London: Part of the Thomas Jefferson Collection at the Library of Congress

Societies and Libraries
The Williamsburg Regional Library


 * The WRL is the central library for the City of Williamsburg and James City County

Swem Library at The College of William &amp; Mary


 * Swem Library is the central research library for The College of William and Mary.

Virginia Genealogical Society

Virginia Historical Society

The Library of Virginia


 * The Library of Virginia, located in Richmond Virginia, is the central reference library for the government of the Commonwealth of Virginia.

The Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture


 * The Omohundro Institute is a joint research institute between The College of William &amp; Mary and the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, focusing on academic research on early American history.

Web Sites

 * USGenWeb project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the state, then the county.
 * Family History Library Catalog