Researchers will find deeds, probate records, marriage records and county order or minute books at the local courthouse. Microfilmed copies of those created prior to 1860 (some counties prior to 1900) are available at the Library of Virginia and through the Family History libraries. Other records including survey books, tax records, county loose papers, birth and death records and numerous individual records books may be located at the county courthouse, the Library of Virginia or at the Records Center in Richmond. Family and business manuscript records, genealogies and even copies of some county records can be found in major university collections, regional repositories and at local libraries or historical societies.

Topics that will be open for discussion in the FREE online chat include but are not limited to the following:

1. County or municipal court
1. The court system
2. Surviving records
3. Location
    
2. Vital statistics
    
3. Land records
   1. Colonial patents
   2. Northern Neck grants
   3. Commonwealth grants
   4. Deeds
       
4. Headrights and naturalizations
    
5. Census and tax records
    
6. Probate
   1. Wills, administrations, inventories, etc.
   2. Guardians, orphans
   3. Final accounts
   4. Chancery Suits and friendly partitions
   5. Primogeniture and entail
       
7. Women
    
8.  The military, militia lists and payrolls
    
9. The church
   1. Parish registers and vestry books
   2. Church minutes and other records
       
10. Online Resources
     

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