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As you conduct your genealogical research it is important to know what resources are available to you. Most organizations have a website, county or city government pages and local blogs. The Central Virginia includes the counties of: Albemarle, Buckingham, Fluvanna, Greene, Louisa, Nelson, Madison, Orange and the city of Charlottesville. If you are researching the central Virginia area for genealogical information, check out the following list of resources.

Historical Societies & Groups

• Afro-American Historical Genealogical Society Chapter of Central Virginia: https://sites.google.com/site/centralvirginiachapteraahgs/home/contact-us
• BBS AAHGS Albemarle/Charlottesville Chapter: http://aagg.avenue.org/index.html
• Albemarle Charlottesville Historical Society: http://www.albemarlehistory.org/
• Central Virginia Genealogy Association: http://cvga.avenue.org/
• Historic Buckingham, Inc.: http://www.historicbuckingham.org/
• Fluvanna County Historical Society: http://www.fluvannahistory.org/
• Greene County Historical Society: http://www.greenehistory.org/
• Louisa County Historical Society: http://www.louisacountyhistoricalsociety.org/
• Madison County Historical Society: http://www.madisoncountyhistoricalsociety.com/
• Nelson County Historical Society: http://www.nelsonhistorical.com/
• Orange County Historical Society: http://www.orangecovahist.org/
• Virginia Genealogical Society http://www.vgs.org/
• Virginia Historical Society: http://www.vahistorical.org/research/main.htm

Libraries

Jefferson Madison Regional Library: http://jmrl.org/

(This catalog also includes records for the Albemarle Charlottesville Historical Society Library, http://www.albemarlehistory.org/ )

Central Virginia Regional Library (Buckingham Co.): http://centralvirginiaregionallibrary.org/

Fluvanna County Public Library: http://www.fcplva.org

Greene County Public Library: http://www.greenelibrary.info/

Louisa County Public Library: http://jmrl.org/br-louisa.htm

Madison County Public Library: http://www.madisonlibrary.org/

Nelson County Public Library: http://nelsoncopublib.org/

Orange County Public Library: http://tlc.library.net/orange/

State Libraries

Library of Virginia: http://www.lva.virginia.gov/

Library of Virginia Digital Collection: http://virginiamemory.com

Virginia Historical Society: http://www.vahistorical.org/research/main.htm

Museum of the Confederacy: http://www.moc.org/

University of Virginia Library: http://www.lib.virginia.edu

National Libraries:

Library of Congress: http://www.loc.gov

WorldCat: http://worldcat.org

Other community groups & resources:

African-American Families Database: http://www.centralvirginiahistory.org/index.shtml

AfriGeneas-African American & African Ancestored Genealogy: http://www.afrigeneas.com/

Black History Museum and Cultural Center of Virginia: http://www.blackhistorymuseum.org/

AfriGeneas-Spotlight On: Char McCargo Bah: http://www.afrigeneas.com/spotlight/spotlight008.html

Dr. Lynn Rainville LoCo History: http://www.locohistory.org/Albemarle/

Dr. Lynn Rainville’s African-American Cemeteries in Albemarle and Amherst Counties:

http://www2.vcdh.virginia.edu/cem/

LDS Charlottesville Family History Center: http://charlottesville-fhc.org/

Carolyn Barkley’s Genealogy and Family History Blog: http://www.genealogyandfamilyhistory.com/

Library of Congress American Memory Digital Collections: http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/index.html

Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade Database: http://www.slavevoyages.org/

Virginia Genealogy: A Guide to Genealogical Resources at the University of Virginia Compiled by Jean L. Cooper. 3rd edition, 2005.

http://www2.lib.virginia.edu/genealogy/

Genealogical Research Institute of Virginia
http://grivagenealogy.wordpress.com/

National Genealogical Society
http://www.ngsgenealogy.org/cs/home

Virginia Historical Markers
http://www.historical-markers.org/

Online Virginia Death Records & Indexes

http://www.deathindexes.com/virginia/