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/
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