Links to Local History and Genealogy:
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African-American Research
Books
Birth, Death, and Marriage Records
Cemeteries
Census
Church Records
Court Records
Diaries, Letterbooks, and Correspondence
Economy
Immigration
Land Grants, Deeds, and Wills
Legal
Library Finding Aids
Licenses
Maps
Military
National Register
Newspapers
Photos
Post Offices
Roads
Schools
Taxes
Travel Journals
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Northern Virginia Slavery Database
1818 List of Free Blacks of Truro Parish, Fairfax County
Black Laws of Virginia Part 1
Black Laws of Virginia Part 2
Free African Americans from Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland, and Deleware
Freedmen's Bureau Field Office Records for Virginia Search
Freedmen's Bureau Marriages
Freedmen's Bureau Field Office Documents (Subscription required)
Fairfax County Historic Records - Black History
Loudoun County Circuit Court - Black History
List of Robert "King" Carter's slaves
Registration of Free Negroes, Farifax County, 1822-1861
Slave & Free Colored Births,Fairfax County, 1853
Slave and Free Negro Records, Prince William County, 1752-1865 pdf
Slave Marriages in Northern Virginia
Unknown No Longer - A Database of Virginia Slave Names
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Google Books
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Death Index of Virginia 1853-1896, Library of Virginia, Includes Fairfax, Loudoun, and Prince William Counties
Fairfax County Circuit Court Online Marriage Index, 1853-1957
Freedmen's Bureau Marriages, 1815-1869
Loudoun County Birth and Death Records Online
Loudoun County Marriage Records Online
Prince William County Will Index (1734-1744)(1778-1800), Library of Virginia
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Fairfax County Cemetery Survey
Find-A-Grave
Loudoun County Cemetery Database
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Stafford County Rent Roll, 1723 pdf
Prince William County People, 1701-1800 pdf
Poll List for the election of Burgesses for Prince William County, 1741
Poll list for the election of Burgesses for Fairfax County, 1744
1782 Heads of Families, Fairfax County
1790 Heads of families at the first census
Binns Genealogy's Free Tax Roll Master Search 1790 and 1800
"1790" and "1800" Tax Rolls, Fairfax County
"1790" and "1800" Tax Rolls, Loudoun County
"1790" and "1800" Tax Rolls, Prince William County
1818 List of Free Blacks of Truro Parish, Fairfax County
Ancestry.com (Requires subscription)
HeritageQuest (Requires Fairfax County Public Library card)
Non-population Census (Agriculture, Industry, Social) - Microfilm Only - Available in VA Room
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Frying Pan Baptist Meeting House (From Family Search - Requires Free Account) Click on camera icon.
Truro Parish Vestry Book
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Fairfax County Circuit Court Archives Finding Aids
Fredericksburg Superior Court of Chancery (Includes Fairfax)
Loudoun County Circuit Court Archives Finding Aids
Prince William County British Mercantile Claims, 1775-1803 pdf
Virginia Chancery Cases Online
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Robert "King" Carter Diary, Correspondence, Papers 1701-1732
Thomas Jefferson Papers
James Madison Papers
George Washington Papers
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Economic Cycles Timeline
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Immigrant Servant Database, Fairfax
Immigrant Servant Database, Loudoun
Immigrant Servant Database, Prince William
Registers of Servants Sent to Foreign Plantations, 1654 - 1686
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If you are researching a property, start by determining who owned the land by searching the deeds. A how-to guide on
researching deeds is available online that explains how to prepare a Chain of Title.
Learn how to plot old surveys that are noted in the deeds. Over the years the boundaries of a property may have changed. You can find out the boundaries of a parcel in 1860 by checking the Fairfax County 1860 Land Ownership Maps
Virginia Colonial Charters
Fairfax County Deeds and Wills Online (Requires Subscription)
Fairfax County Online Deed Book Indexes Microfilm available in VA Room
Fairfax County Online Will Book Indexes Microfilm available in VA Room
Land Grants and Patents
Loudoun County Online Deed Book Indexes Available in VA Room (1757-1799) and Thomas Balch Library
Loudoun County Online Will Book Indexes Available in VA Room (1757-1799) and Thomas Balch Library
Land Causes - Microfilm only - Available in VA Room
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Hening's Statutes, 1619-1792
Statutes at Large of Virginia, Shepherd, Vol I, 1792 - 1795
Statutes at Large of Virginia, Shepherd, Vol II, 1796-1802
Statutes at Large of Virginia, Shepherd, Vol III, 1803-1808
Virginia General Assembly Acts, 1802 - 1812
Acts Passed and the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Virginia, 1816
Acts Passed and the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Virginia, 1817
Acts Passed and the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Virginia, 1818-1820
Acts Passed and the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Virginia, 1821
Acts Passed and the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Virginia, 1822
Library of Virginia Legislative Petitions
Virginia Constitution, published 1876
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Virginia Heritage - Guides
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Merchant licenses, Truro Parish, Fairfax County
Ordinary, Tavern, and House of Entertainment licenses, Truro Parish, Fairfax County
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1624: Virginia / discovered and discribed by Captayn John Smith, 1606
1747: A survey of the northern neck of Virginia, being the lands belonging to the Rt. Honourable Thomas Lord Fairfax Baron Cameron
1755: A map of the most inhabited part of Virginia containing the whole province of Maryland with part of Pensilvania, New Jersey and North Carolina. Drawn by Joshua Fry & Peter Jefferson in 1751.
1757: Go to Library of Virginia's Digitool and search for the map name. Carte de la Virginie et du Maryland
1770: Go to Library of Virginia's Digitool and search for the map name. A new and accurate map of Virginia wherein most of the counties are laid down from actual surveys
1787: A map of the country between Albemarle Sound, and Lake Erie, comprehending the whole of Virginia, Maryland, Delaware and Pensylvania, with parts of several other of the United States of America.
1794: Go to Library of Virginia's Digitool and search for the map name. The state of Virginia from the best authorities
1796: A map of the United States exhibiting post roads & distances
1802: Map of Northern Virginia Showing Little River Turnpike
1804: Map of the United States : exhibiting the post-roads, the situations, connexions & distances of the post-offices, stage roads, counties & principal rivers
1818: Plan and profile of an unfinished survey and level for a proposed canal from Goose Creek in Loudoun county to Hunting Creek near Alexandria
1820: Go to Library of Virginia's Digitool and search for the map name. Map of Potomack River from Harpers Ferry to Alexandria, VA
1820: Go to Library of Virginia's Digitool and search for the map name. Survey of Bull Run and Occoquon (Shows Colchester, Occoquan, ferry, mills)
1820: Prince William County
1820: Go to Library of Virginia's Digitool and search for the map name. Survey of the Stage Road from Alexandria to Fredericksburg
1825: Map of the United States : intended chiefly to exhibit the Post Roads & distances
1826: Go to Library of Virginia's Digitool and search for the map name. Map of the state of Virginia, Herman Boye
1832: Map exhibiting the shores of the River Potomac at the place where the Alexandria aqueduct is proposed to be located
1832: Potomac aqueduct. Hydrographic survey of the Potomac River near Georgetown, shewing the position of the aqueduct, its connection with the Ch. & Ohio Canal on the north bank, and with the Alexandria Canal on the south bank of the river
1836: Go to Library of Virginia's Digitool and search for the map name. Profiles for the proposed Falmouth & Alexandria Rail-Road (shows buildings, mills, & mill races)
1839: The American atlas, exhibiting the post offices, post roads, rail roads, canals, and the physical & political divisions of the United States of North America
1839: Map of the United States of North America with parts of the adjacent countries
1848: Map of the Internal Improvements of Virginia
1849 ca: Orange and Alexandria Railroad
1850 ca: Go to Library of Virginia's Digitool and search for the map name. Orange and Alexandria Railroad
1851: Go to Library of Virginia's Digitool and search for the map name. Plan and profile of the [Man]assas Gap Rail Road from its junction with the [O]range and Alexandria Rail Road to the Town of Strausburg
1853: Go to Library of Virginia's Digitool and search for the map name. Alexandria, Loudoun & Hampshire Rail-road, 16 miles
1855: Go to Library of Virginia's Digitool and search for the map name. Loudoun Branch Railroad
1855: Map of the Internal Improvements of Virginia
1858: Map of the Rail Roads of Virginia
1859: Go to Library of Virginia's Digitool and search for the map name. Map of the state of Virginia, corrected 1859, Herman Boye
1860: Fairfax County Land Ownership
186-: Military reconnaissance of Virginia / made under the orders of Brigr. Genl Irvin McDowell by Capt. A.W. Whipple
186-: Fords on Occoquan and Bull Run : [Northern Virginia]
186-: [Map of Loudoun County, Va., and parts of Fairfax County, Va., Jefferson County, W.Va., and Washington and Frederick counties, Md.]
186-: [Detailed map of part of Virginia from Alexandria to the Potomac River above Washington, D.C. 186-].
1861: [Map of part of Fairfax County, Virginia, south of the city of Alexandria and the Orange and Alexandria Railroad] / F. F. Mead, Lt. Co. I, 16th N.Y.V. Del., Aug. 30th 1861.
1862: Lloyd's official map of the State of Virginia from actual surveys by order of the Executive, 1828 & 1859 Corrected and revised by J. T. Lloyd to 1862, from surveys made by Capt. W. Angelo Powell, of the U.S. Topographical Engineers.
1862: Map of the battle fields of Manassas and the surrounding region : showing the various actions of the 21st July, 1861, between the armies of the Confederate States and the United States / surveyed and drawn by W.G. Atkinson, Acting 1st Lieut. Engineer.
1862: Map of n. eastern Virginia and vicinity of Washington Corrected from recent surveys and reconnaissances under direction of the Bureau of Topographical Engineers, August 1st 1862
1863: Map of a part of eastern Virginia
1864: Johnson's Virginia, Delaware, Maryland & West Virginia.
1864: [A map of Fairfax County, and parts of Loudoun and Prince William Counties, Va., and the District of Columbia] / copied by J. Paul Hoffmann, Top'l. Office, A.N.Va. ; approved S. Howell Brown, 1st Lt. Engs. Troops, in chg. Topl. Dept. A.N.V., March 29th 1864.
1864: [Map of Fairfax and Alexandria counties, Virginia, and parts of adjoining counties] / fm. Capt. Michler.
1866: Topographical map of the Estate of Great Falls Manufacturing Company, Fairfax Co., Va.
1878: G. M. Hopkins Maps
1894: The vicinity of Washington, D.C. (Hopkins)
1896: Post route map of the state of Virginia and West Virginia
1901: Prince William County, William Brown 1901 Map
1904: Maneuver grounds, Prince Willliam and Fairfax counties, Va.
1906: Post route map of the states of Virginia and West Virginia (Annotated with Civil War Sites)
1910: USGS maps starting in 1910
Multiple Years: USGS Historical Map Collection
1912: Rural Delivery Routes, Fairfax County
1915: Virginia, Fairfax-Alexandria counties sheet, soil map
Current: Fairfax County Real Estate Maps (GIS)
Current: Fairfax County Digital Map Viewer
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•Multiple Wars
Database of Virginia Military Dead, Library of Virginia
Pensioners on the Rolls as of January 1, 1883, by Genealogy Trails
•Civil War
Official Records
Soldiers and Sailors Database
They Died in Centreville, by Gailey, Gallagher, and Hon. Pdf
•Revolutionary War
Register & Description of Noncommissioned Officers & Privates in Virginia (pdf)
Revolutionary War Pensioners in 1813, by Genealogy Trails
•War of 1812
War of 1812 Virginia Pay Rolls Search
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National Register Nomination Forms - Fairfax City
National Register Nomination Forms - Fairfax County
National Register Nomination Forms - Falls Church
National Register Nomination Forms - Loudoun County
National Register Nomination Forms - Prince William County
Virginia Landmarks Register Properties (pdf)
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Fairfax County Public Library
Geneology Bank Requires subscription for full view, but microfilm is available in VA Room
Library of Congress Chronicling America
The New York Times (1851-2009) Requires Fairfax County Public Library Card
Richmond Daily Dispatch (Civil War)
Virginia Gazette
Virginia Online Newspapers
The Washington Post (1877-1996) Requires Fairfax County Public Library Card
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•Aerial Photos
Historic Aerial Photos, Typically begins in 1949
Fairfax Aerial Imagery, begins in 1937
Loudoun County Aerial Archive, begins in 1937
Prince William County Aerial Viewer, Includes 1937
•Online Images
Fairfax County Photographs at Library of Virginia
Search Fairfax Photos at Library of Virginia
George Mason University Randolph H. Lytton historical postcards of Fairfax, Virginia, collection, 1860-1966
Historic American Building Survey (HABS)
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
Matthew Brady Civil War Photos at National Archives
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Postmasters
Post Office Department Reports of Site Locations 1837-1950 - Microfilm only - Available in VA Room
Record of Appointment of Postmasters 1832-1971 - Microfilm only - Available in VA Room
Appointment of U.S. Postmasters 1832-1971, By Ancestry ($)
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Board of Public Works Inventory, Virginia
Fairfax County Road Orders 1749-1800 [pdf]
Fairfax Road Petitions 1840-
Loudoun County Road Orders 1757-1783 [pdf]
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Fairfax County School Board Minutes
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How Buildings Were Assessed Taxes in 1820
Land Taxes - Microfilm only - Available in VA Room
Personal Property Taxes - Microfilm only - Available in VA Room
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Search Travel Journals on Library of Congress Site: American Notes: Travels in America, 1750-1920
New travels in the United States of America. Performed in 1788. By J. P. Brissot de Warville.
Burnaby's travels through North America: Travels through the middle settlements in North America, in the years 1759 and 1760
Travels of four years and a half in the United States of America; during 1798, 1799, 1800, 1801, and 1802 ... by John Davis.
Philip Vickers Fithian, journal and letters, 1767-1774, student at Princeton college, 1770-72, tutor at Nomini Hall in Virginia, 1773-74
Cuthbert Potter's journal of a journey from Virginia to New England, 1690.--In Travels in the American colonies, ed.
Journal of William Loughton Smith, 1790-1791
Travels in America 100 years ago. Being notes and reminiscences by Thomas Twining
Travels through the states of North America : and the provinces of Upper and Lower Canada during the years 1795, 1796, and 1797 / by Isaac Weld, Jun. (Volume 1)
Travels through the states of North America : and the provinces of Upper and Lower Canada during the years 1795, 1796, and 1797 / by Isaac Weld, Jun. (Volume 2)
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