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Virginia Revolutionary Conventions, 1774-1776

This collection contains the records of the five Virginia conventions that met before the creation of a new state government in 1776. The first convention was held at the Raleigh Tavern in Williamsburg on May 30, 1774. Twenty-five members of the House of Burgesses gathered to protest the...

World War II Separation Notices: Army I

The World War II Separation Notices Collection documents demographics, civilian life, and military service history for more than 250,000 men and women from across the state. After leaving the U.S. military, individuals received official documentation noting separation from their branch of...

World War II Separation Notices: U.S. Marine Corps

The World War II Separation Notices Collection documents demographics, civilian life, and military service history for more than 250,000 men and women from across the state. After leaving the U.S. military, individuals received official documentation noting separation from their branch of...

World War II: War Dead Questionnaires

This collection consists of Questionnaires completed by the next-of-kin of Virginians killed in military service during World War II. The three-page questionnaire records personal and military data including birth date and place, date of birth of children, education, date and place of...

Virginia Untold: Deeds of Emancipation and Manumission

Virginia Untold provides digital access to records that document some of the lived experiences of enslaved and free Black people in the Library of Virginia’s collections. Please help improve the discoverability of these sources by transcribing one of the project's many record types, deeds of...

Virginia Untold: Free Registers (indexing)

Virginia Untold provides digital access to records that document some of the lived experiences of enslaved and free Black people in the Library of Virginia’s collections. Please help improve the discoverability of these sources by transcribing one of the project's many record types, registers...

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Local Government Records: Coroners' Inquisitions

Coroners’ Inquisitions contain investigations into the deaths of individuals who died by a sudden, violent, unnatural or suspicious manner, or died without medical attendance. Causes of death found in these records include murder [including racial violence], infanticide, suicide, domestic...

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