
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: Navy
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...
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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...
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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...
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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...

Virginia Untold: Church Records
This collection contains a selection of digitized documents from personal collections donated to the Library of Virginia, including church records from African American churches. Church records might consist of church meeting minutes, ledgers or registers with Black or enslaved congregants, and...

Governors' Letters Received, 1781
A collection of letters and other documents received in the Governor’s Office from 1776 to 1784. The records provide a detailed picture of Virginia government during and immediately after the Revolutionary War. There are reports of military actions, Native American affairs, and economic...