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Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities (APVA)

Civilian Conservation Corps Legacy

Colonial Virginia-Carolina Frontier

Surnames associated with raids, massacres etc. in colonial frontier Virgina: BOONE, BRYAN, WALDEN, HENDERSON, MOTON.

Encyclopedia Virginia

A publication of the Virginia Foundation for the Humanities.

Foundation for Virginia's Lost Covered Bridges

GenDisasters.com - Events That Touched Our Ancestor's Lives - Virginia

GenDisasters.com, chronicles the events that touched our ancestors' lives - train wrecks, fires, floods, tornadoes, hurricanes, earthquakes, storms, mining explosions, ship wrecks, drownings, and accidents. Transcribed newspaper accounts, excerpts from historical books and photographs detail hundreds of life's tragedies that our ancestors' endured, from the 1800s to the 1950s. New material is being transcribed and added daily. Searchable. [The original link is gone. This link points to an archived copy on the Wayback Machine]

James River Plantations

James River Plantations: A National Register of Historic Places Travel Itinerary

This website explores the historic plantations located on the banks of the James River in Virginia. It offers an interactive map, background narratives on the Colonial lifestyle, and details about the architecture and history of the plantations (such as the John Tyler House and Appomattox Manor). Includes a section for related print and online resources. From the National Register of Historic Places, National Park Service.

New River Valley Historical Notes

For the Upper New River Valley of North Carolina and Virginia.

The Capital and the Bay: Narratives of Washington and the Chesapeake Bay Region, ca. 1600-1925

Collection includes first-person narratives, early histories, historical biographies, promotional brochures, and books of photographs that capture in words and pictures a distinctive region as it developed between the onset of European settlement and the first quarter of the twentieth century.

Virginia Colonial Records Project

Online searchable index to nearly 15,000 reports that survey and describe documents relating to colonial Virginia history that are housed in repositories in Great Britain and other European countries. The survey report images are available online, and there are references to microfilm reels for the original documents.

Virginia Department of Historic Resources

The Virginia Department of Historic Resources is the State Historic Preservation Office. Their mission is to foster, encourage, and support the stewardship of Virginia's significant historic architectural, archaeological, and cultural resources.

Virginia Folklife Program

The Virginia Folklife Program (VFP), a public program of the Virginia Foundation for the Humanities, is dedicated to the documentation, presentation, and support of Virginia's rich cultural heritage.

Virginia History Timeline

Virtual Jamestown

Transcribed records from the first permanent English settlement in the New World. From the Virginia Center for Digital History.