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Alexandria Library - Oath of Allegiance in Virginia, 1862-1865

The Oath of Allegiance, also called a Loyalty Oath, was a document signed by persons during and after the Civil War to pledge loyalty and allegiance to the Union. Initially intended for employees of the Federal government and military personnel, the oath soon took several different forms and eventually extended to the state level. Employment and business ownership were then dependent on signed oaths. The database is a list of approximately 1,200 persons, many of whom were residents of Alexandria, who signed the Oath of Allegiance.

An Index of Eighteenth Century Virginia Room by Room Inventories

An Index of Nineteenth Century Virginia Room by Room Inventories

An Index of Seventeenth Century Virginia Room by Room Inventories

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Ancestry.com has searchable indexes; database results and some digitized images are available with a fee-based subscription. Free articles and helpful research materials.

Documenting the American South

Sponsored by the University Library of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, this is a a digital publishing initiative that provides Internet access to texts, images, and audio files related to southern history, literature, and culture. Currently DocSouth includes sixteen thematic collections of books, diaries, posters, artifacts, letters, oral history interviews, and songs.

Freedmen's Bureau Records - Virginia

From The Freedmen's Bureau Online.

Mutual Assurance Society Policies 1796-1865

Online searchable database of over 30,000 records of the society.

USGenWeb Archives

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.