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GenealogyMagazine.com - Pleading the Belly: How Angela Barnett Avoided 18th-Century Death Sentence

The compelling story of Virginia woman of color who avoided hanging by becoming pregnant while imprisoned.

Goronwy Owen 1723-1769

Celebrated Welsh Language poet/clergyman came to teach at William and Mary College. Became minister to St. Andrews Parish in Brunswick County. Four sons and daughter with many American descendents.

Online County and Town Histories - Virginia

This site provides over 3,000 links to free county and town histories published from 1850 to the early 1920s. These histories often contain detailed biographies of their citizens.

Our Family Tree - Virginia Genealogy

Collection of family trees and resources for the state of Virginia: Taylor, Smith, Burks, Lewis, Carter, Washington, Randolph, Lee, Smallwood, Jones

Register of Free Negroes and Mulattoes in The Corporation of Staunton

Roots Exposed

Overview of "Roots Exposed," a publication detailing the lineage and interrelationships of 15 African American family branches from Virginia

Searching for Saponi Town

Identifying and researching Native American ancestry deriving from the Eastern Siouan peoples of the Piedmont of Virginia and North Carolina, also known as Saponi or Tutelo, Family lore of Blackfoot or Blackfeet Indian ancestry derived east of the Mississippi appears to be related to these Eastern Siouan people. Also associated with some melungeon communities.

The History and Genealogy of the Native American Isolate Communities of Kent County, Delaware, and Surrounding Areas on the Delmarva Peninsula and Southern New Jersey

The Scotch-Irish in Virginia

An account of the influence of the Scotch-Irish emigration to Virginia, the Carolinas, and beyond.

Tribes and Villages of Virginia

Virginia African American Cultural Resources Task Force

Virginia Indian Archive

Virginia Untold: The African American Narrative

Provides digital access to records that document some of the lived experiences of enslaved and free Black and multiracial people in the Library of Virginia’s collections. Traditional description, indexing, transcription, and digitization are major parts of this effort. However, and perhaps more importantly, this project seeks to encourage conversation and engagement around the records, providing opportunities for a more diverse narrative of the history of Virginia’s communities.

Virtual Jamestown

Working Out Her Destiny: Women's History in Virginia, 1600-2004

An exhibition at the Library of Virginia that takes a fresh look at the history of Virginia's women and the history of Virginia in the light of twenty years of innovative scholarship since the 1984-1985 Virginia Women's Cultural History Project presented the first ever exhibition and book on Virginia women's history, "'A Share of Honour,' Virginia Women 1600-1945."