The Library of Virginia (LVA) is pleased to announce the completion of
three additional digital scanning projects. The processing, indexing,
and digital reformatting of the Amelia County, Isle of Wight County, and
Nansemond County chancery causes is now complete. The images have been
added to the Chancery Records Index
<http://www.virginiamemory.com/collections/chancery/> (CRI) on Virginia
Memory <http://www.virginiamemory.com/> . The Amelia County chancery
spans the years 1738 through 1939 (bulk 1747-1913). These Amelia images
represent a new facet of the chancery scanning project because they were
scanned from microfilm rather than the original records. The scanned
Isle of Wight records cover the time period 1767 to 1933 (the index
includes 1767-1966). The digital Nansemond County chancery comprises the
years 1866-1933 (the index covers 1866-1944).
These localities join thirty-seven counties and cities whose chancery
causes have been digitally reformatted and made available through the
Library's innovative Circuit Court Records Preservation Program, which
seeks to preserve the historic records of Virginia's Circuit Courts.
To date, The Library of Virginia has posted over 4 million digital
chancery images. Additional localities are presently being scanned and
will be posted in the coming months. However, due to the recent
reductions to the Library of Virginia's budget, the pace of the agency's
digital chancery projects will necessarily proceed more slowly. Please
know these projects remain a very high priority for the agency and it is
hoped that the initiative can be resumed in full when the economy and
the agency's budget situation improve. Please see the Chancery Records
Index for a listing of the available locality chancery collections.
Chancery causes are cases that are decided on the basis of equity and
fairness as opposed to the strictly formulated rules of common law
cases. Chancery cases are especially useful when researching local
history, genealogical information, and land or estate divisions. They
are a valuable source of local, state, social, and legal history and
serve as a primary source for understanding a locality's history.
Chancery causes often contain correspondence; property lists, including
slaves; lists of heirs; and vital statistics, along with many other
records. Some of the more common types of chancery causes involve
divisions of the estate of a person who died intestate (without a will);
divorces; settlements of dissolved business partnerships; and
resolutions of land disputes.
If you have any comments, questions, or corrections regarding the CRI or
scanned images, please contact [log in to unmask]
Vincent T. Brooks
Senior Local Records Archivist
The Library of Virginia
800 E. Broad St.
Richmond, VA 23219
804/225-4452 (voice)
804/692-2277 (fax)
http://www.lva.virginia.gov <blocked::http://www.lva.virginia.gov/>
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