Vincent:

As always, thank you for these updates on the chancery suits.  I do  
have a question for you, however.

Once these files are digitized, does that mean that one visiting LVA  
can no longer access the original files?

As much as I use the digitized images from home, it is a slow and  
laborious process to load one page at a time (especially being stuck  
with dial up service).  It's rather like having a book on-line or in  
your hands.  The "real thing" is so much easier to navigate, at least  
in my opinion.

Please advise,
Craig Kilby
Litwalton, Lancaster County, Virginia
(Dial Up Service Only--I'll be dead before the monopoly of Verizon  
ever lays a DSL line up here)



On Feb 17, 2009, at 9:41 AM, Brooks, Vincent (LVA) wrote:

>
>
> The Library of Virginia (LVA) is pleased to announce that processing,
> indexing, and digital reformatting of the Dinwiddie and Giles County
> chancery causes is now complete.  The index and images have been added
> to the Library's on-line Chancery Records Index
> <http://www.lva.lib.va.us/whatwehave/local/chancery/index.htm>  and  
> are
> now available for searching through the LVA website.  The Dinwiddie
> County chancery collection covers the years 1844 through 1954, and
> scanned images are available though 1932.  The Giles County chancery
> index consists of cases for the years 1807 through 1936 (bulk
> 1812-1908). The scanned images have been posted through 1929. These
> counties join the growing list of localities whose chancery causes  
> have
> been preserved 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.  Please see the  
> Chancery
> Records Index for a listing of additional locality chancery  
> collections
> that are available.
>
>
>
> 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.
>
>
>
>
>
>
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