In addition to the Chancery Records Index http://www.virginiamemory.com/collections/chancery/ , you will also want research the Lost Records Localities Digital Collection -  http://www.virginiamemory.com/collections/lost

Here is a link to background information on the collection - http://www.virginiamemory.com/blogs/out_of_the_box/2013/03/01/finding-what-was-lost-the-lost-records-localities-digital-collection/

Both collections are available on the Library of Virginia's digital collection website Virginia Memory.

Greg Crawford
Local Records Program Manager
Library of Virginia
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From: Discussion of research and writing about Virginia history [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Wesley Pippenger
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Subject: [VA-HIST] New Book: Virginia's Lost Wills: An Index

The subject new book is now available and is a result of collecting for over
a decade of references to "lost" wills.   For the study a lost record was
considered in two ways: first, as an item from a location where court records have been destroyed, and second for records that are found in unexpected places-oftentimes far from their point of origin.  Also included are references to abstracts or transcripts of wills found in periodicals.
Numerous sources were consulted as detailed on four pages of introductory notes.  Many will references are from chancery suits found in the Library of Virginia's chancery records project and might be also found online at the
Library's website.   240 pp., paper, perfect-bound, alphabetical, $35.00
postpaid.  Copies may be ordered from the compiler at the address below.
Libraries may invoice.

 

 

Wesley E. Pippenger

Little Egypt

P.O. Box 309

515 Faulconer Circle

Tappahannock, VA 22560

home: (804) 443-3482

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web: www.wesleypippenger.com

 


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