Good news.  But I cannot find out how to view the case itself.  Is just the 
index up, and you have to go to the courthouse to see the facts?

Randy Cabell
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Vincent Brooks" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Thursday, May 10, 2007 10:11 AM
Subject: [VA-HIST] Lynchburg Chancery Causes


> The Library of Virginia (LVA) is pleased to announce that processing and
> indexing of the Lynchburg County chancery causes housed at the Library
> of Virginia is now complete.  The index has been added to the Library's
> on-line Chancery Records Index
> <http://www.lva.lib.va.us/whatwehave/local/chancery/index.htm>  and is
> now available for searching through the LVA website.  The Lynchburg
> County chancery collection covers the years 1807 through 1945 and totals
> over 300 cubic feet of records.  Lynchburg County joins 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.
> Additionally, information on the extent of this collection can be found
> in the Library's online Archives and Manuscript Catalog
> <http://www.lva.lib.va.us/whatwehave/>  (search = Lynchburg chancery).
>
>
>
> 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.
>
>
>
> The Lynchburg County records are currently available in their original
> format in the Library of Virginia's manuscript room.  Though no firm
> timetable is currently available, future plans include the digital
> reformatting of these records and making them accessible through the
> Chancery Records Index.
>
>
> 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.lib.va.us
>
>
>