The Library of Virginia (LVA) is pleased to announce that processing,
indexing, and digital reformatting of the Page 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 Page County
chancery collection covers the years 1831 through 1914.  Page 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.  To date, the Library has posted
nearly 1.5 million chancery images to its website. 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.

 

 

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)

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