The Library of Virginia (LVA) is pleased to announce that the processing
and indexing of the Spotsylvania County chancery causes is now complete.
The index been added to the Chancery Records Index
<http://www.virginiamemory.com/collections/chancery/>  (CRI) on Virginia
Memory <http://www.virginiamemory.com/> .  The Spotsylvania County
chancery index spans the years 1812 through 1912.

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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