The Library of Virginia (LVA) is pleased to announce the completion of
an additional digital scanning project. The processing, indexing, and
digital reformatting of the Bland County chancery causes is now
complete.  The index and images have been added to the newly redesigned
Chancery Records Index <http://beta.lva.virginia.gov/chancery/>  (CRI)
which is now located on the Library's new home for the digital
collections, Virginia Memory <http://www.virginiamemory.com/> .  The
Bland County chancery index covers the years 1874 through 1938 and
digital images have been posted through 1928. Bland joins the growing
list of counties and cities 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.

 

If you have any comments, questions, or corrections regarding the CRI or
scanned images, please contact [log in to unmask]

 


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