Indeed!!! ALL of the wonderful folks associated with John Fishback and Company have been
absolutely zealous in their efforts to preserve our county history!!
Hats off to those who give so much of themselves for the benefit of so many!!!
We are most grateful!!
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From: Brooks, Vincent (LVA) (LVA) <[log in to unmask]>
To: VA-ROOTS <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Fri, Apr 1, 2011 4:42 am
Subject: Re: [VA-ROOTS] Loudoun County chancery causes- follow up
As a follow up to the earlier announcement regarding the Loudoun County chancery
causes, the Circuit Court Preservation Program gratefully acknowledges the
efforts of John Fishback and the rest of the staff and volunteers at the
Archives of the Office of the Clerk of the Circuit Court for Loudoun County.
Their diligent efforts played no small part in the realization of this project.
Enjoy researching!
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From: Brooks, Vincent (LVA)
Sent: Thu 3/31/2011 1:32 PM
To: LVA - All Employees (LVA)
Cc: [log in to unmask]; [log in to unmask];
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Subject: Loudoun County chancery causes
The Library of Virginia (LVA) and the Loudoun County Circuit Court Archives is
pleased to announce the completion of an additional digital scanning project.
The processing, indexing, and digital reformatting of the Loudoun County
chancery causes is now complete. The images have been added to the Chancery
Records Index <http://www.virginiamemory.com/collections/chancery/> (CRI) on
Virginia Memory <http://www.virginiamemory.com/> . The Loudoun County chancery
images span the years 1758 through 1912.
This locality joins forty-seven counties and cities whose chancery causes have
been digitally reformatted 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 of Virginia has posted over 5.6 million digital chancery
images. Additional localities are presently being scanned and will be posted in
the coming months. However, due to the recent reductions to the Library of
Virginia's budget, the pace of the agency's digital chancery projects will
necessarily proceed more slowly. Please know these projects remain a very high
priority for the agency and it is hoped that the initiative can be resumed in
full when the economy and the agency's budget situation improve. Please see the
Chancery Records Index for a listing of the available locality chancery
collections.
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] <mailto:[log in to unmask]>
.
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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