An education question please. Are these files complete or have they been screened and what is felt the most valuable digitized? Not intended as a criticism but just want to know if we find something interesting should we then pull the complete file. Douglas Burnett Satellite Beach FL On Thu, Oct 14, 2010 at 9:59 AM, Brooks, Vincent (LVA) < [log in to unmask]> wrote: > The Library of Virginia (LVA) is very pleased to announce the completion > of another digital scanning project and to mark a milestone in its > ongoing effort to preserve the documentary heritage of Virginia's > circuit courts. The processing, indexing, and digital reformatting of > the Goochland County chancery causes is now complete. The Goochland > County chancery images span the years 1731 through 1912 (the index > covers through 1924) and bring the total number of available chancery > images to over 5 million. The images have been added to the Chancery > Records Index <http://www.virginiamemory.com/collections/chancery/> > (CRI) on Virginia Memory <http://www.virginiamemory.com/> . > > > > Because these records rely so heavily on testimony from witnesses, they > offer a unique glimpse into the lives of Virginians from the early 18th > century to the eve of First World War. A broad spectrum of citizens-rich > and poor, black and white, slave and free-appear in the records. > Chancery cases are a valuable source of local, state, social, and legal > history and serve as a primary source for understanding local history. > They show the growth of business and industry in a locality, from > taverns and churches to mines and creameries. > > > > Among the 119,000 images scanned from the Goochland collection are ones > related to disputes over land, wills, divorces, debts, and business > issues. The names of slaves suing for their freedom, of the descendants > of the Huguenot settlers of Manakin-Towne, of planters, millers, coal > miners, church leaders, and ordinary citizens appear in the records. > Carefully-drawn plats sometimes illustrate cases involving disputed > property lines and mining rights. Ornate marriage certificates and > licenses accompany some divorce suits. Broadsides advertise the auction > of farms and businesses describing the land and its features or the > business and its equipment. This wealth of information is available from > any Internet connected computer. > > > > Goochland County joins forty-six counties and cities whose chancery > causes have been digitally reformatted and made available through the > Library's innovative Circuit Court Records Preservation Program. > > > > If you have any comments, questions, or corrections regarding the CRI or > scanned images, please contact [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) > > http://www.lva.virginia.gov <blocked::http://www.lva.virginia.gov/> > > [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]> > > > > > > > > To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe, please see the instructions > at > http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-roots.html > -- Douglas Burnett Satellite Beach FL To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe, please see the instructions at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-roots.html