An 1870 state law requiring the registration of convicted felons by local court clerks foretold the many Jim Crow laws that would follow the end of Reconstruction. Read more about these records in today's Out of the Box blog: http://www.virginiamemory.com/blogs/out_of_the_box/ To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe, please see the instructions at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-roots.html This list is made possible by a grant from the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS).