Registration is open for the *Virginia Genealogical Society*’s Fall 2023 

Virtual Conference on Saturday, *October 28*th. Opening remarks begin at 

9:50 a.m. Eastern time.



Register now at https://www.vgs.org/vgs-2023-fall-virtual-conference/

Members: $20

Non-VGS Members: $40



Recordings of the lectures will be available for sixty days after the 

conference. If you register, you will receive an email with the 

information on how to access the recordings when they become available.



*Featuring:**



Four Essential Indexes for the Virginia Researcher*

Leslie Anderson, MSLS

Description: A variety of sources created in the last 400 years have 

been indexed in Swem’s Virginia Historical Index; Pippenger’s Index to 

Virginia Estates, 1800-1865; the Virginia Slave Births Index, 1853-1865; 

and the Magazine of Virginia Genealogy. This overview shows that proper 

use leads to information that would otherwise be missed.



*Finding Virginia’s Wives, Mothers, and Sisters*

Victor Dunn, CG

Description: Identifying early Virginia women can be challenging since 

marriage records often do not exist prior to the 1780s. This session 

explores successful methodology techniques to identify women and the 

sources that may yield answers such as vital, census, probate, 

guardianship, land, court, church, military and newspaper records. DNA 

evidence is discussed, and case studies are presented.



*Finding Thomas's Father Through Records, Land Platting, and DNA*

Pam Stone Eagleson, CG

Description: Using records, patent surveys, and DNA solves a thirty-year 

quest to identify the parentage of Thomas Stone who died in 1791 in 

Prince William County, Virginia.



*Enslaved Ancestral Research in Virginia and North Carolina? Oh, Yes You 

Can!*

Renate Yarborough Sanders

Description: Researching enslaved ancestors requires awareness of 

specific document types, and the genealogical data included. Virginia 

and North Carolina records provide bountiful information about enslaved 

persons.









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