Virginia genealogy research / by Carol McGinnis.

Summary: "This guide is designed to cover the basic elements of Virginia research in just four pages .... McGinnis starts with a description of the settlement of Tidewater Virginia and the movement west to the Blue Ridge Mountains and into the Valley of Virginia, and from there into surrounding counties and states .... Pinpointing the origins of the early settlers, she reveals a key fact--that many of the records of interest to genealogists are kept at the county level; and using this as an organizing principle, she discusses the background, the location, and the use of the most critical records: vital records, church records, cemetery records, land records, probate records, and military records. Then, after [a] ... passage on census records, she gives ... an overview of supplementary sources .... Along the way she seeds the text with research tips and references to key publications ..."--Publisher's website.

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