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Topic: Virginia Historical Society

	Virginia Aviation Museum - Virginia Aeronautical Historical Society (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The Virginia Aeronautical Historical Society is a non-profit 501 [c] [3] corporation governed by a Board of Directors, and is permanently headquartered in the Virginia Aviation Museum at the Richmond International Airport.
		Virginia is the site of many aviation firsts and one of the projects of the VAHS is to commemorate those sites with roadside historical markers.
		Virginia is the location of one of the earliest and many of the most important airports in the nation.
	www.vam.smv.org /VAHS.htm (679 words)

	Genealogy at the Virginia Historical Society
		It should be noted, however, that the principal center for genealogical research in Virginia is the Library of Virginia, 800 East Broad Street, Richmond.
		This list was generated by the state of Virginia and includes some names that are not in the records at the National Archives.
		Those in the collection of the Virginia Historical Society may be found by looking in the manuscript catalog under the headings WILLS and INVENTORIES OF ESTATES, followed by the name of the county and the property owner.
	www.vahistorical.org /research/genealogy.htm (2786 words)

	Norfolk Historical Society - History of Norfolk, Virginia
		The Norfolk Historical Society interprets and preserves the history of Norfolk, a Virginia seaport city chartered in 1682.
		The Norfolk Historical Society's educational and preservation programs are made possible by the support of members and other donors.
		Members of the Society receive free or discounted admission to a variety of historical lectures and events, and a subscription to the Courier.
	www.norfolkhistorical.org (214 words)

	West Virginia Historical Society Quarterly (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Forty- six individuals perished with the buckling of the bridge and nine were seriously injured.(1) Along with the numerous fatalities and injuries, a major transportation route connecting West Virginia and Ohio was destroyed, disrupting the lives of many and striking fear across the nation.
		The design criteria the society required was an H-15 load demand.(2) The load demand is the weight restrictions and guidelines that the designing engineers must factor into their design considerations.
		Although the collapse of the Silver Bridge was a major disaster in the West Virginia and Ohio areas, it also frightened the entire nation.
	www.wvculture.org /history/wvhs1504.html (2504 words)

	Virginia
		Historical and Biographical Sketches of Greensville County, Virginia, 1650-1967.
		Virginia Soldiers of 1776: Compiled from Documents on File in the Virginia Land Office Together with Material found in the Archives Department of the Virginia State Library, and other Reliable Sources.
		Waddell, Joseph A. Annals of Augusta County, Virginia, From 1726 to 1871.
	www.army.mil /CMH-PG/reference/revbib/va.htm (2836 words)

	FAQs About the Family of Thomas Wickham (1624-1688) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Williams Carter Wickham (1820-1888) - A descendant of several noted Southern families, Williams was born into the purple of antebellum Virginia society, where he grew up on a 3,200 acre plantation.
		In the English historic record, the first appearance of the surname was Wulfric aet Wicham in 955.
		The house is open to the public during the summer and is part of a historic complex on the village green in the center of Cutchogue, NY on the North Fork of eastern Long Island.
	www.geocities.com /joewickham/index.htm (5043 words)

	Southwest Virginia Historical Society
		The Historical Society of Southwest Virginia became a reality on March 16, 1961, when the organizational meeting was held at the Southwest Virginia Museum in Big Stone Gap.
		The Historical Society of Southwest Virginia has published seventeen pamphlets composed mostly of speeches made at the regular meetings by area historians.
		Among these are donations to the Southwest Virginia Museum at Big Stone Gap, the society s archives at Clinch Valley College, Wise, Va., and the Fort Houston Marker on Clinch River near Nickelsville in Scott County.
	www.rootsweb.com /~vahsswv (894 words)

	Wise County Historical Society And Bookstore
		Wise County Historical Society was established in August of 1992 as a result of a small group of 14 individuals meeting in 1991 in the cafeteria of the Wise Appalachian Regional Hospital in Wise to discuss the possibility of publishing a book on our county and city heritage.
		From the establishing of the Historical Society to the present the Historical Society has published four books and is in the process of publishing the fifth.
		Our objective is to promote historical studies, by the collection and preservation of historical manuscripts, and for kindred purposes in the best interest of southern Appalachian regional history and history in America.
	www.wisevahistoricalsoc.org (424 words)

	Home-Goochland County Historical Society, Goochland Virginia
		Of Note: The Society has acquired over 1,200 volumes of genealogical material from the library of Reverend Forrest D. Sheets, past president of the Society and former pastor of Byrd Presbyterian Church.
		Historical Society members are available to welcome visitors to Goochland, assist researchers and to answer mail or telephone inquiries about County history or genealogical research
		Pictured is the Goochland County Courthouse, located on the Courthouse Green in Goochland, Virginia on State Route 6, approximately 25 miles west of Richmond's Capitol Square.
	www.goochlandhistory.org (377 words)

	Virginia Baptist Historical Society and the Center for Baptist Heritage and Studies
		Virginia Baptist Historical Society and the Center for Baptist Heritage and Studies
		The Virginia Baptist Historical Society offers annual membership to those interested in Baptist history and heritage and the ministry of the Society.
		A Page for the Children is a new publication of the Virginia Baptist Historical Society using an old and valued resource — the children’s pages which once appeared in the weekly editions of the Religious Herald.
	www.baptistheritage.org (781 words)

	Pig's Eye's Notepad: Historical Encyclopedia of St. Paul, MN
		Pig's Eye's Notepad: Historical Encyclopedia of St. Paul, MN
		Home to thousands of Native Americans for centuries, the earliest known name for St. Paul is that which it was called by the Indians: IM-IN-I-JA SKA, which, translated into English means "White Rock", it's name having been taken from the high limestone bluffs in the area.
		Special thanks are in order to Al Dahlquist, Minifroggy@aol.com, of Little Canada, MN, a former President of the Minnesota Genealogical Society and expert on Minnesota History who provided hundreds of citations and references especially for the 1849-1850 period, and corrected many errors.
	www.lareau.org /pep.html (703 words)

	Map of Norfolk, Virginia, 1802, Norfolk Historical Society
		Norfolk, Virginia: The Sunrise City by the Sea, A Tribute to Photographer Carroll H. Walker, Sr.
		Essays by the Norfolk City Historian and Norfolk Historical Society board member, Peggy Haile McPhillips.
		Historic Norfolk is home to the Historic and Cultural Resources Inventory which documents the city's most significant architecture.
	www.norfolkhistorical.org /links/index.html (515 words)

	Grayson County Virginia Historical Society - General (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The Society meets monthly on the second Tuesday of the month, except January and February, at 7 p.m.
		The Grayson County Historical Society has a collection of books and notebooks covering local history, family histories, and records of interest to researches.
		Grayson Historic 1908 Courthouse has a museum and displays of items of historic interest.
	www.ls.net /~gchs (401 words)

	Historical Sketches of Southwest Virginia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The Historical Society of Southwest Virginia was formed in 1960.
		The By-Laws and Constution of the Society state that the articles published in Historical Sketches are not copyrighted and are free to be used and copied, in return the Society requests that credit be given to the author of the article and the Historical Society of Southwest Virginia.
		Dues to the Historical Society of Southwest Virginia are $7.00 per year for individual and $10.00 for a couple...dues include the yearly bulletin.
	www.ls.net /~newriver/swva/swvahs.htm (350 words)

	Eastern Shore of Virginia historic Kerr Place
		In ensuing years, a succession of private owners called Kerr Place their home until 1960 when it was purchased by the Eastern Shore of Virginia Historical Society.
		The current restortion of the house is a continuing process, the vibrant colors as shown have now been restored in the down stairs rooms of the house.
		Before leaving historic Kerr Place, visitors are encouraged to visit the Museum Store with its pleasing array of merchandise appealing to shoppers of all ages.
	www.esva.com /kerrplace.htm (388 words)

	Jamestowne Society (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The Jamestowne Society was organized for educational, historical, and patriotic purposes, and to that end:
		To promote the restoration of historical records, documents, objects, and edifices which are of lasting cultural value to the people of Virginia and of the Nation.
		To assist in the organization of state companies, reminiscent of the London and Virginia Company, in states where membership and interest justify them.
	www.jamestowne.org (199 words)

	History Museum and Historical Society of Western Virginia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		A ticket to the Link Museum is also a ticket to the History Museum and Historical Society on the third floor of Center in the Square.
		The members of the History Museum and Historical Society of Western Virginia are the backbone of our organization.
		The History Museum and Historical Society of Western Virginia is located on the third floor of Center in the Square.
	www.history-museum.org (749 words)

	Virginia Historical Society
		Members of several generations of the Allmand family of Norfolk, Virginia, were involved in shipping and contracted with the U.S. Navy for shipbuilding supplies.
		Contains correspondence, 1848-1894, of Doctor Warner Lewis Baylor of Petersburg, Virginia, while serving as assistant surgeon at the Confederate States Hospital in Petersburg, and subsequently as a surgeon in the U.S. Navy.
		The collection primarily consists of correspondence, 1936-1945, of John Aydelotte Mapp and his wife, Mary Bell Mapp of Richmond, Virginia, especially while Mapp served in the United States Naval Reserve, Motor Torpedo Boat Squadron Twenty-Seven, in the Pacific Theater of World War II, and his wife worked for the Thalhimers Department Store in Richmond.
	www.history.navy.mil /sources/va/vg8.htm (984 words)

	THE NORTHERN NECK OF VIRGINIA HISTORICAL SOCIETY (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The Northern Neck Historical Society is an organization for people who are interested in the Northern Neck and its history.
		The Society does not employ a genealogist nor are they equipped to provide genealogical information which may be found in the publication or in the local courthouse.
		The Northern Neck Historical Society does NOT have an email address, nor is this the official homepage of the Northern Neck of Virginia Historical Society, but our effort to insure this group is known to the world.
	www.webspawner.com /users/nnvhs (193 words)

	Wise County (Virginia) Historical Society (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The officers of The Wise County Historical Society are:
		Membership dues to the Society are $10.00 per year and include a subscription to The Appalachian Quarterly.
		Genealogical research is available from the Society by William Gobble, Lillian Hamilton Gobble or Paul Kilgore.
	www.geocities.com /Heartland/Flats/5649/wchs.htm (196 words)

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		A minute book and account book of this society devoted to the freeing and emigration of American slaves to Liberia.
		Personal and business papers of this Richmond merchant who was an official of the American Colonization Society and the Virginia Colonization Society.
		Included are materials on plantation slavery and slavery in Virginia, such as lists of slaves.
	www.upress.virginia.edu /plunkett/PluAfro19.html (4410 words)

	United States Resources: Virginia
		Guide to Census Schedules for Virginia in 1810, 1820, 1830, 1840, 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880 ( soundex and census), and 1890 special schedule of Union veterans.
		Virginia Genealogical and Historical Societies from Society Hill
		The Huguenot Society of the Founders of Manakin
	www.rootsweb.com /roots-l/USA/va.html (890 words)

	West Virginia Historical Society Quarterly (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		West Virginia's 2d Infantry Regiment was mustered into federal service on July 17, 1916, remaining in a state mobilization camp at Kanawha City until the middle of October.
		Henry Downing Temple, The Bugle's Echo: A Chronology of Cadet Life at the Military College at Blacksburg, Virginia, the Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College, and the Virginia Polytechnic Institute, Volume 1, 1872-1900 (Blacksburg, VA: VA Tech Corps of Cadets Alumni, Inc., 1996), 636.
		In the numerous National Guard realignments since World War II, the 150th was converted to armored cavalry in 1955, reduced to squadron strength and subordinated to the 107th Armored Cavalry in 1968, redesignated 150th Armored Cavalry in 1974, and converted to armor in 1993.
	www.wvculture.org /history/wvhs1603.html (5605 words)

	Alibris: Virginia Historical Society
		by Kunz, Virginia Brainard, and Baker, Robert Orr, and Ramsey County Historical Society
		Virginia's Civil War: A Guide to Manuscripts at the Virginia Historical Society
		by Virginia Historical Society, and Weddell, Alexander Wilbourne
	www.alibris.com /search/books/author/Virginia_Historical_Society (514 words)

	IPL Kidspace: Stately Knowledge
		Historical Sites: Mt. Vernon, home of George Washington; Monticello, home of Thomas Jefferson; Stratford, home of Robert E. Lee, Confederate general; Arlington House, the Robert E. Lee Memorial; Richmond, capital of both the Confederacy and of the state today; Booker T. Washington's birthplace near Roanoke; Colonial Williamsburg
		Here is the homepage for the Virginia State Historical Society.
		Here is the homepage for one of the Virginia State Museums, this one specializing in history.
	www.ipl.org /div/kidspace/stateknow/va1.html (382 words)

	Virginia Historical Society (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Virginia Treasures from the National Portrait Gallery (12/26/00)
		The Virginia Historical Society is located at 428 North Boulevard, Richmond, VA 23220.
		The Virginia Historical Society's mission is to collect, preserve, and interpret the commonwealth's past for the education and enjoyment of present and future generations.
	www.tfaoi.com /aa/1aa/1aa240.htm (196 words)

	By Historical Region - Encyclopedia.WorldSearch (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		David Baldacci has made a name for himself crafting big, burly legal thrillers with larger-than-life plots.
		However, Wish You Well, set in his native Virginia, is a tale of hope and wonder and "something of a miracle" just itching to happen.
		The Mapmaker's Wife : A True Tale of Love, Murder, and Survival in the Amazon
	encyclopedia.worldsearch.com /by_historical_region.htm (201 words)

	West Virginia Historical Society (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The Role of the River in the Development of West Virginia Commerce by Steve Kenwolf
		A Brief History of the Disciples of Christ in West Virginia by Terrance Hamm
		Letter from West Virginia Penitentiary warden to the House of Delegates, concerning use of the electric chair, January 23, 1905
	www.wvculture.org /history/wvhssoc.html (446 words)

	Virginia Genealogy Resources (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Historical Society of Fairfax County, VA PO Box 415
		Norfolk County Historical Society of Chesapeake, VA Chesapeake Public Library
		The Historical Society of Washington County Virginia Bulletin
	ccharity.com /virginia/virginia.htm (227 words)

	Greene County Virginia genealogy sources: VAGenWeb (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		It is one of the smallest county in Virginia (geography not population) and was formed from Orange County in 1838.
		Historical Society, P.O. Box 185, Stanardsville VA 22973.
		You will also be invited to historical and other events of interest.
	www.ecojobs.com /greene (939 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The Berkeley County Historical Society is a focus group dedicated to the preservation and perpetuation of history
		Catalog and document all artifacts and items donated or loaned to the Berkeley County Historical Society.
		The Historical Society is closed on Memorial Day, 4th of July, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day, the last two weeks of December, and New Year's Day
	www.bchs.org (106 words)

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