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CENTRAL VIRGINIA HERITAGETABLE OF CONTENTS

January 1983 ( v.1, no.1)

● Albemarle – Louisa Patriarch [Samuel Dalton b. bef 1700, d. abt 1805]

● Cemetery Records [Commonwealth Drive & Wayland Family]

● The Leake Family in Albemarle County [Descendants of Robert Leake 1590-1660]

● Mary Maupin’s Family Bible [Maupin births & deaths in 1800’s]

● Some Albemarle County Marriage Permission Slips

● Early Land Patents in Albemarle County

● Gilmer Family Cemetery

April 1983 (v. 1, no. 2)

● Surname List of Members

December 1983 (v. 1, no. 3)

● Surname Lists of Members, Part II

● Searching for Ancestors? [Queries]

March 1984 (v. 2, no. 1)

● Ancestor Chart: Donnelly

● Chataigne’s Virginia Gazetteer – 1888-1889, Buckingham/Fluvanna Counties

● Catherine Steward’s Will [Louisa Co., Virginia 1761]

● “No New Girls”

July 1984 (v. 2, no. 2)

● Chataigne’s Virginia Gazetteer – 1888-1889, Albemarle/Charlottesville

● Manuscripts at the Albemarle County Historical Society

● Genealogist’s Disease [Genealogy Pox]

Fall 1984, (v. 2, no. 3)

● Johnston Family Bible [Abraham Johnston + Susanna Hamner + births]

● Chataigne’s Virginia Gazetteer – 1888-1889, Greene County

● Varner Family of Virginia – [Adam Varner born in Germany]

● Some Possible Genealogical Sources for Research

● Martin’s Fluvanna County [A New and Comprehensive Gazetteer of Virginia]

● Sources to Research Where County Records are Non-Extant

● Albemarle Marriage Permission Slips [two examples]

Winter 1984 (v. 2, no. 4)

● Book Reviews [Marriages of Loudoun County, Virginia 1757-1853], Worthington Descendants Newsletter

● Price Family Bible [Basic City, now Waynesboro]

● Martin’s Buckingham County-1835 [A New and Comprehensive Gazetteer of Virginia]

● A Calendar of Legislative Petitions [in Virginia State Library Collections]

● Cover Photo – Rose Nell Ward Kyle 1886-1981, age 23

Spring 1985 (v. 3, no. 1)

● German Surnames with English Meanings [Name List]

● Chataigne’s Virginia Gazetteer – 1888-1889, Louisa County

● The Invitation of Rev. Samuel Black [March 1794, Orthodox Reformed Presbyterian Church]

● A Calendar of Legislative Petitions – Part II

● Ancestor Chart: Glass [Sprouse, McCray, Meeks, Garrett, Lary, Panel]

● Cover Photo – Greenberry Glass, born 1838

Summer 1985 (v. 3, no. 2)

● Researching Jefferson’s Craftsmen and Builders [Some local names]

● A Calendar of Legislative Petitions – Part III

● Albemarle Soldiers of the Revolution [Listing by place of enlistment & rank]

● Albemarle Company of Militia [List from 1758]

Fall 1985 (v. 3., no. 3)

● The Moores of Central Virginia [Biographical sketch of families before 1830]

● John Moore [Albemarle/Fluvanna]

● William Moore [Amherst/Fluvanna]

● William Moore [Albemarle]

● John W. Moore [Albemarle/Louisa]

● Francis Moore [Orange]

● Campbell County [Other Moores]

● William Moore [Orange]

● Benjamin Moore [Albemarle]

● Chart 1. John Moore

● Chart 2. William Moore


● Chart 4. John W Moore

● Chart 5. Francis Moore

● Chart 6. Campbell County


● Chart 8. Benjamin Moore

● Vital Records, Moore Family [Appendix]

● Cover Photo – Tombstone of Stephen Moore, 1751-1835

Winter 1985 (v. 3, no. 4)

● Dissenters Petition: Albemarle, Amherst, Buckingham – November 9th, 1776 [Virginia Legislative Papers, from the Originals in the Virginia State Archives]

● Deacidification (of paper)

● Petition from Albemarle for Emission of Paper Money [Petitioner of 1787]

● Roster of Home Guards [Albemarle Minute Men – 1861]

● Errors Made in Reading Census Records [Advice & Suggestions]

● Harrison Wood Family Group Sheet [b. 1768 Albemarle County, Virginia; d. 1825 Albemarle County, Virginia

● James Harrison Wood Family Group Sheet [grandson of Harrison Wood]

● The Perfect Genealogist [Cartoon]

● Some Unusual Birthplace Abbreviations Found on Census

Spring 1986 (v. 4, no. 1)

● Virginia’s Courthouses – Amherst County

● A Calendar of Legislative Petitions – Part IV

Summer 1986 (v. 4, no. 2)

● The Sharshall Grasty Family in America

● Virginia’s Courthouses – Nelson County

● Sarah Roberta Jones Ancestral Chart [Campbell, Perkins, Griffin, Joyner, Drake, Wills, Furbush, Banks, Rice, White, Hughes}

● Florence Ellen (Mary) Royalty Ancestral Chart [Royalty, Athearn, Guess, Darnell, Soule, Webster, Sargent]

● Charles Ezekiel Wood Family Group Sheet [b. 1812 Albemarle County]

● Eugene Newton Wood Family Group Sheet [b. 1858 Albemarle County]

● Relationship Chart

Fall 1986 (v. 4, no. 3)

● Word Family of Virginia, Buckingham County [Descendants of John Word, Sr., b. 1626, Landaff, Wales]

● 1850 Mortality Schedule, Buckingham County [Transcription from census]

● 1850 Mortality Schedule, Nelson County [Transcription from census]

Winter 1987 (1986) (v. 4, no. 4)

● Henry Lawrence Family of Louisa County, Virginia

● Henry and Elizabeth (Standley) Lawrence

● Henry and Elizabeth (Parrish) Lawrence

● Thomas D. Lawrence

● Henry Lawrence Descendants Chart

● Robert Lawrence Descendants Chart

● Virginia Courthouses – Louisa County

● 1850 Mortality Schedule, Louisa County [Transcription from census]

Spring 1987 (v. 5, no. 1)

● 1850 Mortality Schedule, Albemarle County

Summer 1987 (v. 5, no. 2)

● Algoma Logbook: ‘Excerpts from a Time Gone By’

● Johnny Yurgin: Miser of Charlottesville

● Bible Records: Wells Family of Albemarle – Buckingham

● Thomas Hooker: The Father of the First Constitution

● The Bi-Centennial of the American Constitution

Fall 1987 (v. 5, no. 3)

● Officers of 1987 and 1988

● 1850 Mortality Schedule, Orange County & Culpeper County [Transcription from census]

● News You Can (and Should) Use

● Financial Report

Winter 1987 (v. 5, no. 4)

● Virginia’s Courthouses – Albemarle County

● Roll of Voters in the Free Union Precinct, Albemarle County

● CVGA Library Moves Up

● Orange County Order Book Number 1 (Part 1)

Spring 1988 (v. 6, no. 1)

● Similarity of Robertson Family Names (and Their Neighbors) in Early Albemarle County, Virginia and in Certain NC Counties


● Hartsook Family Cemetery

Summer 1988 (v. 6, no. 2)


● Genealogical Hints

● Martin’s 1835 Gazetteer of Virginia: Amherst County

● Albemarle County Birth Records – 1867

● Cover Photo: Tombstone of Meredith B. Lang

Fall 1988 (v. 6, no. 3)

● Free Union Baptist Church Cemetery Records [Albemarle County]

● 1868 Register of Births – Albemarle County, Virginia, District of James Fry

● Orange County, Virginia Order Book 1 (Part 4)

● Cover Photo: tombstone of Charles Edward Bing

Winter 1988/1989 (v. 6, no. 4)

● McCullock, Smith Family of Albemarle County, Virginia

● Ahnentafel – McCullock /Smith

● The Tavern, Madison, Virginia

● Cover Sketch – Main Street, Madison, Virginia

Spring 1989 (v. 7, no. 1)


● Orange County, Virginia Order Book I (cont.)

● Albemarle County Births 1868

● Excerpt from Albemarle County Law Book 37, February 1912

● Cover Photo: tombstone of James S. Early

Summer 1989 (v. 7, no. 2)

● Publications Useful in Research in Burned Counties of Hanover & Buckingham

● Migration to the Southside

● Selected Southside Virginia Publications

● Orange County, Virginia Order Book 1 (cont.)

● Wells Family Cemetery, Buck Island, Albemarle County, Virginia

● Crenshaw Family Cemetery, near Chris Greene Lake, Albemarle County, Virginia

Fall 1989 (v. 7, no. 3)

● The Family History Center [LDS Church in Charlottesville, VA]

● Jones Family Cemetery, White Hall, Albemarle County, Virginia

● Brockman/Edwards Family Cemetery, near Burnley Station, Albemarle County, Virginia

● Hall Family Cemetery, near Advance Mills, Albemarle County, Virginia

● Orange County, Virginia Order Book 1 (cont.)

● Cox/Thomas Family Cemetery, Route 641, Albemarle County, Virginia

Winter 1989 (v. 7, no. 4)

● Roll of White Voters Registered at Owensville Precinct, Ivy Magisterial District, Albemarle County, Virginia 1902-1903

● The Robertson Bible [includes births and deaths of slaves]

● Free Negro Registration 1800’s, Albemarle, Powhatan, Caroline, Augusta, Fauquier, Louisa, Buckingham, Chesterfield, & Cumberland Counties

Spring 1990 (v. 8, no. 1)

● Fluvanna County Records

● Pendleton County, West Virginia

● Pre-1800 Pendleton County, West Virginia Marriage Bonds

● Cemetery Records, Albemarle County, Virginiao Early Family Cemetery, Earlysvilleo Herring Family Cemetery, Piney Mountaino Slaughter Family Cemetery, near White Hallo Davis Family Cemetery, on Route 641o Banks Family Cemetery, near Rosenao Rones Family Cemetery, Route 640o Thomas Family Cemetery, near Barboursville

● Albemarle County, Virginia Birth Register 1867

Summer 1990 (v. 8, no. 2)

● McCraw Reunion [Notice]

● Book Acquisition Policy

● Register of Births Within the District of James L. Fry, Commissioner of Revenue for the First District of Albemarle County, Virginia 1868

Fall 1990 (v. 8, no. 3)

● German Records and Problems

● Genealogical Ghosts

● Augusta County, Virginia

● Will of John Melton of Fluvanna County [1795]

Winter 1990 (v. 8, no. 4)

● Three Taverns in Albemarle County, Virginia

● The Family Register [LDS Program]

● Leake Family Bible

● Wood Family Bible

● Augusta County, Virginia Public Service Claims List – A Genealogical Extract

● Minute Books 1832-1834 Albemarle County, Virginia Pensioners (Index)

Winter 1991 (v. 9, no. 1)

● Reclaiming Your Ancestor’s Ancient Titles

● Genealogical Research at the Albemarle County Courthouse [Guide]

● From the President [Clifford Evans]

● Johnston Family Bible [Abraham Johnston & Susan Hamner, m.abt. 1800]

● CVGA Librarian’s Report [Purchases and Acquisitions]

Spring 1991 (v. 9, no. 2)

● Genealogical Publishing [Guide]

● The Beverly Patent 1736 [Grantees’ Names 1738-1815]


● Good Words on Genealogy [definitions]

● A Tip of the Hat [to John Franklin Jameson, noted historian]

● Harris Family Bible [John Gipson (Gibson) b. 1759]

● Eubank Family of Albemarle County, Virginia

● The Vertical File

● Magazine Subscriptions of Questionable Quality

● The Charlottesville/Albemarle Index [ACHS Index to Publications, Citation Code]

Summer 1991 (v. 9, no. 3)

● What’s in a Name?

● Trip to Handley Library, Winchester, Virginia

● Membership Survey Results

● From the President – The Tiny Tafel [Martin Davis]

● Soundex Codes [Explanation & Illustrations]

● The Welsh in America – Resource Listing

● Bible Recordso Maupin Family Bible [Pleasant & Lucy m. 1807]o Bible of Silas Vaughan (b. 1836), Rappahannock County, Virginia

● Good Words

● Chataigne’s Virginia Business Directory & Gazetteer, 1880-1881 [Albemarle County]

Fall 1991 (v. 9, no. 4)

● Some Central Virginia Genealogieso Bailey Family of Albemarleo Hays Family of Greenwood, Albemarleo Dickinson Family of Louisa Countyo Cary Familyo The Chewning Family of Louisa Countyo The Cosby Family of Stradbally, Ireland and Virginiao Dudley-Cosby Descento The Dudley-Bailey Family of Virginia

● More About the Tiny Tafel

● Good Words [definitions]

● Revolutionary Soldiers of Albemarle County [from Albemarle County Minute Book]

● Chataigne’s Virginia Business Directory & Gazetteer, 1880-1881, Nelson County

Winter 1992 (v. 10, no. 1)

● Linguistics and Family Names

● Surname Research in Alderman Library – Bibliography

● The Tafel Matching System

● Good News for Civil War Buffs

● Letter to the Editor

● Errata – Some Central Virginia Genealogies


● Revolutionary War Pension Claims – Albemarle County Minute Books

● Some Central Virginia Genealogies, Part IIo Sheltons of Louisa County, Virginiao Another Shelton Family of Louisa

● Chataigne’s Virginia Business Directory & Gazetteer, 1880-1881, Albemarle County & Charlottesville, Nelson County

● Depositions on the Jennings Family [Albemarle County Deed Book 64]

Spring 1992 (v. 10, no. 2)

● County Court Records, Particularly Those of Louisa County

● McGehee Family of Louisa County, Virginia [James McGehee b. circa 1740]

● Some Records to be Found in the Louisa County Clerk’s Office

● Suggested Printed Material for Louisa County, Virginia Research

● Chataigne’s Virginia Business Directory & Gazetteer, 1880-1881, Louisa County

● Genealogical Tidbits

● Confederate Research Center


● More Depositions on the Jennings Family [Albemarle County Deed Books]

● Yet More Jennings Depositions

● Virginia Migration: Early Settlers, Origins and Destinations

● A Relationship Database

Summer 1992 (v. 10, no. 3)

● Clark Genealogy [William Clark b. before 1736]

● Genealogical Tidbit – Amherst County Order Book 1811-1814, page 41 [Micajah Terril]

● Revolutionary War Records, Albemarle County Minute Book [Samuel Monday]

● Auditor’s Financial Report

● A History of The Central Virginia Genealogical Association

● Chataigne’s Virginia Business Directory & Gazetteer, 1880, Greene & Bath Counties

Autumn 1992 (v. 10, no. 4)

● Chataigne’s Virginia Business Directory & Gazetteer, 1880-1881, United States Post Offices in Virginia

● Seamonds – Wood Family [Ephraim Seamonds b. 1748]

● Chataigne’s Virginia Business Directory & Gazetteer, 1880-1881, Amherst & Buckingham Counties

● Book Reviews

Winter 1993 (v. 11, no. 1)

● Computer Users Group Annual Report

● People Found in Land Surveys of “Old” Albemarle County, Virginia

● Some Genealogical Tidbits from Albemarle County, Virginia Order Book 1818-1819


● Register of Deaths, Albemarle County, Virginia 1868

● Register of Deaths within the District of D.W. Burnley, Commissioner of Revenue for Albemarle County, Virginia, District 2, 1867

● Colored Deaths, 1867

● An Alphabetical Extract of Death Register 1871 Rivanna Township, Albemarle County, Virginia, Found in Box 44, Old Papers, Virginia State Library & Archives

Spring 1993 (v. 11, no. 2)

● Latin in Genealogy

● People Found in Land Surveys of “Old” Albemarle County, Virginia

● Librarian’s Report [Move to McIntyre[sic] Library]

● Albemarle County Cemetery Survey

● Registration of Births for Rivanna Township in 1871

● Chataigne’s Virginia Business Directory & Gazetteer 1880, Page County

Summer 1993 (v. 11, no. 3)

● People Found in Land Surveys of Old Albemarle Co., Virginia [Surveyor’s Book 1, Part 1, 1744-1755]

● Good Enough for Government Work: The U.S. Census

● Albemarle County Cemetery Survey

● Corrigenda: Seamonds – Wood Family (Volume 10, Number 4)

● Chataigne’s Virginia Business Directory & Gazetteer 1880, Page & Fluvanna Counties

● Aids & Comforts for the Genealogist


● The West Family [Thomas West b. before 1794]

● Virginia Genealogical Society Spring Conference

● 1993 National Genealogical Society Conference in Baltimore, Maryland

Autumn 1993 (v. 11, no. 4)

● System of Catalog Civil War Soldiers

● Census Records of Virginia in the University of Virginia Libraries (9-15-1993)

● Jones Memorial Library

● People Found in Land Surveys of Old Albemarle Co., Virginia [Surveyor’s Book 1, part 1]

● The Hays Family of Western Albemarle County

Winter 1994 (v. 12, no. 1)

● How Land Was Granted in Colonial Virginia with Selected Virginia Sources

● Goochland County Land Entry Book, 1736-1743

Spring 1994 (v. 12, no. 2)

● The Detter – Dettor Family of York County, Pennsylvania & Virginia

● University of Virginia Library Exhibit Honors Queen Charlotte of Great Britain

● Goochland County Land Entry Book, 1736-1743 (cont.)

● Powell Family Bible, Albemarle County, Virginia

Summer 1994 (v. 12, no. 3)

● The Moseley Family of Middlesex County, Virginia

● Goochland County Land Entry Book, 1736-1743 (cont.)

● CVGA: A Brief History

Fall 1994 (v. 12, no. 4)

● Albemarle County Land Entry Book, 1744-1749 [reconstructed from the Cabell Family Papers]

● 1994 Index

NOTE: No Central Virginia Heritage was published in 1995

Winter 1996 (v. 13, no. 1)

● Louisa County Order Book, 1742-1748

● Fluvanna County Register of Freed Negroes

● Estes Bible Records

● Books & Journals Deposited in Historical Collections

● Index

Spring 1996 (v. 13, no. 2)



● Walker – Kirtley Bible Records

● Index

Summer 1996 (v. 13, no. 3)



● A Report on Prominent Whites and Freedmen – March-May 1867

● Index

Fall 1996 (v. 13, no. 4)



● Bible Records in Alderman Library

● Journals Deposited in the ACHS Library

● Queries

● Index

Winter 1997 (v. 14, no. 1)

● 1996 Report



● Bible Records of William & Matilda (Rowe) Black

● Index

Spring 1997 (v. 14, no. 2)

● From the President – the Isherwood Saga



● CVGA Surname Exchange

● Index

Summer 1997 (v. 14, no. 3)

● Where Did They Come From? Why Did They Leave? - A Historical Perspective on our Immigrant Ancestors

● The German Ancestry of the Detter/Dettor Family of Pennsylvania & Virginia

● Index

Fall 1997 (v. 14, no. 4)

● A Maryland – Virginia Migration

● Two Branches on a Virginia Tree: Green & Jones

● Chataigne’s Virginia Business Directory & Gazetteer, 1880-1881, Amherst County

● R.F. Lively Bible

● Standards for Using Records, Repositories and Libraries

● Standards for Sound Genealogical Research

● CVGA Surname Exchange

● Index

Winter 1998 (v. 15, no. 1)

● The Shifting Forms of Surnames

● Three Slave Lists in the Hubard Family Papers in the Manuscripts Department of the University of Virginia Library

● Genealogical Records in the Augusta County Clerk’s Office

● Extract from the 1840 Census: Fluvanna County Pensioners

● Standards for Use of Technology in Genealogical Research

● Index

Spring 1998 (v. 15, no. 2)

● Burying Ground: On Doing Cemetery Research in Greene & Madison Counties, Virginia

● More on Augusta County & Staunton

● Piecing Together Families & Communities: Records of Some Families of Southwestern Albemarle & Nelson Counties

● Bible Record of Robert Page & Mary Jane Murrell

● Negroes Named in Relation to James Foster, Augustine Shepherd, George and Janett Murrell and Robert Page

● Some Murrell Letters

● Letter from Thomas Howarth

● Civil War Memoirs of Thomas Jefferson Howarth

● Index

Summer 1998 (v. 15, no. 3)

● Bible Records of Graves Family

● Letter from a Former Overseer for Thomas Jefferson

● Letter to John Ashby from George Washington

● Excerpts from Chataigne’s Virginia Business Directory & Gazetteer, 1880-1881, Buckingham County

● Index

Fall 1999 (v. 15, no. 4)

● http://avenue.org/Community/Agencies/CVGA

● Regarding Original Ownership of Land

● Researching Orange County

● Deserters [Revolutionary War]

● Excerpts from the Catalogue of Locust Grove Academy

● Excerpts from Chataigne’s Virginia Business Directory & Gazetteer, 1880-1881, Augusta County and Staunton

● Corrections

● Index

Winter 1999 (v. 16, no. 1)

● President’s Message

● Scandinavian Naming Traditions

● Researching in Nelson County Historical Society’s Files at the Nelson Memorial Branch of the Jefferson-Madison Regional Library

● Records in the Nelson County Clerk’s Office

● Basic Information for Researching at the Nelson Court Clerk’s Office

● Some Central Virginia Postal History – Post Offices & Postmaster Appointments: The Stampless Period

● Massies Mill, Virginia, Poll Book, 1870

● Index

Spring 1999 (v. 16, no. 2)

● Henry Fogus/Fogas/Voges of Augusta & Albemarle Counties, Virginia

● Nelson County Register of Free Negroes

● Index

Summer 1999 (v. 16, no. 3)

● Index to Greene County Virginia Graveyard Survey

● Nelson County Register of Free Negroes, Part 2

● New Items in the Charlottesville-Albemarle Historical Collection

● Index

Fall 1999 (v. 16, no. 4)

● A Few Thoughts on the Internet/Genealogy

● Pursuing African-American Genealogy

● Researching Southern Families

● The Halls of Northwest Albemarle

● John Steele: Soldier, Commissioner, First Secretary of Mississippi Territory & Delegate to the First Constitutional Convention of Mississippi, Part I

● Index

Winter 2000 (v. 17, no. 1)

● John Steele: Soldier, Commissioner, First Secretary of Mississippi Territory & Delegate to the First Mississippi Constitutional Convention, Part II

● Avoiding Pitfalls in Genealogy

● Roundtable Tips

● Index

Spring 2000 (v. 17, no. 2)

● Louisa County Order Book 1742-1748

● Willis Redmond Parrish: Son of Central Virginia

● Fluvanna County Research

● Index

Summer 2000 (v. 17, no. 3)


● Letters to Central Virginia Lawyers

● Selected Highlights from Albemarle Fiduciary Book Io The Families Emancipated and Left a Legacy by Dr. Charles Everett, M.D.o Relating to Paupers received at the Poor House of Albemarle Countyo Relating to poor persons assisted elsewhere than at the Poor Farm

● Index

Fall 2000 (v. 17, no. 4)


● The Wells-Wood Alliance

● Lynchburg and Charlottesville Stage Road Survey

● Index

Winter 2001 (v. 18, no. 1)


● Index

Spring 2001 (v. 18, no. 2)


● Jane Chapman Slaughter: Virginia’s Daughter of the Modern Era

● Index

Summer 2001 (v. 18, no. 3)


● Will Book 1, Albemarle County, 1798-1844

● Index

Autumn 2001 (v. 18, no. 4)

● Regarding the Move of the National Genealogical Society’s Library

● Will Book 1, Albemarle County, 1798-1844

● Will of Thaddeus Kosciuszko

● So Who Was Thaddeus Kosciuszko?

● Index

Spring 2002 (v. 19, no. 1)

● Excerpts from Chataigne’s Virginia Business Directory & Gazetteer, 1880-1881, Counties of Culpeper and Madison

● Preparing for the Release of the 1930 Census

● Index

Summer 2002 (v. 19, no. 2)

● Excerpts from Chataigne’s Virginia Business Directory & Gazetteer, 1880-1881, Counties of Appomattox and Bath

● Share your knowledge

● The Struggle for Religious Freedom in Virginia, 1776-1786

● Once Removed, Twice Removed??? Taking the Confusion Out of Removing.

● Index

Fall 2002 (v. 19, no. 3)

● Excerpts from Chataigne’s Virginia Business Directory & Gazetteer, 1880-1881, Bedford County

● Primogeniture and Entail in Colonial Virginia

● Genealogy Computer Corner

● Gleanings from The Washington Post – Charlottesville

● Index

Winter 2002 (v. 19, no. 4)

● Excerpts from Chataigne’s Virginia Business Directory & Gazetteer, 1880-1881, Botetourt County

● Charlottesville Gleanings from The Washington Post

● Genealogy Computer Corner

● Index

Spring 2003 (v. 20, no. 1)

● Genealogical Recording for the Beginner

● Heritage Scrapbooks – Your Family in Pictures

● Genealogical Computer Corner: Using the Social Security Death Index

Summer 2002 (v. 20, no. 2)

● William McCloud’s Pension Application

● The Naturalization Records of Albemarle County & Charlottesville, 1800-1903

● Index

Fall/Winter 2003 (v. 20, no. 3)

● Is That a Genealogical Program in Your Pocket?

● Revolutionary War & War of 1812 Pension References in the Albemarle Order, Law Order and Minute Books 1800-1900

● Index

Spring 2004 (v. 21, no. 1)

● References in the Albemarle Minute Books of the Civil War, 1861-1864

● Index

Summer/Fall 2004 (v. 21, no. 2)

● Computer Group Notes

● Civil War Pensions Mentioned in the Albemarle County Minute Books

● Index

Winter 2004 (v. 21, no. 3)

● Albemarle County Court Orders Concerning Slavery Issues from 1800-1865

● Index

Spring/Summer 2005 (v. 22, no. 1)

● Residents of Monticello 1860-1878

● Index

Fall/Winter 2004 (v. 22, no. 2-4)

● Hill & Wood Funeral Home Records, 1958

● Guardianships & Apprenticeships of Albemarle County as found in the Minute and Order Books of Albemarle from 1800-1900

Spring 2006 (v. 23, no. 1)

● Guardianships & Apprenticeships of Albemarle County as found in the Minute and Order Books of Albemarle from 1800-1900, (surnames starting with C and D)

● Editor’s Notes

Summer 2006 (v. 23, no. 2)

● Guardianships & Apprenticeships of Albemarle County as found in the Minute and Order Books of Albemarle from 1800-1900, (surnames starting with E, F and G)

Fall 2006 (v. 23, no. 3)

● Guardianships & Apprenticeships of Albemarle County as found in the Minute and Order Books of Albemarle from 1800-1900, (surnames starting with H, I, J & K)

● Apprenticeships of the Surnames H from the Overseers of the Poor Book 1817-1887

Winter 2006 (v. 23, no. 4)

● Guardianships & Apprenticeships of Albemarle County as found in the Minute and Order Books of Albemarle from 1800-1900, (surnames starting with L and M)

● Apprenticeships of the Surnames L & M from the Overseers of the Poor Book, 1817-1887

Spring 2007 (v. 24, no. 1)

● The Capture of the Renick Family: A Saga of the Colonial American Frontier

● The Role of DNA Testing in Genealogical Research

● Helpful Hint

Summer 2007 (v. 24, no. 2)

● The Library of Virginia

● Dr. Lynn Rainville’s June Program

● Celtic Festivals Celebrating One’s Heritage

● A Treasure Box Found

● The Museum of Appalachia

● Guardianships in the Albemarle Minute & Order Book 1800-1900 (surnames starting with N-Q)

● The Disappearance of the Monticello Bank Gold Reserves in 1865: Information from the Commonwealth vs. George W. Bailey et al Case

● Read the Fine Print!

Fall 2007 (v. 24, no. 3)

● CVGA Meeting of September 8, 2007

● The Rock

● Guardianships in the Albemarle Order & Minute Books 1800-1900 (surnames starting with R-S)

Winter 2007 (v. 24, no. 4)

● Misadventures in Searching for Homestead Records at the National Archives

● Guardianships in the Albemarle Order & Minute Books 1800-1900 (surnames starting with T)

● Robert Jefferson (Nephew of Thomas Jefferson), Owner of a Slave Family with the Surname ‘Jefferson’

● Farms Where African-American Jeffersons Were Working (Albemarle Personal Property Tax)

Spring 2008 (v. 25, no. 1)

● Family History Conference

● Guardianships in the Albemarle Order & Minute Books 1800-1900 (surnames starting with W-Z)

Summer 2008 (v. 25, no. 2)

● Cemetery Research

● An Annotated DNA Book List

● A Useful Toy for Genealogists and Others

● Naturalization Records of Charlottesville and Albemarle 1900-1911

● Photo of Declaration of Intention to become a citizen of the United States of William Asa Orser

● How to Research a Farm in Albemarle, Pre-and Post-Civil War

Fall 2008 (v. 25, no. 3)

● Researching a Farm Pre- and Post-Civil War in Albemarle Using the Mathew Harris Farm as an Example

Winter 2009 (v. 25, no. 4)

● Researching a Farm in Albemarle Pre- and Post-Civil War (Using the Matthew M. Harris Farm as an Example)

Spring/Summer 2009 (v. 26, no. 1-2)

● VGS Spring Conference

● Charlottesville Family History Conference

● Hill & Wood Funeral Home Records, 1959

Fall/Winter 2009 (v. 26, no. 3-4)

● The Fall Conference of the Virginia Genealogical Society

● Minutes from the Computer Interest Group

● My New WikiReader Venture

● No Generic Ancestors

● Dates of Birth Taken from Voter Registration, Fluvanna County, Virginia

● Extracts from Annual Minutes of the Albemarle Baptist Association


● The 1990 & 2010 Censuses

● Benefits of Joining a Local Genealogy Group

● Minutes of Recent Computer Interest Group Meetings

● 2010 Meeting Highlightso Sam Towler: The Court Doth Ordero Shelley Murphy: The Challenges of Genealogy Researcho Bob Roberts: Computers in Genealogyo Ann Early Shelton: A Visit from Sarah Thompson Browno Dale Floyd: Military Records and the National Archives

● How Mining the Census Can Answer “Little” Questions

● Are You Related to the Siamese Twins?

● Gratitude…and it Isn’t Even Thanksgiving!

● Tips on How to Combat Challenges in Your Genealogy Research

● The NGS Home Study Course

● The Charlottesville Family History Conference Reportso Sharing Your Story Online-For Free!o What’s in Your DNA?o Cheat Sheets

Fall 2010 (v. 27, no. 3)

● And the Walls Do Come Tumbling Down

● July 2010 CIG Meeting Minutes

● The Derelict

● Manumission in Albemarle County: Part 1

● Surname Exchange List

Winter 2010 (v. 27, no. 4)

● Ten Commandments of Genealogy

● September & October 2010 CIG Meeting Minutes

● Albemarle County Courthouse “Cheat Sheets”

● You Never Know What You Will Find Under a Tree

● Manumission in Albemarle County: Part 2

Spring 2011 (v. 28, no. 1)

● John Fletcher Hill (b. 1833 d. 1903)

● Coming Soon! The 2011 Family History Conference

● Books: The Amazon Kindle and Genealogy

● 2010 CIG Meeting Minutes

● A Visit to the National Archives in London

Summer 2011 (v. 28, no. 2)

● Newspaper Archives

● Family History Conference 2011 Wrap-up

● Across the Realms

● 2011 CIG Meeting Minutes

Fall 2011 (v. 28, no. 3)

● Summer 2011 CIG Meeting Minutes

● Research on “Buena Vista” Farm and the African-Americans There

● Migrating to Ohio

● Richard Henry Lewis, CSA, and Charles Jacob Morrison, USA: Family by Marriage, Enemies by War

● After We’re Gone…

● Surfin’ the Net

Winter 2011 (v. 28, no. 4)

● CIG Meeting Minutes

● Earthquake!

● 1891 Charlottesville Land Book

● Notes from the National Black Genealogy Summit

Spring 2012 (v. 29, no. 1)

● Find A Grave

● FamilySearch Indexing – A True Labor of Love

● Free 1940 Census Release

● A Little Success…

Summer 2012 (v. 29. No. 2)

● Day Trips in Virginia

● What to Attend?

● The Cincinnati Panorama

● Research Classes at the NGA 2012 Family History Conference

● Lost in the Pennsylvania Archives?

● DNA at NGS

● Elizabeth Shown Mills – The FAN Principle

Fall 2012 (v. 29, no. 3)

● The Computer Interest Group

● Thinking Outside the Box to Enhance Your Genealogy Research

● What Do I Do With My Research? Or, How to Have Your Hard Work Outlive You

● Genealogy Research – Can You Do It All Online?

Winter 2012 (v. 29, no. 4)

● CIG Meeting Reports

● Testing, Testing, Testing…Getting Started in Genetic Genealogy

Spring/Fall 2013 (v. 30, no. 1-2)

● Basic Military Research Tips to Get You Started

● Reenactments

● Robert Moore’s Journal Book for 1787: To Philadelphia

● Brick Walls

Fall 2013 (v. 30, no. 3)

● New CVGA Website

● House Histories

● Genealogy Road Trip: Winchester

● Links to Central Virginia Genealogy Resources

● The Scots-Irish or the Ulster Scots or the Scotch-Irish or the Northern Presbyterians: Just Who Were Those People?

● A Photo Saved!

Winter 2013 (v. 30, no. 4)

● A Letter to Grandmother

● Genealogy or Family History

● Online, Animated Version of the Atlas of the Historical Geography of the United States

Spring 2014 (v. 31, no. 1)

● Family Bible Information

● Lifting Our Voices: 1861-1865

● Len’s Wife

● What’s the Evidence? Determining Where Govan Cureton Was Born

Summer 2014 (v. 31, no. 2)

● Free Genealogy Websites

● Announcing “How-To DNA” – A Multimedia How-To Guide for Genetic Genealogy

● Free Family Records Forms from the Library of Congress

● New Briefs

Fall/Winter 2014 (v. 31, no. 3-4)

● Robert Moore’s Journal…A Week in Philadelphia – 1787

● Two Men Named George Crank

● Confederate Soldiers Interred in Maplewood Cemetery

● National Genealogical Society’s 2015 Family History Conference Registration Open

NOTE: No Central Virginia Heritage was published in 2015.


● Genealogical Research at the Albemarle County Court House

● The Charlie Summer

● Virginia Newspaper Websites for the Researcher

● How Do I Access the Central Virginia Heritage Archives?

● Waller Holladay Lists of Slaves, 1854-1860

● Earlysville Community Neighbors

● Midwest African American Genealogy Institute

● Time Travel: Centuries of Memories Federation of Genealogical Societies 2016 National Conference

● 37th Annual National Conference of the Afro-American Historical and Genealogical Society

Fall 2016 (v. 32, no. 3)

● Excerpts from A Census of Pensioners for Revolutionary or Military Services (1841)

● Burial Records of Jewish Cemeteries in Central Virginia

● Thomas M. Appling (1 Jan. 1832-ca. 22 Aug. 1862)

● Hill & Wood Funeral Service Records: A Brief Overview

● Hill & Wood Funeral Service Records Spreadsheet

● Genetic Genealogy in Practice

● Pension Testimony from Veterans of the American Revolution in Albemarle County

● The Pension Act of 1818

● An 18th-Century Pre-Nuptial Agreement from Fluvanna County

● Three Lists of Negro Slaves Owned by Lewis Holladay of Bellefonte, Spotsylvania County, Va., 1800-1817

● Spotsylvania County, VA, Tax Assessments, 1779-1780

● Fluvanna Virginia Historical Society Transcription Project

● Central Virginia Historical Organizations

Winter 2016 (v. 32, no. 4)

● Division of the Negro Property of the Estate of William Morris of Louisa County, Virginia, 1832

● Albemarle County Chancery Cases Preservation Project

● Bernice Bennett To Speak About DNA and Genealogy

● North Georgia Historic Newspapers Archive Expansion

● Last Will and Testament of Benjamin Franklin, of St. Anne’s Parish, Albemarle County, Virginia

● Early Broadus Wood High School History

● The Wyatt Family of Albemarle County, Virginia

● Reductions in Service at the Library of Virginia

● The Times-Dispatch Genealogical Column: The Walker Family of Virginia

● Castle Hill

● James Govan Estate Settlement and Division of Slaves (1831-1835), Hanover County, Virginia

● List of the Hire of Negroes belonging to the Orphans of Richard Terrell, Dec’d, of the County of Louisa County, Virginia, December 3d 1771

● Funeral Home Records Available Online

● Susan Emert Resigns as Vice-President of CVGA

● Obituary: Priscilla Ann Dawson Kingston

● Letter from Edward Govan to Mary Govan Hill, near Fredericksburg, VA, dated Nov. 17, 1831, Regarding the Division of Slaves of an Estate

● From the CVGA Archives

Spring 2017 (v. 33, no. 1)

● The Blue Ridge Heritage Project: Honoring the People Who Made Shenandoah National Park Possible

● Freedman’s Bureau Transcription Project Completed!

● The Rushes of Chestnut Grove: Our Family’s Journey from Slavery to Freedom

● Polish Genealogical Society of America

● A Letter from the Editor

● Ehart’s Mill in Earlysville

● 2017 Legacy Family Tree Webinar Series Announced

● Midwest African American Genealogy Institute Celebrates Milestone Year!

● Preserving the Daughters of Zion Cemetery in Charlottesville, VA

● Research at the American Baptist Historical Society

● Blanket Lists for 1817 & 1818 in the Account Book of John George Woolfolk for Shepherd’s Hill Plantation, 1811-1819

● DNA Talk Rescheduled to March 14, 2017

● The Times-Dispatch Genealogical Column: The Duke Family of Virginia

● Hollywood Cemetery (Richmond, Virginia)

● A Simple Way to Read Old Tombstones

● The Bible Comes Back to the Family!

● The Clark Allison Story

● Packing List for a Genealogical Trip

● Molecular Genealogy of a Mongol Queen’s Family and Her Possible Kinship with Genghis Khan

Summer 2017 (v. 33, no.2)

● Preserving the Fountains of the National WCTU, by Diane Inman...p.1

● Virginia Restores Funding!, by Judy G. Russell...p.4

● Evidence Explained. 3rd edition, revised...p.5

● Historical Obituary from the Daily Progress...p.6

● Amherst County Museum and Historical Society...p.8

● Fluvanna Historical Society, Palmyra, VA...p.8

● The Heritage Museum/The Harrisonburg-Rockingham Historical Society...p.9

● Petition to be Classified as White: Thomas Littlepage...p.10

● A Treasure Box Found, by Robert F. Niehaus...p.11

● Obituaries, Robert F. Niehaus & Martin R. Davis, Jr....p.11-13

● “Ancestry for Virginians”...p.13

● The Maury Family of Virginia...p.14

● David Ross of Oxford Iron Works List of Slaves Owned...p.16

● The Hamner Family of Central Virginia, by Jean L. Cooper...p.18

● Burnley & ux vs. William Crenshaw Admr. & al. (Louisa County, 1801)...p.22

● President’s Column, by Patricia Lukas...p.24

Fall 2017 (v. 33, no. 3)

● CVGA’s 40th Anniversary…p.1

● The Fluvanna County Courthouse, by Patricia Lukas…p.2

● Virginia: Where African American Genealogy and History Begin…p.3

● What’s the Evidence? Analyzing the Documents To Find Out Where Govan Cureton Was Born! by Shelley Murphy…p.4

● How to Read Old Handwriting…p.13

● Estate of Benjamin Gatewood, Caroline County, Virginia…p.14

● Frederick W. Meerbach (17 Jan. 1814-ca. 1893), by Jean L. Cooper…p.17

● A Jamison Family Puzzle, by Jane Davis…p.22

● Last Will of John Williamson of Fluvanna County…p.23

● Thanksgiving Memories, by Charles Conway Crenshaw…p.25

● Congressional Cemetery, Washington, DC, by Jean L. Cooper…26

● A Note From the Editor…p.28

Winter 2017 (v. 33, no. 4)

● Searching for Mother Madison…p.1

● Christmas Changes With the Years…p.3

● Why Obituaries Contain Hidden Family Trees…p.5

● “Buddy and the Chickens” Wins National DAR Literary Award!…p.7

● Bill of Complaint of Robert M. Omohundro & Wife vs. James Jones…p.7

● Bill of Complaint of Isabella Brown vs. William Brown…p.13

● George Whitlocke & Wife vs. Margaret Higginbotham…p.15

● Manumission of Judith, Pegg, and Ambrose…p.17

● Will of John Douglass of Orange County, Virginia…p.17

● John Murrey & Wife vs. Martha Matthews by &c….p.19

● Genealogical Research Society of Northeastern Pennsylvania Has Shut Down…p.22

● Aylett Family, King William County (Va.)…p.23

● Registration Opens for the NGS 2018 Family History Conference…p.25

● A Note From The Editor…p.25

● President’s Column…p.26

Spring 2018 (v. 34, no. 1)

● Finding Those County Line Changes, by Judy G. Russell p. 1

● Four Freedom Documents from Albemarle County, VA, transcribed by Jean L. Cooper p. 3

● Connecting the Pieces of a Chancery Cause, by Jean L. Cooper p. 6

● Sheriffs of Nelson County, VA, Through 1925 p. 10

● Sheriffs of Augusta County, VA, Through 2016 p. 10

● Sheriffs of Albemarle County, VA, Through 2016 p. 11

● Getting Acquainted with the Revised Version of Find-A-Grave.com, by Ted Bainbridge p. 12

● Will of Andrew McWilliams, Albemarle County, VA, 1772, transcribed by Jane J. Davis p. 15

● The Key to Understanding Family Relationships p. 16

● Diane Keeton Files Donated to CVGA, by Patricia Lukas p. 19

● Index of Surnames in the Keeton Files p. 20

● Passenger Lists to Virginia Before 1820, by Lorine McGinnis Schulze p. 23

● Two Alexander Moseleys, by Joanne L. Yeck p. 24

● President’s Column by Patricia Lukas, p. 26

● Family Relationship Chart p. 28

Summer 2018 (v.34 no.2)

● Lost Jeffersons / Joanne L. Yeck. p.1.

● Two indentures of the Eastin Family, Orange County, VA. p.4. ● Register of Negroes Owned in Buckingham County, VA, by Robert T. Hubard, 1841-1859. p.6. ● A Visit to Tinkling Spring Presbyterian Church in Augusta County, VA / Jean L. Cooper. p.8. ● James Madison and the Louisiana 16 / Patricia Lukas. p.10. ● Poppin’ the Trunk in Charles Town, WV / Dr. Shelley Murphy. p.11. ● Estate of Dr. Samuel Griffin Died January 24, 1812, Bedford County, VA / Jean L. Cooper. p.14.● Sheriffs of Nelson County Updated to 2018 / Becky Howard. p.19. ● Sheriffs of Fluvanna County from 1777 to the Present / Tricia Johnson. p.20. ● Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps Now Online / Jean L. Cooper. p.21. ● Always Keep Backups of Your Online Genealogy Information / Dick Eastman. p.23.

Fall 2018 (v.34 no.3)

● Learning to Search for Ancestors in Charlottesville, Virginia● The Genealogical Library of the Daughters of the American Revolution, by Diane Inman● Preservation Grants for Presbyterian Churches● Out of the Frying Pan and into the Fire, by Joanne L. Yeck● Census Instructions● Are You Missing Most of the Available Genealogy Information? by Dick Eastman● Benjamin Bartley, Free Negro Registration, 1808● Three Allen Wills From Buckingham County, Virginia● The Southall Family of Virginia● Crowd-Sourcing on Zooniverse.org● President’s Column, by Patricia Lukas● Fredericksburg National Cemetery● Rockingham County Cemetery Indexes● Basic Steps for African American Slave Research, by Dr. Shelley Murphy [only in electronic

edition]