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Favorite Websites for Virginia History

Virginia Historical Society — home of the Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, you can take a virtual tour of the exhibit, The Story of Virginia” at the Exhibition menu tag, and search VHS collections at the Collections and Resources menu tag. Membership includes a subscription to the Virginia Magazine.

Virginia History Series In-depth looks at Virginia history organized for middle school Virginia Studies, for a survey in high school U.S. and Virginia History or comprehensive Virginia State History at a collegiate level. Amateur and local historians will delight in the “Historical Hall of Fame” featuring dozens of authors contributing to Virginia’s state history, categorized by century, local historians, university scholars and archeologists.

Virginia Heritage: Guides to Manuscript and Archival Collections in Virginia by the Freeman Library at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts. — Search by full names in quotes to focus your research into the personalities, places and events of Virginia history.

Historical and Genealogical Societies in Virginia by the Library of Virginia. — Be a joiner and support your state and local societies. Here is an alphabetical listing of associations by locality, including email contacts and webpages when available.

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TVH hopes the website helps in your research; let me know.

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