Meyer, Virginia M. and John F. Dorman. Adventurers of purse and person: Virginia 1607-1624/5. Third edition. Richmond: Order of First Families of Virginia, 1987. Call #: F225.J4 1987(LFH open shelf).
Atlas of Historical County Boundries: Virginia (Web site.)
http://www.newberry.org/ahcbp/sitefiles/state_index.htm
Bockstruck, Lloyd D. Virginia's colonial soldiers. Baltimore, Md.: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1988. Call #: oF225.B63 (LFH open shelf).
Dorman, John Frederick. Virginia revolutionary pension applications. Author, 1958-. Call #: oE206.D85 (LFH open shelf). Ongoing series.
Gwathmey, John H. Historical register of Virginians in the Revolution. Richmond, Va.: Dietz Press, 1938. Call #: oE263.V8G9 1938 (LFH open shelf)
Wallace, Lee A. (Jr.). A Guide to Virginia military organizations 1861-1865. Revised 2nd edition. Lynchburg, Va.: H.E. Howard, 1986. Call #: oE581.W35 (LFH open shelf). An extensive ongoing series of Virginia Confederate unit histories is shelved following this work.
Many of the more important genealogical articles from the William and Mary Quarterly, Tyler's Quarterly, and The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography are reprinted in the series Genealogies of Virginia families (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1981, 1982) on the LFH open shelf with call numbers beginning oF225.G46.
Swem, E.G. Virginia historical index. Roanoke, Virginia: Stone [printer], 1934-1936. Call #: oF221.S93 1934 (LFH open shelf). Comprehensive indexing for Calendar of Virginia state papers, Hening's statutes of Virginia, Lower Norfolk antiquary, Virginia historical register, Tyler's historical and genealogical magazine (to 1929), Virginia magazine of history and biography (to 1930), and the William and Mary College quarterly (first and second series – to 1930 for the latter).
Tyler's quarterly historical and genealogical magazine. 1919-1952. Call #: oF221.T95 (LFH open shelf). Partially indexed in Swem.
Virginia Genealogical Society quarterly bulletin. 1963-. Call #: oF221.V57 (LFH open shelf).
Virginia genealogist. 1957-. Call #: oF221.V79 (LFH open shelf). Index by John Dorman for first twenty volumes – also on open shelf, same call number.
Virginia magazine of history and biography. Call #: oF221.V91 (LFH open shelf). Partially indexed in Swem.
William and Mary College quarterly. 1892-. 3 series. Call #: oF221.W71 (LFH open shelf). Partially indexed in Swem.
Search both the computer and card catalogs for local histories, vital records, deeds, etc. under the name of the county as subject heading. Be sure not to ignore the computer catalog, as it is especially important for research in the Southern states. The following more general titles may also be of interest:
Nugent, Nell Marion. Cavaliers and pioneeers: Abstracts of Virginia land patents and grants. Richmond: Virginia State Library, 1934- 1979. Call #: oF225.N842 (LFH open shelf). Covers 17th and early 18th centuries.
Schreiner-Yantis, Netti and Florene S. Love. The 1787 census of Virginia. Springfield, Va.: Genealogical Books in Print, 1987. Call #: oF225.Y36 (LFH open shelf). 1787 tax lists.
Torrence, Clayton. Virginia wills and administrations 1632-1800: An Index of wills recorded in local courts of Virginia, 1632-1800, and of administrations on estates . . . . (Reprint) Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1990. Call #: oF225.T85 1990 (LFH open shelf).
Census holdings for 1810-1850 complete (1790 & 1800 not extant) with indexes. Also complete slave schedules plus scattered holdings of general population schedules for 1860. Holdings complete for 1870 plus index. Holdings for subsequent years negligible. 5/94