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This special section of The Olden Times features old newspaper articles from or about Virginia and Virginia families. 

You'll find old news articles, obituaries, birth & marriage announcements, ads and more. See the links at the top of this page to go to the Index of Names, to search this site or to take a look at the site map.

Note: The Index of Names is always your best bet for finding a specific name!

Each of these was scanned from an original issue of an old newspaper in my personal collection. They appear in the order in which they were added to this website. Be sure to check for archived stories, since I move them from this page to the Archives periodically.

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Original Virginia Family Documents Available at Alibris! Obviously one of a kind items, these may be sold at any time. Definitely worth a look if these are your families!

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Marriages of Alleghany Co., VA: 1822-1872 icon

Yesterday When It Is Past... With Notes on Some of the Descendants of Samuel, Robert & John GOODE; Thomas HARRIS & Thomas OSBORNE of Chesterfield Co. (Henrico); Francis EPPES of Prince George Co.; Thomas WATKINS of "Chickahominy;" Major Lewis BURWELL of Gloucester Co.; Joseph TUCKER of Brunswick Co.; Thomas CHAMBERS of Lunenburg Co.; Joseph MORTON of Charlotte Co.... and Others

Virginia Wills & Administrations, 1632-1800 icon

The Diligence and the Disappearance of Manakintowne's Huguenots

Chesterfield Co., Virginia, Uncovered: The Records of Death and Slave Insurance Records for the Coal Mining Industry, 1810-1895

Military History of the Virginia Military Institute from 1839 to 1865 with Appendix, Maps & Illustrations

Surry Co. Records, Surry Co., VA, 1652-1684

Thomas WATTS of Stafford County, Virginia, and His Descendants

Virginia Land Causes: Lancaster County, 1795-1848, Northampton County, 1731-1868

Marriage Bonds and Ministers' Returns of Pittsylvania County, Virginia, 1767-1805 icon

Bound Away: Virginia and the Westward Movement I love this book! The author includes extensive information on migration to, within, and out of Virginia. Finally...someone thoroughly explains why those Virginia ancestors of mine moved around so much!

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ROWE - MOORE Marriage, 1845    AMORY

EISENMINGER Reports Mineral Find, Greenbrier, 1830

SOUTHERLAND - POWERS Marriage, 1845

FLEET - ROBERSON Marriage, 1845

MAZOR - TIMBERLAKE Marriage, 1845

Police Justice Fines Richmond Residents, 1875    WHITE, BAILEY, MAYES, MALOW, PERKINS

William J. HOLCOMBE, Druggist, Lynchburg, 1830

Marshal's Sale of Loudoun County Land Near Snicker's Gap, 1826    Now indexed!  Surnames include the following: BARZIZA, HOPKINS, PARADISE, EDLOE, HODGSON, WICKHAM, DANDRIDGE, MARSHALL, FOSTER, LEE, ROPER, TAYLOR, PAGE, SEEVERS

ROBINS - MEBANE Marriage, Rev. MITCHELL Officiating, 1859

Chancery Court Notice: Sale of King William County Land, 1826    GREGORY, PRESTON, QUARLES, GUERRANT, RICHESON

Chancery Court Notice, Lynchburg, 1830    ROBINSON, BURKS, TINSLEY, EUBANK, ELLIS, WILLS

Chancery Court Notice, Lynchburg, 1830    PRESTON, FOSDICK, WILLS

Notice to Peter BEVERLEY, Esq., 1826    ALLAN, ELLIS, TOOLEY

BARKSDALE - YOUNG Marriage, 1859

Charles GRAVETT before Justice WHITE, 1875

Casualty Lists from a Skirmish Between General WAYNE's Detachment and the British Army, Green Springs, Virginia, 1781
Now indexed! Surnames include the following: WAYNE, GALVAN, STEWART, BUTLER, HAMPTON, WILLIS, OGDEN, McPHERSON, SAVAGE, DUFFY, VANLEAR, DOYLE, FINNEY, MONTGOMERY, STAKE, McCLELLAN, PIERCY, FELTMAN, WHITE, HERBERT, CROSBY, BARBER, THOMSON

MOORMAN & MARTIN, Grocers, 1847

R. M. ALLEN Hats & Caps: All the Latest Styles! Richmond, 1847

LANGHORNE Trust Sale, Amherst Co., 1847      YANCEY, FLOOD, MAYS, PETTYJOHN, WARWICK

COX Replaces HOOPER in the Farmville Post Office, 1875

M. W. WALLACE Appointed Postmaster at Yancey's Mills, 1875

Goochland County Legal Notice, 1875     LEYBURN, GREGORY, WRENN, ELLETT, PARSONS, PRICE, WATSON, STAPLES, BARKSDALE, JARVIS, REDFORD, WOODSON, MILLER, PETTIT, LEAKE

William POLK Seeks Land, Richmond, 1875

Quartermaster RICHARDS Announces Sale of Condemned Horses, Mules,  Gordonsville, 1864

Coleman MAY Arrested for Murder of W. H. McDEARMON, JUREY in Penitentiary for Forgery, Virginia, 1845

Original 1762 Promissory Note (Very large graphic will load slowly!) McGWIER, DUIGUID, ANDERSON

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