Browse Collections (23 total)

Augusta County Newspapers (1994-2002)

This collection consists of newspaper issues published in Augusta County, Virginia, from 1994 to 2002. The collection provides a detailed view of…

Contributors: Staff writers include Vera Hailey, Betty Jo Hamilton, Roberta Hamlin, Jeff Ishee, Penny Plemmons, Deborah Sensabaugh, Sue Simmons, Nancy Sorrells, Chris Marrs, Leslie Scheffel, Cherie Taylor, and Julie Grimm., Decklan Wilkerson digitized the physical newspapers.

Augusta County African American Records: Miscellaneous Documents

AUGUSTA-COUNTY-VOTING-REGISTER-COLORED-AFRICAN-AMERICAN-1904.pdf

This collection contains all of the digitized Augusta County Circuit Court records pertaining to African American history. This collection is an…

Contributors: Library of Virginia, Kofile Technologies, Augusta County Genealogical Society, Matthew Wingfield

Shape-Note Traditions: Miscellaneous records

SNT-MISC0003-Samuel-Thompson-Handwritten-tunebook.pdf

This series contains a mix of records from the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia. They encompass various dates from the 1800s. These records contain…

Contributors: Tyler Brinkerhoff

Shape-Note Traditions: Joseph Funk and Sons and Ruebush-Kieffer Companies

SNT0021-Letter-from-Aldine-Kieffer-to-Boyte-Funk-31-Mar-1904.pdf

This series contains a mix of records from the Joseph Funk and Sons and Ruebush-Kieffer Companies which were located in Singers Glen, Rockingham…

Contributors: Tyler Brinkerhoff

Madison County SNP Records: Court Proceedings

323_Rose_E_C_Claimant_Worksheet_survey_assesment_owner_claim.pdf

The first series in the Madison County SNP Records collection consists of 363 files related to the court proceedings from The State Commission on…

Madison County SNP Records: Miscellaneous Documents

MAD_Deed_Book_53_Madison_County_VA_part-1-of-3.pdf

The second series in the Madison County SNP Records collection consists of 22 files related to the court proceedings from The State Commission on…

Rockingham County Criminal Court: Criminal Cases

ccr001_019_010_commonwealth-v-soloman-d-arbogast.pdf

This series contains all criminal cases heard in Rockingham County from 1820 to 1971. The historical context contained within these records is rich,…

Rappahannock County SNP Records: Miscellaneous Documents

https://sites.lib.jmu.edu/media/files/2020/08/address-list-all-tracts.pdf

The second series in the Rappahannock County SNP Records collection consists of 28 files related to the court proceedings from The State Commission on…

Rappahannock County SNP Records: Muniments of Title

deed-book-all-tracts.pdf

The second series in the Rappahannock County SNP Records collection consists of one file related to the court proceedings from The State Commission on…

Rappahannock County SNP Records: Court Proceedings

https://sites.lib.jmu.edu/media/files/2020/08/armentrout-mrs-ben-tract-119.pdf

The first series in the Rappahannock County SNP Records collection consists of 350 files related to the court proceedings from The State Commission on…

Rockingham County Land Records: Entry Book

Rclr005_001_transcript_part002.pdf

The Rockingham County Entry Book contains information of land surveyed for the incorporation into the county once established. The Entry Book was part…

Board of School Commissioners: School Bonds

Rcrs004_001_004_001.pdf

The final series in this collection, School Bonds, constitutes bonds entered into by the Commissioners with the President and Directors of the…

Board of School Commissioners: Abstract of School Masters

Rcrs003_001_006_001.pdf

The third series, Abstract of School Masters, lists much of the same information as the preceding two series, however, Abstracts also detail the…

Board of School Commissioners: Treasurers Accounts

Rcrs002_001_005_001.pdf

Treasurer's Accounts serve as receipts for the year's spending in the running of common schools. Information on schoolmasters for each district in…

Board of School Commissioners: School Reports

Rcsr001_001_001_004.pdf

This series comprises reports made by the Board of School Commissioners to the Literary Fund of Virginia. In these reports, commissioners detailed the…

Overseers of the Poor: Meeting Minutes and Correspondences

Overseers of the Poor-Correspondence 1861.pdf

Series I and II of the Rockingham County Overseers of the Poor Collection is comprised of 350 documents relating to the local administrative body…

Overseers of the Poor: Indentures of Apprenticeship

https://sites.jmu.edu/erp/Osp003_006_026.pdf

Series III is comprised of Rockingham County Indentures of Apprenticeship, which were formal contracts created by the overseers to bind poor or…

Rockingham County Prohibition Records: Liquor Inventory

http://sites.jmu.edu/erp/RcPr-box11-018.pdf

Series III of the Prohibition Records collection consists of records documenting the inventory, sale, and transport of alcohol for medicinal purposes…

Rockingham County Prohibition Records: Affidavits for Ardent Spirits

RcPr-box11-012.pdf

Series II of the Prohibition Records collection consists of records (printed affidavits forms) documenting the inventory, sale, and transport of…

Rockingham County Prohibition Records: Criminal Cases

http://sites.jmu.edu/erp/RcPr-box10-036.pdf

The first series of the Prohibition Records collection consists of all criminal case records associated with cases brought to the…