Botetourt County was formed in 1770 from Augusta County. We are fortunate to have records intact from that time. NO FIRE has damaged our records. There are two genealogist on staff at the courthouse to aid in your research. Fincastle is the county seat of Botetourt County. The Fincastle Library was remodeled last year and expanded to include a Genealogy room. There are holdings in the room unique to any other Genealogy Room. Two being the Brugh Collection and the Kessler Collection. These were donated by researchers and only Fincastle library has them. The Craig-Botetourt Genealogy Club was founded by Rena Worthen in 2000 after completion of the Botetourt County Heritage Book. The group will also aid in your research. Their address is [email protected] The club will be giving free Genealogy Research Classes on the 3rd Wednesday of each month starting in April. The first speaker will tell us about Courthouse Research. She brings with her years of experience in first source research. Rena Worthen [email protected] www.geocities.com/genclub01 http://www.geocities.com/floydmontgomeryheritage/index.htm http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Woods/3798