FOR THE LIST MEMBERS. > VIA: POYTHRESS-L-request@rootsweb.com > > >From July/Aug 1998 issue of Library of Virginia newsletter, below is > transcription of article. Maynard > > RESEARCHERS CAN SEARCH VIRGINIA WILLS ONLINE > > The Library of Virginia now has available online a fully searchable database > for the Virginia probate and estate records prior to 1800. The database > replicates the Electronic Card Index of the same name with the addition of the > following counties: > Bedford, Essex, Fluvanna, Lancaster, Orange, Powhatan, Richmond, Spottsylvania > and York. The Will Books and Order Books for 50 Virginia counties were > examined by library staff for recorded wills, administrations, inventories, > and other recorded documents related to estates of individuals. Lawsuits are > not included. > > The documents include wills from a number of counties where the original > records no longer exist. Each of the more that 75,000 entries contains the > name of the deceased, the county, the type of document, the date the document > was recorded and references to the source in which the recorded document can > be found. The microfilm number for each document also is indicated. There is > a separate record for each source. > > To search the database go to http://vsla.edu, scroll down to Research and > Information Resources and click on Online Catalogs and Image Databases. Then > go to Digital Collections and Images and click on all databases and click on > Wills & > Administrations (Torrence). > > > ==== POYTHRESS Mailing List ==== > The Poythress Web Page is at http://www1.minn.net/~atims/ > > > > >