Virginia Genealogical Society
The Virginia Genealogical Society was organized in 1960. Our mission is to promote and foster family history education and research, publish genealogical information, and share accumulated knowledge. VGS Members receive 20% discounts on publications and other benefits. To learn more, visit Membership. To see member pricing on the website, you must have a member- level web account and log in using the login form on the left.
Save the Date: National Genealogical Society Family History Conference: Virginia the First Frontier
Richmond, Virgina, 7-10 May 2014
Vital Records Update, February 2013
VGS Board Nominees for 2013
The following people have been nominated to serve on the VGS Board. The election will be held at our annual meeting, 20 April 2013, during the Spring Conference.
- President - Teresa Kelley
- Vice President - Donald Moore
- Recording Secretary - Leslie Anderson
- Treasurer - Brent Morgan
- Historian - Alice Sweeney
- Governor 2013-2015 - Victor Dunn
- Governor 2013-2016 - Dorothy Boyd-Bragg
- Governor 2013-2016 - Peter Broadbent, Jr.
- Governor 2013-2016 - Richard Sayre
About our Publications
The Virginia Genealogical Society publications program includes three major series:
- Cavaliers and Pioneers: Abstracts of Virginia Land Patents: 1732-1776 (Vols. 4-8)
Land patent records are an invaluable genealogical and historical resource for researchers of early Virginia. The Virginia Genealogical Society has issued five volumes taking the three volumes of Nell Marion Nugent's abstracts of Virginia land patents to 1776. - Index to Virginia Estates: 1800-1865 (10 Vols.)
Index of all Virginia estate-related records found in will books and other collections, typically on microfilm. This ten-volume set has been completed geographically. Funding for this series has been made possible in part by a grant from the Richard Slatten Endowment for Virginia History of The Community Foundation in memory of Richard Slatten, a former President of the Virginia Genealogical Society. - The Magazine of Virginia Genealogy
Vols. 1-40 are available on CD; vols. 34-45 are available for purchase as printed back issues.
Samples from Cavaliers and Pioneers:
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VGS E-mail and Message Groups
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