Top Tips for Virginia Family History Research

Top Tips for Virginia Family History Research | Ancestry

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Do you have Virginia ancestry? Join Crista Cowan as she shares some of the top tools and record collections that will help you find success in tracing your Virginian ancestors.
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@AncestryUS 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing your research, M C. We hope you'll share the stories from your ancestors and enjoy your research.

@judyhanson4541 9 жыл бұрын

Nice to see you again, Crista. Don't see enough of you on the videos lately!

@LynnePedigoRidayReiter 3 жыл бұрын

This will be helpful for me since I have learned so much of my Pedigo ancestors came from there.

@douglasvilledarling2935 5 жыл бұрын

So helpful 💕 thank you!!!

@gailsylvester1681 9 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the helpful video on the New Ancestry. Whenever a county and a city have the same name within a state, the story is incorrect. I took the time to edit those items in the old version, but in the new it still reflects a person living in a city where they never did. Also, the map is incorrect as well. I don't see a way to edit the map. I would love to be able to include the map as part of my story...but not an incorrect one. One other thing I noticed, the census reports are not in chronological order when displayed in media. I suppose that is nit-picking, but it would be an improvement and make determining what you are missing easy to see at a glance. Thanks for all your helpful, easily understood videos.

@CristaCowan 9 жыл бұрын

Gail Sylvester Thanks for the feedback, Gail. I know they are still working on the map. I will pass along the feedback about the locations and the media gallery.

@lennwoodsaunders8637 11 ай бұрын

I found a lot about my family at the library in Richmond Virginia

@AncestryUS 11 ай бұрын

That's awesome! It's great to hear that you have had a lot of success researching your family history.

@probatecoach853 7 жыл бұрын

How about research in virginia Isle of the Wight about the slaves what is your best advice for tracking these ancestors? Some of my ancestor slaves also got moved around in North Carolina near Gates, Chowan, Perquiman and Pasquotank

@sherealtalk161 3 жыл бұрын

Why am I unable to find Heida L. Allen born in 1911 family in Chesterfield/Bermuda County, Virginia who married a Bolden? Her father was John L. Allen, Jr.

@lakestephens 6 жыл бұрын

This video is several years old. The "Learning Center" is no longer an option at the top of an Ancestry page. Have the state resource pages been done away with, or did they move somewhere else?

@AncestryUS 6 жыл бұрын

You can find the State Research Guides in the Ancestry Support Center here: support.ancestry.ca/s/article/State-Research-Guides-on-Ancestry-1460089695270-2866

@janicebailey726 2 жыл бұрын

I understand this is a 6 year old video. Are these state guides still available on Ancestry? Is there a Learning Center? Please help because this is valuable information.l

@AncestryUS 2 жыл бұрын

Hi Janice, thank you for the question. We are glad to see that you are interested in learning more about your family history. You can find Free research guides by heading over to, support.ancestry.com/s/article/Free-Research-Guides?language=en_US. We also have the Ancestry academy site that offers many instructional videos that can help expand your research. You can visit Ancestry Academy at www.ancestryacademy.com/browse

@wilmajeannemead6204 6 жыл бұрын

William WILLIAMS, b. 1698, Amherst Co., VA

@kelakotana 8 жыл бұрын

How do you go back very far in history when you don't know who else is in your family?

@AncestryUS 8 жыл бұрын

+gavin bhulipongsanon You start with yourself and work your way back on generation at a time. Talk to living family members to get what they remember about their parents and grandparents. Then dive into the genealogy records online. Find your family in the census records. Find them in birth, marriage and death records. When you find people that you know about in those records and confirm the information you've been given by family, you will also find clues to unknown people - the parents and grandparents of THOSE people.

@skiser65 9 ай бұрын

I am having a brick wall with an ancestor from Henry county va born in 1765 😩

@AncestryUS 9 ай бұрын

Hi Susan, thanks for stopping by. We know what it feels like to come up against a brick wall when doing research. We have an article on our support site with some tips that may be of some help, support.ancestry.com/s/article/Overcoming-Roadblocks-in-Your-Research?language=en_US. Best of luck with your research!