New Genealogical and Historical Society Link Section

I have added a new section to the right-hand site of the site, toward the bottom. There is now a list of all the genealogical and historical societies that I know of for Virginia. There is one big catch...their website has to be current and maintained. There are other societies out there that have websites but they have not been updated since like 2001. I am only including sites that are well-maintained by the society or group. What good is a calendar of events from 2005 anyway? If they do not take the time to update, I am not going to take the time to include them here.

Below is the list as it stands today. If you would like to suggest another site for inclusion, please do as I would love to add them. I am sure there are other, great sites out there that I missed but this is a good start.

• Albemarle Charlottesville Historical Society
• Carroll County Genealogy Club
• Central Virginia Genealogical Association
• Chesterfield Historical Society
• Clarke County Historical Association
• Culpeper Genealogical Society
• Fairfax Genealogical Society
• Farmville - Prince Edward Historical Society
• Franklin County Historical Society
• Great Falls Historical Society
• Hanover County Historical Society
• Harrisonburg - Rockingham Historical Society
• Highland Historical Society
• Historic Buckingham, Inc.
• Historic Dumfries Virginia, Inc.
• Historic Prince William
• Historical Society of Washington, County, Virginia
• History Museum of Western Virginia
• Jamestowne Society
• Lower Delmarva Genealogical Society
• Norfolf County (Chesapeake) Historical Society
• Shenandoah Valley Genealogical Society
• South Central Virginia Genealogical Society, Inc.
• Southside Virginia Genealogical Society
• Surry County, Virginia Historical Society
• Tidewater Genealogical Society
• Virginia Beach Genealogical Society
• Virginia Genealogical Society
• Virginia Historical Society
• Winchester - Frederick County Historical Society

Book Review: "Shenandoah County Virginia Marriage Bonds 1772-1850" with Last Name Index Q-Z

The following is a summary of the last name index, Q-Z, of John Vogt and T. William Kethley, Jr.'s "Shenandoah County Virginia Marriage Bonds 1772-1850." Shenandoah County, first called Dunmore County, was formed from a portion of Frederick County in 1772. During the Revolutionary War, the name was changed to Shenandoah. In 1831, a portion was cut off to form part of Page County and, in 1836, another portion was taken to form part of Warren County.

This book includes 6,892 marriage bonds which have been transcribed from the county register in the Virginia State Library, Archives Division. The book has a full index of brides and grooms and contains 417 pages plus a pull out map of Virginia. Entries show both bride and groom's names, marriage bond date and sometimes witnesses, consents and other items of interest. This is a soft cover reprint of a 1984 original, printed by New Papyrus Co. of Athens, Georgia.

If you would like to purchase a copy, you can click here to get it at Amazon:

Shenandoah County: Virginia Marriage Bonds 1772-1850

FYI, the book you would get contains all letters A-Z but I broke them up here into two posts so they would not look so long.

Here are two sample entries from the book:

• "Miller Mathias & Mary Huffman 4 Dec 1813; w of Abm d of Michl Comer"
• "Evans William & Hannah Watson 31 Mar 1801; b C Williams & Philip William"

The following is a list of names made from the surname frequency index at the front of the book:

Quick Racey Racy Rader Rakestraw Raller Ralls Rambo Ramey Ramsberger Randall Randolph Rankins Raper Rapholse Rark Ranbo Rasy Rausch Rausey Rauss Raw Ray Raye Reach Read Readen Reader Ready Reagan Reager Reamer Rector Redding Redenhour Redenour Redfern Redman Reed Reeder Reeds Reedy Rees Reese Reeser Reesor Reid Reidler Reily Reinhart Reins Reiser Reivas Relsly Remy Renebaugh Renner Renow Reve Revercomb Rexrood Reynard Reynolds Rhesberger Rhinehart Rhode Rhodenfeffer Rhodes Rice Richard Richards Richardson Richart Richman Rickard Rickards Rickart Rickerbacker Rickman Ridknor Riddle Riddleberger Riddlemeyer Rideman Ridemour Ridenhour Ridenouer Ridenour Rider Ridgen Rigeway Ridgway Riding Rife Riffee Riffer Riffey Riffy Rigden Riger Riggens Right Righman Right Rightman Rigney Rigsby Riley Rinehard Rinehart Ringer Rinker Ripley Ritenour Rittenour Ritter Rittor Rivercom Rivercomb Rivy Roach Road Roadcap Roads Robenberger Roberson Roberts Robertson Robinson Robsen Rode Rodecap Rodefer Rodeffer Rodeheffer Rodeheifer Rodenour Roder Rodes Rodgers Rodiffer Rodman Roehmn Rogers Rohrin Roland Rolar Roles Rolis Rolland Rollar Roller Rollins Rolls Rome Romick Romine Roof Roofe Roop Rooper Roopert Roots Rootz Rorer Rose Rosebraugh Rosenbarger Rosenberger Rosh Ross Rosse Roecap Rotenhefer Rothget Rothgeti Rouck Rounberger Rountree Rouse Roush Row Rowland Rowley Rowrick Rowsee Roy Roye Royer Rozenberger Rubb Rubelson Rubencarn Rubey Ruble Ruby Rucker Rudaciller Ruddel Ruddell Ruddle Rude Rudeceller Rudes Rudesall Rudicil Rudiciller Rudnall Rudolph Rudusill Rudy Ruffner Ruffnor Ruffy Rufner Rugler Ruir Rumback Rumon Rumow Runan Runlaid Runsberger Runyon Rupel Rupell Rupert Rush Russell Rust Rutherford Rutter Ruty Rutz Ryan Rye Ryman Rynard Ryner Saber Saffer Saffle Sager Sailor Sailers Salon Salvage Salyers Sampson Samuel Samuels Sanday Sanders Sandy Sanlan Sansberry Sansburg Sanburry Sansbury Sanskrives Santmiers Santmire Santmyers Satterwhite Saum Saunders Saurbough Sausbury Savage Savawine Saver Sawlaw Sawn Sayar Sayder Sayer Sayger Saylor Scantling Scarff Scefert Schaeffer Schaffer Schew Schitzin Schmidt Schmitt Schmucker Schmuker Schmukes Schmutz Schneider Schooley Schroder Schroffe Schumaker Schumeker Schwartz Scifert Sciple Scott Scrogan Scrogen Scroggin Scroggins Scrogin Sea Seahoff Seahorn Searon Seater Secrett Sedwick Seevy Sehaffer Sehorn Seibert Seigler Seirkel Seiver Selfous Sellaras Sellenburg Seller Sellers Sellner Selner Selsen Selvey Selyers Selzer Sensency Seppel Serile Serkle Seton Setser Settle Settles Setzel Setzer Sevier Sevy Sex Sexman Sexton Shadwell Shaeffer Shafer Shaffer Shall Shamback Shambo Shank Shanner Shannon Share Sharp Sharpe Shavan Shaver Shaw Sheah Shealer Shearer Shearman Sheaton Shedrer Sheeler Sheen Sheets Sheetz Sheffer Shell Shemo Shenckler Shenk Shepherd Shereman Sherfig Sherly Sherman Sherrer Shatters Shew Shields Shiflett Shingle Ship Shipe Shipen Shireman Shirley Shissell Shitler Shitz Shoar Shoe Shoemaker Shoeman Shoewaller Sholl Shoman Shomo Shopshire Short Shoulst Shover Showalterm Shower Showl Showman Shown Showns Shrader Shreckhise Shrider Shroader Shrum Shruster Shryock Shuff Shugart Shugarts Shull Shuyltz Shumm Shusler Shuster Shutters Shutz Shutzer Sibert Sible Siby Sicks Sidebottom Siebert Siegle Siex Sigler Sigur Silfoose Silfouse Silfues Silfus Silfuse Silfuss Silliers Silvias Silvius Simmerman Simmons Simms Simons Simson Sinclair Sincox Sine Singelo Sink Sinner Sipe Sipple Sircle Sish Sisler Sitts Sitzer Sivey Sivich Six Skaden Skeen Skelon Skelton Skillington Skinner Skyrick Slater Slaughter Slipard Slusher Sluss Sly Smailes Smelser Smeltzer Smiley Smith Smithers Smoke Smooker Smoot Smoote Smoots Smootz Smucker Smutz Snapp Snare Snarr Snell Snellings Snider Snyder Soabinger Soberlin Socksman Solomon Somer Somers Sommers Sommersall Sonas Sonenstien Sonnanstine Sonnenstein Sonnenstine Sonner Sonnestine Sooner Soppinger Sotherland Souderbeck Sounders Sour South Sowe Sower Sowers Sowerwine Sox Soxman Soxsman Spacht Spangler Sparks Speagle Spears Speice Speigel Speigle Speigler Spencer Spengler Sperry Spiegel Spiegle Spigle Spiker Spiller Spillman Spingler Spinks Spitzer Spitzer Spoon Spoone Spore Spots Spotts Sprecher Springford Sprocher Sprocker Spunaugh Spur Spurr Sray Staga Stage Stagg Stagle Stallians Stallings Stallions Stamback Stanart Stanback Stansberger Stargen Stark Starke Starkey Starn Starr Startings Stater Stauffer Staufman Staunton Steagle Steed Steel Steen Steenbarger Steenberger Steener Steep Stegler Steigel Steinbergen Steinberger Steinbrenner Stem Step Stephen Stephens Stephenson Stern Sterrell Sterrett Stevens Stever Stewart Stickler Stickley Stickly Stidley Stigel Stiep Stilwell Stine Stinghasse Stinson Stipe Stirewalt Stirling Stirrett Stiver Stoatslager Stock Stockdale Stocker Stocklager Stocksdale Stockshlager Stockslager Stoltz Stompley Stone Stoneback Stoneberger Stonebuck Stoneburner Stoneheimer Stoner Stonestreet Stonestrut Stoop Stosnyder Stoudemeyer Stoudemoyes Stouffer Stout Stouremeyer Stourmoyer Stover Stowers Strasnider Straup Strawdeman Strawderman Strayer Stretchberry Striart Strichberry Stricklager Strickler Strickley Strickling Strikler Strip Stritchberry Strole Strong Stroop Strosnider Strother Strough Strude Strupe Stuart Stultz Stumbaugh Stumboch Stump Sturn Sturnback Suddeth Sugden Sulcar Sulcer Sulliers Sullivan Sulser Summber Summers Sumner Sumvald Sumwald Sumwalt Sunner Supinger Surber Surpass Surrick Susan Sutherland Suttle Sutton Swainey Swainie Swaney Swann Swartz Swats Swayne Swayney Swaynie Swearing Sweekart Sweeny Swicker Swift Swisher Switzer Swockerd Sybert Syeefus Syefuse Tagoe Tailor Tait Tale Taler Tanner Tapp Tarflinger Tasco Tascoe Tasker Taylor Teator Teats Teboe Tecious Tedewich Teeter Teiler Tepoe Terrill Tertes Teteweek Tetrich Tewalt Tharp Thatcher Therfish Thomas Thompson Thomson Thrasher Throgmartin Tibbett Tibbetts Tibbs Ticanger Tidewich Tidewick Tidler Tighman Tigner Tillee Tiller Timberlake Tinder Tinell Tipton Tisinger Tissus Tobin Toffleman Toler Tonm Tomise Tomson Tonstson Toppin. Toser Totten Tout Towalt Townhill Towns Townsen Townsend Townson Tracewell Trail Tresler Tress Tribbet Trickler Tricky Tries Trigler Triplett Triscole Trisler Trixler Tromberg Tronberg Trouberg Trout Troyman Trumbo Tryglar Tryler Tryman Tuchwiller Tucker Tulk Tuping Turber Turflinger Turnbull Turner Tusing Tusinger Tussing Tussinger Tutrow Tutt Tuttero Twecher Tyler Ulunder Underwood Ungawit Unger Updegrove Updike Urback Urgabrite Urner Urt Uttinger Utz Valentine Vallentine Van Vance Vanhise Vanhyouser Vanmeter Vann Vannoy Varmer Varner Vaughan Vaught Vauhire Veach Vegel Veilet Venna Vermillien Vermillion Vickars Viech Vigar Vincent Vine Vineyard Vinna Vinson Virner Vitler Vivian Voltz Voltzin Wacker Waddington Waddleton Wade Waggoner Wagoner Waight Wakeman Wakerman Walden Walgamath Walgamode Walgamude Walgamutte Walker Wall Wallard Waller Wallter Walsh Walter Walters Walthers Walton Wambler Wamix Wander Wanswer Ward Wardle Ware Warfield Warmick Warner Warren Wartman Washburn Waters Waterholtz Watkins Watson Watt Watts Wattson Way Wayger Weak Weakley Wealch Weaner Weatherholtz Weatherholtzer Weaver Webb Webster Wedell Weekley Weeks Wegoman Weitick Welch Welden Welker Weller Welsh Welteran Wemord Wendel Wendell Wendle Wenger Wenns Werner Wertzell West Westenberger Wetherholtz Wetsel Wetzel Wetzell Weyley Whaley Whaton Whealy Whelmoyer Whetzel Whipen Whgirson Whiser Whisler Whissen Whistler White Whitehead Whitescraver Whiting Whitman Whitmere Whitmoyer Whitmyer Whitmyers Whitsel Whitson Whitzel Wickell Wickes Wicks Widick Widock Wiermar Wight Wihlgennett Wileosper Wilfong Wilhem Wilhite Wilkin Wilkins Wilkinson Will Willard Willey William Williams Williamson Willis Willson Willy Wilmoir Wilson Wilt Wiltson Wimer Windel Windelburough Windell Winder Winders Windle Wine Wines Winey Winfield Wingegardner Winger Winkell Winkler Winsborrow Winsbourough Winsbrough Winstead Winteres Winton Wirtenbicker Wise Wisehart Wisely Wiseman Wisert Wisman Withers Witman Witsel Witsell Witson Witt Wittiran Wittman Witz Witzel Wolf Wolfenberger Wolgamuth Wollf Wolverton Womelson Wommick Wood Woodard Wooden Woodrow Woods Woodward Woody Woodyard Woolard Woolf Woolfe Woolfenberger Woolfinberger Woolford Woollard Worfield Worner Worthington Wrae Wright Wrinn Wroc Wroe Wuneking Wurman Wyatt Wykoll Wymer Wyner Wytmyer Yager Yarges Yargus Yaryen Yates Yeach Yeager Yeakle Yew Yoe Yost Young Yowell Yunker Zager Zea Zechiner Zeh Zehring Zeikle Zell Zemmen Zercle Zerfarz Zerfas Zerfes Zerger Zerile Zerite Zerkel Zerkle Ziegler Zigle Zigler Zimmer Zimmerman Zink Zircle Zirkel Zirkle Zirkler Zirole Zucker Zurfoss

Again, if you would like to purchase a copy, you can click here to get it at Amazon:

Shenandoah County: Virginia Marriage Bonds 1772-1850

Book Review: "Shenandoah County Virginia Marriage Bonds 1772-1850" with Last Name Index I-P

The following is a summary of the last name index, I-P, of John Vogt and T. William Kethley, Jr.'s "Shenandoah County Virginia Marriage Bonds 1772-1850." Shenandoah County, first called Dunmore County, was formed from a portion of Frederick County in 1772. During the Revolutionary War, the name was changed to Shenandoah. In 1831, a portion was cut off to form part of Page County and, in 1836, another portion was taken to form part of Warren County.

This book includes 6,892 marriage bonds which have been transcribed from the county register in the Virginia State Library, Archives Division. The book has a full index of brides and grooms and contains 417 pages plus a pull out map of Virginia. Entries show both bride and groom's names, marriage bond date and sometimes witnesses, consents and other items of interest. This is a soft cover reprint of a 1984 original, printed by New Papyrus Co. of Athens, Georgia.

If you would like to purchase a copy, you can click here to get it at Amazon:

Shenandoah County: Virginia Marriage Bonds 1772-1850

FYI, the book you would get contains all letters A-Z but I broke them up here into three posts so they would not look so long.

Here are two sample entries from the book:

• "Miller Mathias & Mary Huffman 4 Dec 1813; w of Abm d of Michl Comer"
• "Evans William & Hannah Watson 31 Mar 1801; b C Williams & Philip William"

The following is a list of names made from the surname frequency index at the front of the book:

Haan Haas Habron Hackman Hackney Haddox Hadeley Hadley Hahan Hahn Hailman Haines Haldiman Hale Halker Hall Halla Hallen Haller Halterman Haltman Hamaker Haman Hambaugh Hamen Hamet Hamilton Hamman Hammans Hammen Hammet Hammon Hammond Hamner Hampston Hampton Hanback Hancock Handback Handcock Handsford Hanes Haney Hank Hankins Hannagan Hannah Hannerey Hannes Hannigan Hannon Hansbarger Hansbrough Hansenfluck Hansicker Hanson Hansucker Harbarger Harbaugh Harber Harbough Hardin Harding Hardman Harfrine Harkinan Harman Harmon Harn Harner Harnet Harnick Harnish Harnissin Harpine Harr Harrel Harrell Harrington Harris Harrison Harrit Harrow Harry Harshbarger Harshberger Hart Harant Hartinger Hartline Hartman Harton Hase Hash Hashberger Haskell Haskins Hassel Hastings Hatmon Hauck Hauck Haufman Haughn Hauk Hauks Haun Haunnam Hausberger Hausefluke Hausenflack Hausenfluke Hauson Hauten Hawkins Hawley Hawn Haws Hay Haymairs Haymaker Hayman Haynie Haynies Hays Haywood Hazel Hazell Headley Headly Healwole Heartant Heasland Heasland Heastland Hebner Hech Heckle Hedgill Heetwalt Hefflin Heffman Heflin Heidrick Heikle Heingardner Heisemann Heiser Heiskell Heiskill Heistand Heistant Heiten Heller Hellsley Helm Helmich Helmick Helsel Helseley Helsell Helsenpiller Helsey Helsley Helsly Heltzel Heltzell Heltzley Helvey Helzel Helzell Hemaker Hemphell Henary Henbeck Henderson Hendron Henekel Honer Henerman Henigin Henile Henkel Henkins Henkle Henley Henly Hennaner Hanry Hensel Henseley Hensley Henton Hepler Hepner Hepp Herbaugh Herbine Herbough Hersberger Hersey Hershberger Hershell Hershlager Hershman Heselman Hess Hestant Hestep Hester Heston Hetzell Heucsberger Hiblinger Hibner Hickel Hickle Hickman Hide Hidson Higgins Higgs High Hilbert Hildebrand Hill Hillard Hillsion Hilsley Himelwright Hinckle Hiner Hines Hinkins Hinkle Hinsley Hinton Hirshberger Hirsmann Hiser Hisey Hisir Hisle Hison Hissy Histand Hite Hitler Hitrick Hizer Hoake Hochenaver Hochman Hock Hockenour Hockman Hockslager Hodlern Hoey Hoff Hoffman Hohn Hoke Hol Holderman Holdiman Holeman Holker Holladay Hollar Hollas Hollenberry Holler Holley Hollingsworth Hollman Holman Holmes Holsenbiler Holsepiller Holt Holtinger Holtz Holtzclaw Holtzman Homan Homer Homes Homman Hommon Hone Hoof Hoofed Hoofle Hook Hoop Hooper Hoover Hoows Hopemann Hopewell Hopkins Hopp Hopper Hoppin Hopwood Horn Horner Horsafluke Horsefluke Horseman Horton Hosehfluke Hosey Hoshaw Hoshour Hosler Hotsenhiller Hotsinpiller Hotsipiller Hott Hottel Hotter Hottinger Hottle Houch Houderheld Houdershell Houdeshell Hough Houghn Houke Houn Hourhous Housden Housdon Houseman Houser Houshan Houshong Houshour Houts Howard Howart Howbert Howdeshelt Howel Howell Hower Howey Howitt Howrer Howser Howton Hoy Hoiza Hozel Hozie Hroud Huber Hudasell Huddel Huddell Huddle Huddles Hudlen Hudson Huff Huffman Hufman Hughes Hughs Hughy Hull Hulva Hulver Humbaugh Humbleton Humbough Hume Humes Humphrey Humphreys Humpston Humrickhauser Humrickhouser Humston Humuckhouser Huneberger Hunham Hunnerhouser Hunsberger Hunston Hunt Hutsberger Huntsheyer Hup Hupp Hurbaugh Hurbein Hurborough Hure Hurn Hurpon Hurst Hurt Huser Hush Husherberger Hushman Hushour Hussey Hustin Huston Hutchenson Hutcherson Hutcheson Hutchingson Hutchinson Hutchison Huttle Hutzell Hyda Hydrick Hynes Hyser Imshwiller Inabenet Inabent Ineswiller Ingram Inshwiller Inswiller Ireland Iroarback Irvin Irvine Irwin Irwine Isaac Isee Ives Jack Jackson Jacob Jacobs James Jameson Jamison Jannings Jarboe Jasper Jeator Jeferson Jeffries Jenkins Jennings Jett Jewell Job Jobe Johnson Johnston Jones Jordan Jordon Joyh Juda Judah Judd Judey Judkins Judy Jurdin Kachley Kackley Kagey Kagg Kagy Kain Karkley Karsh Kaufelos Kauffman Kaufman Kausk Kayge Keagey Kealy Kean Keaner Kearn Keeler Keener Keeney Keeran Keerans Keever Keffer Keihley Keikley Keil Keister Kelchner Kellender Keller Kellers Kelley Kelly Kelso Keltiner Keltnor Kemling Kemp Kenard Kendal Kendall Kendel Kendell Kendle Kendrick Kenesley Kennard Kennedy Kensinger Kenworthy Kephart Keplinger Kepps Kerl Kerlin Kern Kerns Kesler Kessler Kesterson Kettlinger Keyes Keys Keyser Keysor Kibbee Kiblar Kibler Kiblinger Kickerson Kid Kidd Kidner Kidwell Kiel Kifer Kiffer Kiger Kilder Killinger Killingsberry Kilpatrick Kilwell Kindall Kindrick Kine King Kingcade Kingery Kingree Kingrey Kingry Kingsland Kinseley Kinsely Kinsley Kinzer Kiplar Kiplinger Kipps Kips Kirks Kirlin Kiser Kisler Kisor Kissell Kistener Kister Kitchen Kite Kitman Kitner Kizer Klandent Kleindinch Klem Klemdenst Klemm Kline Klippert Klipple Knaba Knap Knapp Knatser Kneisely Kneisley Knicely Knicley Knight Knisely Knisley Knop Knot Knup Koch Kochananen Kock Koehenauer Koffer Kohlhcuser Koin Komer Kook Kooner Koons Koontz Koortz Koots Kountz Koyle Krausin Kreamer Krebs Krenb Krentzer Kresell Kretsinger Krick Krider Kring Kritsinger Kronck Krouch Kube Kublinger Kugler Kulman Kumber Kuntz Kurtz Kutsinger Kyle Kyser Lacy Ladley Laflin Lahew Lahue Ladley Laing Lake Laley Lally Lamb Lambden Lamberson Lambert Lamkin Lamma Lamme Lammerson Lammy Lamoure Lampton Lance Landemood Lander Landewood Landis Lang Lanhais Lanham Lannam Lantz Larir Lark Larkins Larrick Lary Lauck Launk Laurance Laurence Lavage Lavi Lawder Lawlaw Lawler Lawrence Lawson Lawton Layanny Layeor Layman Leach Leadley Lear Leary Leath Leavill Lecount Ledewick Lee Leenard Leeper Leeser Leeth Legard Lehen Lehew Lehman Lehue Leiber Leiberger Leichleter Leichliter Leinberger Leith Laivce Lamely Lenas Lentz Leonar Leonard Leonbarger Lessanah Lesher Letzer Levell Levesge Levesque Levie Lewin Lewis Lewist Lichliter Lickleter Licklite Lickliter Ligget Liggett Lillard Limback Limbock Limeberger Lincoln Lind Lindamood Lindamoode Lindamoon Lindburg Lindemon Lindemood Lindemots Linder Lindermoor Linderwood Lindrmut Lindsey Lineberry Linehard Linenberger Lineweaver Lingerfelter Lingerfetter Linguerd Link Linn Lintherum Liombough Lion Lionbarger Lionberger Lionbyer Lipop Litolf Littell Litten Littett Little Littler Litton Litzer Livers Lloyd Loch Lochade Lochmiller Lock Lockart Lockhart Lockliter Lockman Lockmiller Loe Loffland Lohnes Lohr Lokin Loldes Lonafrank Lonas Loness Long Longacre Longaere Longanecker Longenacker Longenacre Longrehr Loones Looker Lookey Loots Lootz Lord Lory Lotholth Lotholtz Lotz Loudaback Loudder Louder Louderback Lougenaere Louterback Loutz Love Lovejoy Lovelass Loveless Lovell Lovin Lovingood Lowe Lowers Lowery Lownus Lowry Lows Loyd Lucas Lucus Ludley Ludwich Ludwick Ludwig Ludy Lungin Lurber Luren Luth Lutholtz Lutz Lynch Lyndamood Lyonbarger Lyster Mace Machead Machin Machir Macinturf Mack Mackendorff Macker Macknagton Maddox Maden Mafins Mafis Mafius Magerd Magers Magert Magett Maggart Maggert Magget Maggot Magowan Magowen Magruder Maholin Maholon Mahoney Maiden Mail Mailes Mailey Majors Malin Malone Malony Mamam Mamaw Mamon Manah Maneary Maner Mannick Mantieth Manuel Maphis Mapius March Markel Marker Markes Marks Markwood Marlow Marney Marple Marquis Marr Marsh Marshall Martin Marts Martz Marye Masins Mason Massie Massit Mastes Mastin Mathaney Matharey Mathew Mathews Mathies Mathis Mattert Mattox Mauch Mauck Mauk Maukmore Maunny Maup Maurer Maurey Maveous Marvies Marvious Mavis Mavius Mavrer Maxfield May Mayberry Mayer Mayers Mayes Meane Meaters Medbersh Medinger Meeham Meek Meiley Meily Meir Maity Meklissin Meneley Meneoly Menich Menick Menifee Mennah Menser Mercer Merchant Mertz Mesenmith Mattern Metz Metzer Meyer Meyers Mayley Mayli Mfius Michell Michim Midinger Midleton Miely Miers Mildrum Miles Miley Milhorn Milice Milisee Milldew Miller Mills Mincer Minor Mirchum Missick Mitchel Mitchell Mitchen Mitchum Mizersmith Mock Medesett Modisett Moffett Moffit Moge Mohler Moiley Molden Molend Moler Monahan Monnham Monohon Monroe Montgue Moodey Moody Mooks Moon Moor Moore Mooreall Mooreman Moors Moots Moore Moredock Morehead Moreland Morgan Morley Morrell Morrios Morris Morrison Morriss Mort Moser Moses Mosley Moss Mosser Motler Mott Mouck Moura Mourer Mourey Moury Mouser Mouts Mower Mowery Mowrer Mowrey Mowry Mowser Moyer Moyers Mozers Muack Mucher Muirhead Muk Mullen Muller Mullin Mum Muma Mumah Muman Mumaro Mumaw Mumbert Mummaw Muna Munch Munroe Muntanney Murch Murdoch Murdock Murphey Murphy Murray Murry Murselman Mursleman Murtle Muskeda Musselman Mussleman Myars Myer Myers Myley McAfee McAlister Allister McCall McCalpin McCann McCarky McCarte McCarty McCaughey McCay McCerroll McClanahan McClane McClanhan McCleary McClusky McClusty McColey McCollester McCon McConlly McConnell McCord McCore McCowan McCoy McCrue McCullaugh McCullough McCully McCune McDaniel McDaugle McDonald McDully McElhany McElvey McFadden McFall McFarlan McFarland McFarlane McFarlen McFarlin McFarling McFee McGinnis McGovern McBowan McGowen McGowin McGraw McIlree McInruff McIntire McIntosh McIntufy McInturf McInturff McKay McKinzey McKnight McLaughlin McLeod McLine McLowell McMackin McMahon McManney McManus McNafee McNamarrow McNeal McNealy McNeeley McNees McNeil McNight McNuly McQuay McVay McVoy McWay McWilliams Naggh Naggle Nail Nails Nait Nance Nagle Nasebroad Nasselrodt Naugle Nauman Naumann Naumon Nave Nazelrod Nazelrodt Neal Neas Mease Neasey Neeb Nees Neese Neff Nehe Nehiser Nehr Nehs Neib Neiberger Neighberger Neighiser Nelson Nesely Nesmith Ness Nesselrod Nesselrode Nessrodt Netherton Newbank Newberger Newcommer Newel Newell Newhan Newhouse Newland Newlin Newman Newtin Nicely Nichiser Nichodemus Nicholas Nichols Nicholson Niders Nighavonger Nighiser Night Niheiser Nihiser Nikiser Nipe Nisely Nisewanger Nishanger Niswander Niwanger Nod Noel Noenpower Noggle Nogle Noland Nolen Noore Nopet Norcross Norden Norman Norsett North Northcraft Northcroft Northern Northock Norton Nossett Nounand Nowman Nugent Numback Nun Nunn Nus Nutt Nye O’Conner O’Farrell O’Neill O’Farrell Omiller Oneil Oniel Oakley Oakly Obinger Ockerman Odell Odle Oferbocker Offerrell Offenbager Offenbarger Offenbaugh Offenbecker Offenberger Officer Offman Offner Ogden Ogilvie Oglesby Oglevie Ohaver Oldaere Oldoerfer Oler Olgivie Olinger Oliver Olkane Ollinger Oneil Ordenger Oreark Oreback Orebaugh Orendorf Orendorfe Orendorfer Ordoff Orndoffer Orndorf Orndorfe Orndorff Ornedort Oroark Orovick Ort Ortes Ortner Orts Ortz Orwick Orwig Osborn Osburn Oswald Ott Ottenger Ovaholtzer Overall Overbaker Overdorf Overfutd Overhall Overhaul Overheloir Overholser Overholtz Overholtzer Overholzer Overpeck Overwalt Owen Owens Ozburn Ozendorf Packett Paggett Paine Painter Pakert Pakser Palmer Pamlin Panger Pangle Pangley Panter Parent Park Parker Parkerson Parks Parras Parrell Parrot Parrott Parsons Patton Paul Paulick Payne Peale Pear Pearl Pearson Peck Peden Peeksler Peer Pees Peeshum Peidler Peiper Pelsing Penberst Pence Pence Pence Penell Pengle Peniwit Penn Pennebacker Pennewitt Penneywit Penninger Penniwit Penniwitt Pennybacker Pennybaker Pennywit Pennywitt Pense Pentz Pereapine Pereupile Perkepine Perry Persee Pester Peters Peterson Petet Pettit Pettitt Petty Pfau Pfifer Pfiffer Phares Pheasel Phifer Philip Philips Phillips Pichtle Pickel Pickerel Pickey Pickle Pickrall Picksler Pideler Pier Pierce Pifer Pike Pingle Pingley Pinkley Piper Pitman Pitner Pittenhilser Pittman Pittmen Pixler Plauger Plesant Plume Plumly Pocke Poentz Poiser Poke Poko Poland Polk Poltz Pomeroy Pommary Pomoroy Ponse Ponser Pontazer Pontzer Ponzer Pool Pordom Porter Posel Posey Potter Pous Powel Powell Power Prabat Praetor Prat Pratt Preece Price Priest Prim Prin Prince Printz Printzler Pritchard Pritchet Pritchett Probst Procotor Procter Proctor Proffater Proffit Profit Protenhiffer Pugh Pulliam Pullin Pullins Pultz Pumfrey Pummell Puntz Purcell Purdarn Purdom Pudon Purdum Purvey Push Pussons Putmer Putt Pyfer Pyle

Again, if you would like to purchase a copy, you can click here to get it at Amazon:

Shenandoah County: Virginia Marriage Bonds 1772-1850

Book Review: "Shenandoah County Virginia Marriage Bonds 1772-1850" with Last Name Index A-H

The following is a summary of the last name index, A-H, of John Vogt and T. William Kethley, Jr.'s "Shenandoah County Virginia Marriage Bonds 1772-1850." Shenandoah County, first called Dunmore County, was formed from a portion of Frederick County in 1772. During the Revolutionary War, the name was changed to Shenandoah. In 1831, a portion was cut off to form part of Page County and, in 1836, another portion was taken to form part of Warren County.

This book includes 6,892 marriage bonds which have been transcribed from the county register in the Virginia State Library, Archives Division. The book has a full index of brides and grooms and contains 417 pages plus a pull out map of Virginia. Entries show both bride and groom's names, marriage bond date and sometimes witnesses, consents and other items of interest. This is a soft cover reprint of a 1984 original, printed by New Papyrus Co. of Athens, Georgia.

If you would like to purchase a copy, you can click here to get it at Amazon:

Shenandoah County: Virginia Marriage Bonds 1772-1850

FYI, the book you would get contains all letters A-Z but I broke them up here into three posts so they would not look so long.

Here are two sample entries from the book:

• "Miller Mathias & Mary Huffman 4 Dec 1813; w of Abm d of Michl Comer"
• "Evans William & Hannah Watson 31 Mar 1801; b C Williams & Philip William"

The following is a list of names made from the surname frequency index at the front of the book:

Aandy Abatin Abbit Abbitt Abbott Abell Able Abnet Abray Acker Ackerman Acre Acres Adams Aeord Ailihite Ailshite Airy Aiker Albert Albright Aldorffer Alerdiee Aleshire Aleshite Alexander Alfred Alger Algert Alinger Allansworth Allbright Allderffer Alldorffer Allen Allensworth Allenton Allenworth Allerfer Allison Allmier Allsep Almond Alshite Alstot Altar Alter Alterfer Althar Amand Ambrose Amiss Ammon Amoss Anden Ander Anderson Andes Andrews Andrich Andrick Andy Anirick Antenburn Anthony Antram Antrim Anturburn Appely Archart Argett Armentrout Armstrong Arnold Arntz Arteburn Arthur Artirburn Artirturn Artshite Artz Arutboch Ash Ashby Asher Ashford Aterburn Attaffer Atwell Atwood Aumiller Aunderfe Austin Avre Azell Babb Bachlor Bachman Bachtel Backer Backman Baden Bader Bager Baggell Baggerly Bahrman Bailey Bainder Bair Baker Balck Balden Balding Baldwin Baley Balthes Balthis Baltman Bander Baughman Banier Bar Barb Barbee Barber Barclay Bardshare Bare Bareghman Bargelt Barker Barkholder Barkley Barks Barlow Barner Barnet Barnett Barnhart Barns Barnside Barocker Barr Barrengton Barrett Barricher Barricks Barrington Barron Barry Barseybarger Bartan Bartlett Bartley Barton Bartsherrer Barucker Barwell Basbery Basey Bashong Bassenan Basserman Bassey Baster Basye Batcheler Batcholder Bateman Bathas Bathis Batiman Batman Battman Baty Baughman Bauserman Bautherman Bauzel Baxter Bayles Bayley Baylis Bayly Baytes Beach Beagles Beahm Beal Beale Beam Bean Bear Bearch Beard Beardshear Beasely Beasley Beatty Beaty Beaver Beazee Beazeley Beazely Beasley Bechtel Bechtill Beck Beckwith Beddinger Bedinger Beebles Beedelman Beedle Beedleman Beedler Beeler Beemer Beener Beery Bettle Beezley Beghtel Behm Beidlem Beidleman Beidler Beidlerman Beidteer Beigerist Beiler Belheimer Bell Beller Bender Benhold Benner Bennett Bennybecker Bens Beopes Bereridge Berger Bergner Berkenhifer Berkert Berkheard Berkholdt Berkley Berry Bert Berton Beson Bettinger Bettle Betts Betz Bever Bevins Beydler Beyhtil Beyler Bezant Biar Bibel Bible Biblern Bichols Bickerton Biddenhelser Biddleman Bidenhour Bidenour Bidleman Bieler Bigby Bightel Bilbert Bilderback Bilkett Biller Billings Binder Bink Binn Bird Birk Bish Bishop Bittengale Black Blackburn Blackemore Blackford Blackmore Blackwell Blackwood Blair Blake Blaser Blauser Blaypec Blazer Blend Blessing Blim Blind Blodt Blogey Blors Blose Bloser Bloss Blosser Blundwitch Bly Boaker Boam Boare Bochen Bochin Bochman Bockin Bockue Boddell Bodel Bodell Bodkin Bodler Body Boehm Boehns Bogan Bohn Bolman Bombaugh Bomer Bonawit Bonawitt Bond Bonehurt Bonifica Bonifield Bonnefield Bonowitt Bonser Bonsey Booker Bookmaker Boombaugh Boon Boone Booten Bootes Booth Boothe Boram Borden Bordes Boroker Borum Boseman Boserman Bosland Bosseman Bosserman Boster Boswell Boswill Botkin Botte Bottley Botts Boude Bough Boughman Bought Boulir Boumfield Boushong Bowen Bower Bowers Bowes Bowman Boyas Boyd Boyer Boyers Boyle Bozeman Bozwell Bozzeman Bozzerman Brabill Brackwair Bradfield Bradford Bradicum Bradigum Bradley Bradly Bragg Brambent Brambrough Brammer Branaman Brandeberger Brandies Brandom Branham Branner Branson Brathwait Bratton Bray Breabill Breeding Breedlove Breedy Breeze Brenner Brewbaker Brewer Briant Brib Bricker Bridwell Briggs Bright Bril Brill Briner Brinker Brinkley Brite Britton Broadsu Broback Brobeck Brobeek Brobock Brobuk Brock Brocker Brodbeck Brodbeckin Brog Broodrick Brooks Broomsback Brouzler Brown Browning Broy Brubaker Brubecker Brumback Brumboch Brumfield Brunlling Brunner Bryan Bryant Bryson Buck Buckell Bucker Bueler Bughman Bugler Bulger Bull Bullen Bullenton Buller Bulling Bullock Bumbaugh Bumer Bumgardner Bumgarman Bumgarner Bumgartner Bun Bungarman Bunner Buntz Bunyon Buracher Buracker Burailker Burden Burdin Burg Burger Burget Burgiser Burgner Burgnor Burk Burke Burker Burkett Burkhaler Burkholder Burkit Burnbock Burnel Burner Burnes Burns Burocher Burocker Burraker Burry Burt Busabarger Buseman Busenberger Busey Bush Bushanan Busholder Bushong Bussabager Busseberger Bussell Bussey Busswitt Bussy Buswell Buswiller Butler Butt Byer Byers Byrd Byrne Byteler Cabbage Cable Cade Cadwallander Cagey Cahoon Cailey Cain Calahan Calback Calbaugh Calbert Caldwell Calender Caley Calfe Callender Calvert Calvill Cameron Cammer Camp Campbell Camper Campfield Campher Camron Cane Cani Canter Cantwell Capey Carder Carland Carney Carper Carr Carrier Carroll Carry Carryer Carsh Carson Carter Cartwright Cary Casey Cash Casterson Cater Cathery Cathy Catlett Cauffman Caufman Cave Cavender Cesterson Chadduck Chamberlain Chandler Chapman Charleton Charlton Charryhomes Chears Cheek Cherrihomes Cherryholmes Cherryholms Childs Chim Chisom Choinghower Choun Chriser Chrisman Christa Christerson Christian Christie Chuff Chuna Cimeron Circle Clagtg Claig Clanahan Clarg Clark Clarke Clarks Clattin Clay Claypole Clayton Clem Clemvich Cleve Clevenger Clevinger Clewenger Click Cliffon Clindinst Cline Clinedinch Clinedinst Clinetenst Clinkton Clinter Clippard Cliser Clizer Clogg Clorver Cloud Clowe Clower Coamer Coantz Coatney Coby Cochenour Cockenbour Cockenour Cockenous Coconour Cofee Coffelt Coffield Coffman Coflett Cofman Cohenour Coil Coiner Coite Cokenour Coknour Colbert Colburn Colby Coleman Colemann Collars Colleis Collin Collings Collins Colvert Colville Colwell Comb Combs Comer Commer Compton Conduit Conn Conner Conrad Conrod Conyer Cook Cooke Cooksey Coole Cooley Coons Coonts Coontz Cooper Cootz Copelan Copelin Copeman Copenhaven Copenhaver Copenheifer Copler Coplin Copp Copperstone Copperton Corban Corbin Corbit Cordel Cordell Corder Cordor Corkel Cornts Coromour Corryer Coryes Couchmour Couckenour Coun Countz Court Courtney Couts Coventon Coverstone Covington Cowsad Cox Carbill Craig Crainsee Cramer Cranstaff Crark Crawford Crazimer Creable Creaver Crehtill Cretmyer Cretsinger Cretzinger Cricksoll Crider Crim Crips Crisman Criswell Criswett Critsinger Critur Croark Crone Cronk Crookshank Cross Crotzer Croudson Crouse Crow Crum Crume Crumer Crump Crumpton Cryzar Cuffy Cullen Cullens Cullers Culley Cumberlin Cumpton Cunnavan Cunningham Curl Curry Curtis Curtry Custard Cutler Cutlip Daderman Dadiman Dadisman Daggett Dailey Dake Daker Daley Dall Dallinger Dalton Damier Dance Daniel Danner Darcus Daring Darr Darting Dasner David Davidson Davis Dawcon Dawson Day Dayman Deadewick Dealy Dean Dearn Dearing Dearink Dearmunt Deary Deavers Deby Decions Decious Decker Deckwith Dedewick Deeker Deets Defrees Deger Delander Delaney Delaneyliter Delanter Delaughter Delawter Dellinger Delk Dellinger Delshaver Demas Dempsy Dence Dennitt Dennywit Dent Denton Depoy Derkin Darting Devan Devaney Devaugh Dever Devers Devey Devier Dexton Deyerle Dianna Diceinger Dick Dickerson Dickson Didawick Diderow Didiwick Didwick Dilanter Dilawder Dillard Dillin Dillinger Dillon Dilshaver Dimsey Dinge Dinges Dingledine Dingletein Dinney Dipboy Dirting Disinger Dittimore Divinny Dixon Doad Doah Dobbin Dobbins Dobson Dockwiler Docter Doctor Dodson Doffelt Dogg Dowiler Doherty Dolan Dole Doll Dolton Donaldson Donally Donner Dorim Dorsch Doser Dosh Dosserin Dotson Dottson Doudell Dougherty Doughty Douglass Dove Dover Dowdan Dowdle Dowds Downey Downy Dox Doyle Drawbond Dranbarger Dressler Drexler Dribler Drick Droneberger Druck Drucy Drum Drumm Drumann Drummond Drunner Duck Duckeler Duffenbacker Duffin Dufft Duke Duker Dulan Dulaney Dull Dunavan Duncum Dunivan Dunkerson Dunlap Dunn Dunnaha Dunnavan Dunningham Dunnivan Durst Dursty Dust Dwier Dwyer Eyer Dyerly Dysart Dysert Eaffell Eagert Eagle Eagles Earexon Earhart Earlow Earnat Earnst Eary Eastep Eathern Eaton Eavy Ebart Eberlin Eberly Ebert Eby Eckeltine Edington Edmond Edmonds Edmunds Edward Edwards Effinger Eillinger Elbon Eleshite Elgert Elick Ellbon Ellinger Ellis Ellison Elmore Elsea Elsey Elshite Elyard Elzea Elzey Elzia Emmerson Emmit Empswiller Emshwiller Emsuler Emswiler Emswiller Emwiller English Ennis Eppley Eppy Erboch Erion Erkhart Ervin Eshelman Eshleman Eskelman Estep Esterle Esterly Estop Euler Evans Everley Everline Everly Eversole Evey Evion Evy Ewan Ewing Exline Eyenbright Faber Faddy Fadeley Fadely Fagle Fagleson Fahley Faidley Fadly Faitly Falful Faller Fallie Fallis Fan Fancer Fanchler Fanscer Fansler Fant Farmer Farr Farra Farrell Farrer Farrow Fartie Fartig Faub Fauber Faucett Fauley Faunterroy Fauscer Fauver Fawber Fawcett Fawley Fawver Feagle Feassel Feaster Feather Featheringale Featheringill Feathermgail Feathers Feazle Feeby Feeler Feeley Feely Feetly Felkner Fell Feller Fellow Felsmoyer Feltner Felzer Fenby Fender Fenley Fennymore Fenter Fernsler Ferrel Ferrell Ferrer Ferry Fertick Fertig Fetterling Fettiery Fetzer Fetzmyer Fewket Fezzle Fiess Fifer Filamoyer Filinnyer Filiz Filler Fillock Filmoyer Filsmoyer Filsmyers Filton Finder Finks Finlay Finley Finnell Finter Firewood Fish Fishel Fisher Fitch Fitler Fitzer Fitzgerald Fitzmeyer Fitzmoyer Fitzsimmons Flanagan Fleck Fleming Flemings Flemister Flemming Flemmings Flemmins Flemmones Fleshman Fletcher Flinn Flower Flowers Floyd Foegelson Fogel Fogle Foglesary Foglesong Foland Foley Folk Folland Follis Folman Foltz Font Fore Forrer Forsyth Forsythe Foseter Foster Foutt Foutz Fowler Fox Foy Frackley Frail Frana Frances Frank Franks Frantz Frasuer Fravel Fravele Fravile Fravle Frawver Frazer Frazle Frederick Fredreick Fredrick Free Freed Freeland Freeman Freeze French Frennon Frevell Frey Fridler Fridley Fried Friermond Fries Friffith Frimewood Frinkl Fristoe Friston Frog Fronck Frontz Frue Frumbo Frushour Frutz Fry Frye Fryman Frymeyer Frymyer Frys _Ucker _Uckes _Ucksin Fugett Fukkley Fulk Fulkerson Fuller Fultz Fulwiler Funck Funk Funkhauser Funkhouser Funnder Furrah Furry Fusing Fuston Futstone Gable Gadlinger Gainer Gaines Gains Gaitz Gamer Gammit Gander Gandstaff Gangway Garber Gard Garden Gardner Garner Garnett Garrett Garrison Garrott Garwin Gasparin Gatewood Gaulwen Gave Gaw Gay Gelham George Geotz Geoye Gerhwait Getig Gets Getz Geyer Gibbard Giberry Gibbitts Gibbons Gibbs Giblar Gibler Giffy Giger Gilbar Gilbert Giles Gilham Gillich Gillie Gilpin Gingrich Gipkins Girviler Giting Glaoz Glarscoe Glasscock Gleiser Glenn Glover Goans Goar Goare Gocenour Gochenaner Gochenouer Gochenour Gochman Gouchnour Gochouer Godd Godfrey Godlove Gododay Goehenour Goetz Gohenour Goings Golsbury Golladay Golliday Goltz Goly Gomer Gomes Gommers Good Goode Goodell Gooden Goodin Goodlove Goodman Goodnight Goodrich Goodwin Gorden Gordin Gordon Gore Gorley Gose Goubert Gowday Goyer Grabill Grady Graebill Graff Graham Grandel Granditaff Grandstaff Grandstap Grandsdarf Granstaff Grant Grantham Gravel Graves Gray Graybell Graybiel Graybill Grayham Grayson Greabill Greable Gready Greath Green Gregory Grigsley Griesly Griffe Griffey Griffin Griffith Griffy Grigsby Grim Grimm Grimsley Griner Grisby Grisly Grove Groves Grown Grubb Grubbs Grubler Grubs Grugrit Grumph Guess Guest Guisher Gulger Gullers Gully Gumell Gunnell Gunner Guthrie Guthrig Guyer Gwathney Gyer

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Shenandoah County: Virginia Marriage Bonds 1772-1850

Library of Virginia Chancery Records Scanned, More Coming

I found something hot yesterday that I did not know existed. I was almost ashamed when I found it, for the fact that I did not realize it was there all of this time. I consider myself an expert on the holdings of the Library of Virginia, I even volunteered there for almost a year. I just could not believe that I missed their project for scanning chancery court records. These are free, online records for anyone to use. Be warned that the records can be very long, some more than 1,000 pages, and they can get very addictive!

Here is the deal, the Library has scanned several counties and are working on the rest. If you do not know, a chancery cause is basically a court case where there is no clear cut law to decide who is right or wrong in a civil case. All of the evidence is gathered and presented to a judge who rules on that evidence. This can include old wills, deeds, Bible records, letters, anything to help win your case. I will give an example of a chancery cause that I found in my family...

Ann's husband died and she sold twenty acres of their farm to one of their freed slaves. Twenty years later, after Ann's death, one of her children decided that they wanted the twenty acres back but the freed slave had sold the land to a white family ten years ago. They all go to chancery court and the judge rules that Ann had no right to sell the property because 2/3 of it belonged to the heirs of her husband. Furthermore the freed slaves had no right to purchase property so the sale was doubly invalid. The white family had to give the land back to Ann's estate and had no recourse since the original sale was not valid. That is a true chancery cause as no clear-cut law applied to the situation. It took a judge's understanding of the laws to come to a conclusion.

Anyway, the Library of Virginia has already scanned the causes for the following areas:

• Alexandria City
• Caroline County
• Fauquier County
• Hanover County
• King & Queen County
• Lancaster County
• Middlesex County
• New Kent County
• Northampton County
• Prince William County
• Rockbridge County (some)
• Shenandoah County
• Staunton City

These areas are in the process of being scanned at this time:

• Amelia County
• Cumberland County
• Page County
• Rockbridge County (some)

You can check out the records at this link: Library of Virginia Chancery Causes