Local History & Genealogy

Lynchburg Burial Grounds
The most comprehensive guide on the Internet to public and private cemeteries in the Lynchburg area

LynchburgHistory.com
An excellent resource for photographs, postcards, and maps of old Lynchburg

Jones Memorial Library
Central Virginia's best genealogical and historical library

Library of Virginia
Official library of the Commonwealth of Virginia and repository of many important genealogical, military, court, tax, and vital records

Virginia Office of Vital Records
Where you get certified copies of birth, marriage, and death certificates

Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System
The Internet's most comprehensive listing of Civil War soldiers, both Confederate and Union, searchable by name or regiment

Lynch's Ferry Magazine
Lynchburg's premier publication devoted to the City's fascinating history
 
Anne Spencer House & Garden
Historic landmark home of Harlem Renaissance poet, Anne Bethel Spencer, and her husband, Edward Alexander Spencer

Legacy Museum of African American History
First and only museum dedicated to preserving and interpreting the history of African Americans in Central Virginia

Lynchburg Museum
The official museum of our City's history

Point of Honor
Federal-era mansion on Daniels Hill

Sandusky
An important center for Civil War history in Lynchburg, specializing in the 1864 Battle of Lynchburg

South River Meeting House & Graveyard
(Quaker Memorial Presbyterian Church)
A restored 1798 Quaker church, located beside Lynchburg's oldest burial ground

Thomas Jefferson's Poplar Forest
Thomas Jefferson's year-round retreat near Lynchburg

White Rock Cemetery
First cemetery in Lynchburg established by African Americans, for African Americans


Cemetery, Gravemarker, and Mourning Studies

Association for Gravestone Studies
Grandfather of modern American taphophilia

TheCemeteryClub.com
Great site affiliated with "Epitaphs" magazine

Museum of Funeral Customs
Fascinating museum of mortuary artifacts and rituals, located in Springfield, Illinois

Taphophilia.com
"Repository of morbid curiosities, thanatology and taphophile issues, and cemetery, funeral industry and death related news"


Especially for Researchers...

1880 Federal Census
Provided online at FamilySearch.org by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

Antiquus Morbus
What the heck is "dropsy"? Or "vul. sclop."?? Here's an extensive glossary of old-fashioned causes of death and their modern equivalents.

King James Bible
Online and searchable for help with gravestone inscriptions

Civil War Timeline
Quick-reference timeline covering major events of the Civil War, 1860-1865


Especially for Board Members and Staff...

Free Complete Toolkit for Boards

Qm2 Consulting for Museums

Virginia Association of Museums




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Last updated
3 August 2006



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