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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 |
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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" |
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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 |
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Free Complete Toolkit for Boards Qm2 Consulting for Museums Virginia Association of Museums |
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