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Local History/Genealogy/REFERENCE/975.5/SWEM,E v.2 L-Z
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"The Virginia historical index is an analysis of the information that relates to Virginia and Virginians in the following books: The Virginia magazine of history and biography, v. 1-38, 1893-1930; the William and Mary College quarterly historical magazine, first series ... v. 1-27, 1892-1919 ... [and] second series, v. 1-10, 1921-1930; Tyler's quarterly historical and genealogical magazine, v. 1-10, 1919-1929; Virginia historical register and literary advertiser, v. 1-6, 1848-1853; the Lower Norfolk County Virginia antiquary, v. 1-5, 1895-1906; Hening's Statutes at large, being a collection of all the laws of Virginia, 1619-1792, v. 1-13; Calendar of Virginia State papers and other manuscripts preserved in the Capitol at Richmond, 1652-1869, v. 1-11 ... The founders of the Index are sixteen members of the Virginia Historical Society, whose contributions established a fund that enabled the editor to begin the work of compilation
v. 1. A-K.--v. 2. L-Z
The chairman of this group is Mr. Fairfax Harrison. Additions to the fund by some of the original contributors and by the Rockerfeller foundation have assured publication."--Pref., v. 1, p. ix