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Families--Virginia

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 258 Collections and/or Records:

Bellamy Family Photographs

 Collection — 1 folder
Identifier: 007-MSS 0000-383
Scope and Contents

Four circa 1900 photographs of the Bellamy house at 712 Westover Avenue, T. Marshall Bellamy, Sr., and the Bellamy family in Norfolk, Virginia.

Dates: created: circa 1900; Other: Date acquired: 11/24/2014

Benjamin Rowson Biography

 Collection
Identifier: 001-MSS 2025-011
Scope and Contents One unpublished biography entitled The Unionist about Benjamin Rowson (1850-1927) based on research compiled, organized, and produced by family member, Leah Holden in May 2025. The document describes major life events of Benjamin Rowson, outlined by a table of contents, that focuses on his early life as an immigrant to the United States of America; his career as a printer, newspaperman, and labor leader; and, family life in Norfolk, Virginia at the turn of...
Dates: created: 2025; Other: Date acquired: 06/12/2025

Benthall

 File — Box 2, Folder: 7
Scope and Contents

Research notes pertaining to the Benthall family of Princess Anne County, Virginia. One of the notes includes transcription of the 1850 Census for Princess Anne County, Virginia, of the Benthall family.

Dates: 1600 - 2000

Bland

 File — Box 2, Folder: 10
Scope and Contents

Correspondence, notes, and copies of historic legal and local government records pertaining to the Bland family of Virginia. Types of document copies include excerpts from Minute Book 1748-1762 of Warwick County, Virgnia; Will Book 3, page 207, 1796-1797, Norfolk County, Virginia; Deed Book abstracts dated 1790s-1920s from Norfolk City records; marriage index with references to Elizabeth City, North Carolina deeds, wills, and order books.

Dates: 1600 - 2000

Blow and Cook Families Papers

 Collection — 5 folders
Identifier: 001-01-MSS 0000-678
Scope and Contents

Letters, photographs, publications, newspaper clippngs, and other materials relating to the Blow and Cook families of Norfolk, Virginia.

Dates: created: 1867-1971, undated; Other: Date acquired: 11/24/2014

Boland

 File — Box 2, Folder: 12
Scope and Contents

Pedigree and Royal Descent documentation of Elizabeth Snydor (Terr) Boland and Captain John N. Boland relation to Queen Elizabeth II and George Washington, first President of the United States of America. Lineage traces back to King Edward III of England.

Dates: 1600 - 2000

Booth

 File — Box 2, Folder: 17
Scope and Contents

Pedigree chart pertaining to the Booth family of Surry County and Isle of Wight County, Virginia with generations dated between 1690-1896. Included is a newspaper clipping from Times-Dispatch dated September 14, 1913 referencing the name Booth in family lineage of the Brooke family of Essex County. Associated family names include Brooke, Bailey, Jones, Cocke, Maynard, and Ellis.

Dates: 1600 - 2000

Boren, Felce, and Willingham Families Photographs

 Collection — 7 folders
Identifier: 007-MSS 0000-307
Scope and Contents

Fifty circa 1900-1960 family photographs featuring the Boren, Felce, and Willingham families, primarily in Ocean View, Norfolk, Virginia. Many of the photographs were taken of or by Anthony Felce in the late 1950s and early 1960s and feature a plane crash on Granby Street and various scenes of Ocean View.

Dates: created: 1900-2013; Other: Date acquired: 02/06/2014

Bosher

 File — Box 2, Folder: 18
Scope and Contents

Original handwritten correspondence between Kate Langley Bosher and Carrie Lee Whitehead Boswell dated 1912, both of Norfolk, Virginia.

Dates: 1600 - 2000

Boush

 File — Box 2, Folder: 20
Scope and Contents Pedigree charts; correspondence; notes; photocopies of page excerpts from Gateway to the New World: A History of Princess Anne County, Virginia 1607-1824 by Florence Kimberly Turner, historic legal documents, excerpts from lineage books, family Bible records, appraisements, land descriptions with maps, Chancery records, and marriage records. Additional photocopies of historic legal documents and vital records are further distinguished by family member:...
Dates: 1600 - 2000