Indexes (reference sources)

Scope and Contents This collection contains genealogical research gathered by Alice Granbery Walter. The material includes photocopied documents, newspaper clippings, pedigree charts, notes, manuscripts, photographs, negatives, and maps spanning from the 1600s to the 1970s. Prominent surnames include Boush, Nimmo, Cornick, Herbert, Hoggard, Hogwood, Haggard, Ivy, Argent, Langley, Thelaball, Nash, Powell, Robins, Shepherd, Tatem, Thurmer, Mackentosh, Mallicote, Ransha, Woodhouse, Moseley, Thorowgood, and...

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Records of Richard Stearns Dodson, Baltimore proprietor of the second Atlantic Hotel in Norfolk, Virginia. The collection includes business records in ledgers and cashbooks, including account information, bills, licenses, bonds, checks, ledgers, and notes associated with the operation of the Atlantic Hotel from 1872-1901.

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One January 31, 1985 city map book from the Norfolk Fire Department in Norfolk, Virginia, consisting of a master street index and 1967 gridded maps of the City of Norfolk. The index includes street name, block number, subdivision, grid code, and map number.

Scope and Contents Twenty-four scrapbooks compiled by Fireman William F. Barrett of the City of Norfolk Fire Department in Norfolk, Virginia. The first two scrapbooks include information focusing on the Norfolk Fire Division Band from 1936-1944 and 1947-1949. The third scrapbook consists of information on the Norfolk Fire Department's Fire Prevention Program held in 1948. The remaining scrapbooks primarily consist of newspaper clippings that cover fires, firemen (particularly their deaths), new fire equipment,...

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Copies of 480 death certificates primarily from 1930-1944 from the City of Norfolk in Norfolk, Virginia. The index to the certificates include name of decedent, death year, and page number. Some pages may be missing.

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One index to Minute Book No. 10 (1773-1782), presented to Princess Anne County Court by Great Bridge Chapter, DAR. This copy was presented to the Norfolk Public Library on June 20, 1938 to be placed in the Sargeant Memorial Room.

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Circa 1990s-2000s newsletters of Ghent and other neighborhoods/civic leagues in Norfolk, Virginia. The collection also includes booklets, clippings, and other papers from 1968 to 2009 collected by members of the Ghent Neighborhood League regarding businesses, homes, schools, and other subjects relating primarily to Ghent. Minutes include volumes 14-16 (1974-1976), 41-43 (2001-2003), 45 (2005), and an index for volumes covering the years 1962-2005.

Scope and Contents This collection includes approximately 3,800 paperboard-bound volumes (packets) containing deed and mortgage abstracts for properties in Norfolk, Portsmouth, and the surrounding counties (mostly Norfolk County). The collection also includes approximately 2,800 land plats, mostly for properties associated with the packets. Guaranty Title and Trust created these records in the course of its business verifying property titles, recording land transactions, and issuing mortgage loans during its...

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One typed index for H. W. Burton's 1877 version of The History of Norfolk, Virginia.

Scope and Contents One index to seven books originally written between 1955 and 1978 by Emmie Ferguson Farrar about old houses in Virginia. The books indexed are: Old Virginia Houses: Along the Fall Line, Old Virginia Houses: The Heart of Virginia, Old Virginia Houses: Along the James, Old Virginia Houses: The Mountain Empire, Old Virginia Houses: The...