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12/09/2024

So excited to share my research and discoveries about the Jesse Wood family of Nelson County and its origins in the latest edition of the National Genealogy Society Quarterly! The article explains how William R Wood, Jesse Lewis Wood, Matthew Wood, and others were related, who their parents were, and their migration from Goochland County to Amherst (now Nelson County). So many people in Nelson County are associated with this family and will hopefully find this article interesting. The issue is only available to NGS members, but a copy will be added to the Nelson County Historical Society's archives soon.

08/03/2023

Some of these cases involve Nelson and Amherst County residents.

Digital images for Lynchburg City chancery causes, 1830-1869, have been added to the Chancery Records Index and are freely available for research.

https://www.virginiamemory.com/collections/chancery/

03/09/2022

Voter registration records can provide valuable information for genealogists and historians. This 1897 Nelson County List of Colored Voters Registered at New Market Precinct in Lovingston Magisterial District is particularly notable. It lists individuals by name, age, occupation, residence, length of residence in the county, length of residence in the state, and whether the individual was transferring registration from another area, or to another area. Some certificates of registration and registration oaths are included too. Most of the pages of this volume are in fair condition, but its cover (not shown) is damaged and a few pages are warped and soiled. Given this damage and its research value, it is a worthy conservation candidate.

08/07/2022

Interesting article on the separation of enslaved families based on new analysis

A new dataset tracks the journeys of slaves shipped along the coast to New Orleans

25/02/2022

? In 1900, about 40% of Americans
lived in rural areas. By 2010, less than 18% of the
population lived there. In just over a century,
economic and social changes moved millions of
Americans into urban areas. Yet, only 10% of the U.S. landmass is considered urban!

Nelson County is one of six localities in Virginia selected to host a 2021-2022 Smithsonian Institute Museum on Main Street traveling exhibit, Crossroads: Changes in Rural America. The exhibit, housed in the Nelson Memorial Library, will focus on the changes over the past century in rural Nelson County.

The Nelson County Historical Society and Oakland Museum, Nelson Memorial Library and
Nelson County Public Schools are strong partners in the exhibit’s program of work.

The Crossroads exhibit and planned programs will open on March 12 and run for six weeks. Stay tuned for more details!

11/03/2021

A new DNA study in the Journal of Genetic Genealogy attempts to separate truth from oral tradition regarding Appalachia's Melungeons.

26/02/2021

Amazing new addition to MyHeritage.

Animate the faces in your family photos with amazing AI technology.