Although there are not a lot of them, these are a
few resources that may help you with Goochland County, Virginia research.
The Chancery Court records at the
Library of Virginia link here will only take
you to the index. The actual records must be obtained from the Library or
through a paid researcher. However, they can prove to
be extremely helpful as
they may contain many original court and family papers. I have found
letters written by my ancestors, their old journals and things of that nature.
In summary, Chancery records involve court cases that had no cut and dry law to
decide who was right and wrong. Instead, an abundance
of evidence had to
be presented to the judge and he interpreted the law and how it applied to the
case.
Like the 1909 Civil War Pension List below, feel
free to submit any transcripts you make of large document groups or individual
records. It can be anything from an entire marriage
register to a single
marriage bond. The site will not grow without user submissions so feel
free to send in what you can. We also would love to start a section with
old family photos
from Goochland if anyone has some to send in to the site.
I personally do not have family from Goochland County so I do not have any
photos to start off the page.
Goochland County, Virginia USGenWeb Archives
Chancery Court Records Index at the Library of Virginia
Goochland Bibles and Manuscripts Catalogue at the Library of Virginia
If you have any generic genealogy questions or
have questions about Virginia and its record holdings, feel free to send me an
e-mail to the address below.
If I can answer your questions, I will try to
do so within a reasonable period of time. On occasion, I may be able to
perform a few look-ups but they will be considered on a case-by-case basis.
If anyone would like to volunteer to perform look-ups at the state archives or
other repository, please let me know. Also, if you own any
Goochland-related books,
you can offer to perform look-ups in that resource if
you would like - just let me know.