Books

Click here for a list of books pertaining to Rappahannock County

Libraries:

Rappahannock County Public Library
P.O. Box 55
4 Library Road
Washington, VA 22747
Phone: 540.675.3780
Fax: 540.675.1290
Hours: M/W 10 am-8 pm; T/Th/Fri 10 am-6 pm; Sat 10 am-2 pm

LDS Family History Centers
Front Royal, Virginia
7145 Browntown Road
Front Royal, VA
Phone: 540.540.636.6599
Hours: W/Th 7 pm-9 pm

Culpeper, Virginia
420 Willow Lawn Dr.
Culpeper, VA
Phone: 540.825.2506
Hours: T 10 am-2 pm; T/W 4 pm-8 pm; F 10 am-2 pm; Sat 10 am-2 pm

Newspapers:

Rappahannock News:
offices are open 8:30 to 5 weekdays at:
249 Main St., Washington, VA 22747
Phone: 540-675-3338

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Repositories:

Rappahannock County Circuit Court
238 Gay Street
P.O. Box 517
Washington, VA 22747
Phone: 540.675.5350
Fax: 540.675.5351

Rappahannock County Health Department
491A Main Street
P.O. Box 5
Washington, VA 22747
Phone: 540.675.3516
Fax: 540.675.1021

Office of Vital Records
Mailing Address:
VDH, Office of Vital Records
P.O. Box 1000
Richmond, VA 23218-1000

Street Address:
2001 Maywill Street
Richmond, Virginia 23230
Phone: 804-662-6200

Societies/Museums

Rappahannock Historical Society & Museum
P.O. Box 261
328 Gay Street
Washington, VA 22747
Phone: 540.675.1163
Email: rapphistsoc@comcast.net
Hours: M/T/Th 11 am-5 pm

USGenWeb Archives

Rappahannock County USGenWeb Archives

USGenWeb Archives Project

USGenWeb Archives for Virginia

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Lookups:

Policy regarding lookups:
Please be specific in your requests and do NOT ask for things such as "everything you have on the (SURNAME) family." Due to concerns about copyright infringement, lookups are provided as "facts only." Volunteers will not quote passages from copyrighted works. If extensive information is found in a copyrighted work, the volunteer will advise you of the nature of the information and the name, author, and publication information related to the book.

• Curtis Brown
  • Leatherbound 1846/47 Tax Book

• Mary Campbell
  • Early Virginia Marriages

• Margaret Davis
  • Rappahannock County Marriages 1833-1850

• Pat Fletcher
  • Fletcher, Allen, Payton/ Peyton, Vass, and Grigsby from the 1850 Census

• Carolyn Green
  • LDS 1880 US Census
  • Rappahannock County by Johnson
  • 18th Century Perspective: Culpeper County
  • Culpeper: a Virginia County's History through 1920 by Scheel
  • Early Churches of Culpeper County, Virginia by Thomas & Green
  • Culpeper County, Virginia by Green
  • Culpeper County Marriages, 1780-1853 by Vogt & Keithley
  • Historic Culpeper, Northern Neck Land Grants, 1742-1775, Vol. II by Gray

• Laura K. Irvin
  • List of Lee in Virginia Marriages

• Anita Schults-Peters
  • A Database of Shenandoah National Park Land Records Lists Landowner, location of property, value of land, size of house, etc.

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Microfilm:

Unofficial listing of some records available on microfilm through the LDS Family History Library. (Note: Due to possibility of error in transcription, please verify the title and number of the film before ordering.)

Birth Records from 1878-1923

• Index to 1878-1911, Book 1 (1877-1886), and Book 2 (1886-1898) - LDS Film #1311874
• Book 2 (from p. 151) - LDS Film #1311875
• Book 3 (1899-1908) - LDS Film #1311876
• Book 3 (from p. 159) and Book 4 (1908-1911) - LDS Film #1311877
• Book 5 (1911-1915, 1897-1910; from p. 469 dates are out of sequence) - LDS Film #1311878
• Book 6 (1914-1915; inc. misc. dates from 1896-1915) and Book 7 (1916-1920) - LDS Film #1311879
• Book 8 (1920-1923) - LDS Film #1311880

Census Records

• 1830 Census LDS Film #0007650
• 1840 Census LDS Film #0007643
• 1850 Census LDS Film #0007688
• 1860 Census LDS Film #0803198
• 1870 Census LDS Film #0545744; Old filming LDS Film # 0295424
• 1880 Census LDS Film #1254224 and 1254225
• 1900 Census LDS Film #1240317 and 1240318
• 1910 Census LDS Film #1374310
• 1920 Census LDS Film #1820379

County Histories

• Combined history of Edwards, Lawrence and Wabash counties, Illinois; LDS Film #0924407 Item 2
• Lawrence County, Illinois sesquincentennial, 1818-1968; LDS Film #0874276 Item 8
• Lawrenceville, Lawrence County, Illinois, sesquicentennial, 1821-1971; LDS Film #0874276 Item 11

Death Records from 1878-1925

• Index to 1878-1907, Book 1 (1878-1907), and Book 2 (1907-1910), and Book 3 (1909-1915) - LDS Film #1311881
• Book 4 (1916-1920) and Book 5 (1921-1925) - LDS Film #1311882

Land Records from 1821

• Grantee Index (1821-1888) and Grantor Index (1821-1888) - LDS Film #1311699
• Deed Records Book A (Sheriff's Deed Records) 1842-1936 Book A (to p. 290) 1821-1830 LDS Film #1311699
• Deed Book A (from p. 290) to Book C 1830-1840 - LDS Film #1311700
• Addition to Deed Book B LDS Film #1311716 item 3
• Deed Book D to Book E (to p. 230) 1840-1848 - LDS Film #1311701
• Deed Book E (from p. 229) to Book G (to p. 350) 1848-1853 - LDS Film #1311702
• Deed Book G (from p. 350) to Book I (to p. 471) 1853-1856 - LDS Film #1311703
• Deed Book I (from p. 471) to Book K (to p. 530) 1856-1859 - LDS Film #1311704
• Deed Book K (from p. 530) to Book M (to p. 350) 1859-1861 - LDS Film #1311705
• Deed Book M (from p. 350) to Book O (to p. 370) 1863-1865 - LDS Film #1311706
• Deed Book O (from p. 370) to Book Q (to p. 480) 1865-1867 - LDS Film #1311707
• Deed Book Q (from p. 480) to Book S (to p. 600) 1867-1868 - LDS Film #1311708
• Deed Book S (from p. 600) to Book V (to p. 160) 1868-1872 - LDS Film #1311709
• Deed Book V (from p. 160) to Book X (to p. 231) 1872-1874 (includes index for Books W, X, and Y) - LDS Film #1311710
• Deed Book X (from 231) to Book Z (to p. 340) 1873-1882 - LDS Film #1311711
• Deed Book Z (from p. 340), Book 1, and Book 2 (to p. 460) 1874-1877 - LDS Film #1311712
• Deed Book 2 (from p. 460) to Book 4 1877-1881 - LDS Film #1311713
• Deed Book 5 to Book 7 (to p. 390) 1877-1884 - LDS Film #1311714
• Deed Book 7 (from p. 390) to Book 9 1884-1932 - LDS Film #1311715
• Deed Book 10 and Book 11 1884-1890 - LDS Film #1311716 items 1-2

Marriage Records from 1878-1937

• Index to 1878-1937 (alpha by groom's surname), Book 1 (1878-1890), and Book 2 (1890-1908) - LDS Film #1311872
• Book 3 1908-1920 and Book 4 1920-1933 - LDS Film #1311873
• Marriage Licenses, Lawrence County, Illinois, 1821-1849 - LDS Fiche #6087863

Probate Records from 1859-1929

• Book A to Book C (to p. 10) 1859-1864 - LDS Film #1311883
• Book C (from p. 10) to Book E (to p. 51) 1863-1868 - LDS Film #1311884
• Book E (from p. 51) to Book G (p. 140) 1866-1874 - LDS Film #1311885
• Book G (from p. 140) to Book H (p. 220) 1871-1876 - LDS Film #1311886
• Book H (from p. 220) to Book J (p. 200) 1876-1881 - LDS Film #1311887
• Book J (from p. 200) to Book K 1878-1884 - LDS Film #1311888
• Book L and Book M 1884-1889 - LDS Film #1311889
• Book N to Book P (to p. 140) 1889-1898 - LDS Film #1311890
• Book P (from p. 140) to Book R (to p. 200) 1895-1909 - LDS Film #1311891
• Book R (from p. 200) to Book T (to p. 260) 1904-1917 - LDS Film #1311892
• Book T (from p. 260) 1914-1917 - LDS Film #1311893
• Book U 1922-1929 - LDS Film #1311894

Will Records from 1821-1929

• Book A (1821-1856), Book B (1856-1880), Book C (1878-1897), and Book D (1897-1917; to p. 140) - LDS Film #1311895
• Book D (from p. 140), and Book E (1917-1929) - LDS Film #1311896