GenealogyBlog

This week’s blogging prompt is the State of Virginia. Blog about an ancestor or your families connection to Virginia. If you don’t have any connections to Virginia, find a Virginia resource useful for genealogy research to highlight and write about. This week’s prompt runs from 3/10/2013 – 3/16/2013. If you choose to follow along, I would appreciate a mention to the Hidden Genealogy Nuggets website.

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As early as some of my ancestors came, my connections to Virginia are extremely limited and somewhat fuzzy. The closest I seem to get is John (Shelton) Chilton my 9th great grand uncle. He died in Virginia.

John seems to have been born about 1650. He was the son of James Shelton and Mary Bathurst. They were my 10th great grandparents. John Shelton died on the 15th of November 1706 in Westmoreland, Virginia.

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As my connections to Virginia were very limited this week I tried to have a few extra links to websites and resources which are useful for genealogy research in Virginia. I particularly like Virginia Memories: Digital Collections. I had a blog post about this website some time ago. Here is the link to that post Virginia Memories.

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Children of John Chilton and Jane

1. William Shelton

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Sources

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A few Virginia Genealogy Links
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• Virginia Genealogical Society
• Virginia Historical Society
• The Library of Virginia
• A Guide to Genealogical Resources at the University of Virginia
• Stafford, Virginia Death Records 1856 – 1857 (not found anywhere else on the internet, I believe)
• Virginia Memories: Digital Collections
• Genealogy Information from the Virginia Department of Health
• Virginia Gen Web
• American History and Genealogy Project – Virginia

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Search Virginia Newspapers and NewspaperArchive.com

Virginia Newspaper Archives at Genealogy Bank
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The Cow Hampshire-New Hampshire History Blog is one website I ran across while doing this past weekend’s post about my New Hampshire connections. I found it to be very informative on a great deal of subjects, both about it’s history and it’s people. It doesn’t post as regularly as some other blogs but there are some really good articles.

Here are some past articles;

• Warner New Hampshire’s Pearl Habor Casualty: Ensign Edward Blanchard Cloues, USN (1917-1941)

The article includes additional genealogy of ancestors.

• Merrimack New Hampshire Educator and Actress: Marjorie “Maggi” Blanche Parker (1927-still living)

The article includes additional genealogy of ancestors.

• Merrimack New Hampshire International Athlete, Activist for the Disabled: Marilyn Warren Woods (1914-1998)

The article includes additional genealogy of ancestors.

If you have New Hampshire ancestors, check out this blog.

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This must have been one of the younger classes in the high school I think.

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