Virginia History
 
  • Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities.
    Includes the Jamestown Rediscovery archaeological project, a ten year interdisciplinary project searching for the remains of 1607 Jamestown on the 22.5 acre APVA property on Jamestown Island, Virginia. Also has brief descriptions on Bacon's Castle, Virginia's oldest datable brick house; Scotchtown, home of Patrick Henry; John Marshall House, Richmond home of the Chief Justice, and more.

  • Colonial Williamsburg.
    Contains information about visits to Williamsburg, an Historical Almanack, education resources, and more.

  • Encyclopedia Virginia.
    A chronicle of the state’s history, politics, and geography through the perspectives of all the ethnically, culturally, and linguistically diverse peoples that have lived there.

  • Historic Jamestowne.
    Historic Jamestowne is owned and managed through a private/public partnership. The Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities acquired 22.5 acres in 1893. The National Park Service acquired the remaining 1500 acres in 1934. Combining the recent archaeological discoveries, the continued documentary research and innovative interpretive devices, new perspectives on the history of this nationally significant story will be revealed and shared with visitors from around the world.

  • Jamestown Exposition 1907.
    From the Hampton Roads Naval Museum, Norfolk, Virginia, an interactive exhibit of the Jamestown Exposition held in 1907 on the site of the current Naval Station Norfolk.

  • Jamestown Rediscovery.
    Jamestown Rediscovery is investigating the remains of 1607-1698 Jamestown on the property of the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities (APVA) on Jamestown Island, Virginia. The site includes links to exhibits, findings, research resources, technical publications for download, and a history of Jamestown.

  • Poor House History in Virginia.
    Includes pictures, histories, records and more from Virginia poor houses.

  • Valley of the Shadow: Living the Civil War in Virginia and Pennsylvania.
    Part of the Virginia Newspaper Project, this site uses imaged newspapers and other printed documents and images from Augusta County, Virginia and Franklin County, Pennsylvania to explore the impact of the Civil War on the two communities.

  • Virginia Center for Digital History.
    An independent center within the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Virginia, the VCDH is home to a number of digital projects spanning the range of American history, from the Jamestown settlement, to the Civil War, to the Civil Rights movement. These projects are built to be used by K-12 educators, and the general public, as well as by college students, and scholars.

  • Virginia's Civil War: Battlefields & Sites.
    A guide to sites recognized by the Virginia Civil War Trails program including the Tidewater Virginia and the Peninsula Campaign.

  • Virginia Historical Society.
    The Virginia Historical Society was founded in 1831 and has always been a private organization. Its mission is: "To collect, preserve, and interpret the commonwealth's past for the education and enjoyment of present and future generations."

  • Virginia Memory.
    From the Library of Virginia, the four primary components of this site are: digital collections, a reading room (which lists new content, "this day in Virginia history," a Virginia chronology of events, and articles written by library archivists), exhibitions, and an online classroom.

  • Virtual Jamestown.
    Includes maps, labor contracts (with a database of servants' indenture contracts), public records, first hand accounts and letters, newspapers, and a reference center (which includes biographies of Pocahontas, Captain John Smith, and Chief Powhatan).

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