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African-American Records Communities/ Towns Early Stafford County Families FAQ Family Group Sheet On-Line Form
HistoryLibraries & Genealogy Societies
Lookups Newspaper ArticlesOverwharton Parish Register 1720 - 1760
St. Paul Parish Registry Birth/Death/Marriage
Scanned Obituaries of Stafford County Queries Resource Links & Tools Searches The Parish System
New Research Information was added to this Site on 06/23/2008
The Central Rappahannock Heritage Center located at 900 Barton Street in Fredericksburg, VA. They have collections from Caroline County, Fredericksburg, King George County, Spotsylvania County and Stafford County. They get more collections in every day and it would be worth it to check and see what they have. If you can, stop by... The staff is more than happy to help! Come by and volunteer! They would love the help. You can also e-mail them at crhc@verizon.net or call them at 540-373-3704. They will do research $10.00 per half hour.
They are open Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday 10 to 4.
And their website is http://www.crhcarchives.com
Our Friend Don Rubarts has been busy and the 1810 & 1820 Stafford Co. Census, 1830 Stafford Co. Census and 1840 Stafford Co. Census has been added! Our "Thanks" to Don.
Alan Buckingham is still hard at work; "Collections of the Virginia
Historical Society Vol. VI: Miscellaneous Papers 1672-1865". It's online now at http://www.midatlanticarchives.com
"Colonial Virginia Its People and Customs" If you're interested, click here.
A map from Scharf's "History of Maryland", called "Southern Armies" - mostly VA and the Carolinas. It's scanned and online at http://www.midatlanticarchives.com
The Richmond Daily Dispatch newspaper for the Civil War years is being digitized by the University of Richmond. It can be found here.
Stafford County Site Search
My name is Suzanne Yelton Shephard, and I am the County Coordinator for Stafford County! I hope you enjoy your visit here, and find this site helpful in your research. If you have any suggestions or contributions you would like to make, please email me or one of the Assistant Coordinators; Helen Blackburn Flail or Rebecca Cummings. You may contact us at any time.
Stafford County History
Founded in 1664, created from Westmorland County and named for the English County of Stafford, Stafford County, Virginia, has strong connections to events that shaped our nation's history. It was at Marlboro Point, that Indian Princess Pocahontas was kidnapped and taken to Jamestown. Another historical figure also made Stafford his home. Augustine Washington, with the rest of his family, including a six-year-old son named George, moved to Ferry Farm in 1738. The future first president spent his formative years there until he reached young adulthood
More Stafford County History Overwharton Parish & the Parish System
Researching Stafford County & Other Eastern Virginia Counties - Tips That Help!
Instructions For Ordering Photocopies of Vital Records from Fredericksburg
National and State Family Group Sheets Project - Virginia
Small Town Newspapers online from 1865 (read, search & browse
If you have photographs of ancestors or Stafford County places, and would like to see them posted, please contact me.
"Who's Researching Stafford County"?
Please email me and tell me the family surnames that you are researching in Stafford County!
Historical Research Books Available Click on the Books!
Send Comments about this Stafford County site to Suzanne Yelton Shephard , County Coordinator or to Helen Blackburn Flail or Rebecca Cummings Assistant County Coordinators.
Neither Helen nor Suzanne live in Stafford County so we are unable to help with your personal research . All the information we receive from contributors regarding Stafford County is posted promptly on this site. Please visit the "Research Resources" section of this site. We suggest that if you don't find the information your looking for here, that you join the email list and post your question on the query board. The more places you ask the question, the better your chances of getting an answer.
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