What's New:


January 2010

  • Family Pages:  Blake, Drake, Fly, Ruffin
  • Military Records:  A National Parks Service site to locate civil war ancestors.
  • Virginia History & Genealogy Sites:  Virginia Department of Historical Resources;
  • Other Interesting or Helpful Sites:  Social Security Death Index

    December 2009

  • Miscellaneous Will Abstracts: Added wills probated from April 1804 to September 1807
  • Family Pages: Jones Family added.
  • Isle of Wight Links: Virginia Century Farm Program; National Register of Historic Places

    November 2009
    Miscellaneous Will Abstracts: Wills Added: Allen, Battin, Bracey, Brown, Crocker, Darden, Edmunds, Edwards, Floyd, Godwin(2), Grautham, Green, Hall, Hamilton, Heath, Hollowell(2) Holmes, Hutchins, Johnston, Jordan, Minty, Moody, Morrison, Newman, Pierce, Powell, Purdie, Saunders, Smelly, Spivey, Stagg, Stallings, Thomas, Tynes, West, Whitley.

    August 2009
    Family Pages: Families Added: Barlow, Jesse; Bradshaw; Brantly; Cobb; Cobb, Joseph; Davis, Maj. Thomas; Hunter; Lankford, Stephen; Pitt/Pitts; Strickland; Westray I and II; Whitley I and II; Williams, John.

    July 2009
    Wills & Estates:  New page of miscellaneous will abstracts that were probated in Isle of Wight after 1800. (Note: This is an ongoing project.)

    June 2009
    Books: Books added.

    May 2009
    Family Pages: Families Added: Arrington; Baggett; Bryan/Bryant; Goodman; Macquinney/McKinnie, Baranby; Mayo

    March 2009
     Family Pages: Families Added: Allen; Bennett; Combs; Elias Fort; Morris/Maurice; Person(s); Christopher Reynolds
    Books:  Enhanced book page to include links to booksellers with description of books.

    February 2009
    Site updated to include archived material available at the USGenWeb Digital Library for Virginia. These links are designated as "Archive" Deeds or "Archive" Wills, etc. The USGenWeb Digital Library for Virginia was developed to provide free on line data for genealogical research. These archives are dependent on volunteers, people just like you, to donate their time by transcribing public domain records or other non-copyrighted primary sources. If you have Isle of Wight records to contribute, please click     here.

    January 2009
    Isle of Wight Links:      Will and deed abstracts freeing slaves.
    Family Pages: Cutchin family added; Hardy family added; Piland family added
    Other Links: Restoring Old Photographs; Looking Beyond Will Abstracts