HAM COUNTRY

by David Hamm
Links to research in Virginia


  • Alexandria, VA Library

  • Amelia Co, VA Homepage

  • Amherst Co, VA Homepage

  • Ancestor Database, 1600's

  • Augusta Co., Virginia

  • Cemetery Records- Interment.net: Virginia

    • Cemeteries:  Findagrave.com   - Search 21 million grave records

  • Cemetery Preservation - Saving Graves page for Virginia

  • Cemetery Registration-Virginia

  • Census - Virginia Genweb    (at Rootsweb)

    •  Census - US GenWeb   (VA Census Project)

  • Census - Transcripts by State

  • Census Bureau (US) Home Page

  • Civil War, VA      Civil War, VA GenWeb project.

  • Civil War Brothers Bound POW Page

  • Civil War Database

  • Civil War Photographs

  • Civil War Units file

  • Colonial Maps     Colonial Maps of America from the University of Georgia.

  • Colonial Records from LVA     Virginia State Library Colonial Records Project.

  • County Courthouse Information

    • County Information Maps  -  Information about County formation.

  • Culpeper County - VAGenWeb

  • Cyndi's List - U.S. - Virginia

  • Delorme Map Store

  • Frontier Forts of SW VA

  • GenDir.com - Genealogy directory and resources: Includes a comprehensive list of genealogy sites, a surname meta-search tool, and a genealogy message board.

  • Genealogy Exchange & Surname Registry

  • Gloucester County, VA area map

  • Greenbrier County 1796 Tax Lists

  • HAM Surname Queries - All States If you don't want to post to HAM Country, you can post queries here.

  • HAMM Surname Queries - All States If you don't want to post to HAM Country, you can post queries here.

    • Immigration Collection at Ancestry.com

  • Immigration CDROM's    Immigration section of CDROM's from Global Genealogy.

  • Immigrants to America - Gale Research     Purchase Passenger and Immigration CDROM by Gale Research from Genealogy.com

  • Immigration Ships - VA from Olive Tree

  • APVA Jamestown Rediscovery     Jamestown Settlement.

  • Jamestowne Collection           Jamestown Collection from George Mason University.

  • Jamestown Society            Jamestown Society.

  • Jamestown from virtualjamestown.org     Virtual Jamestown

  • Land Records 1820 - 1908 Bureau of Land Mgt. and General Land Office - Eastern States.

  • Making of America Making of America.

    • Map of Virginia in 1751 by  Joshua Fry & Peter Jefferson at the Library of Congress.

  • The Mariner's Museum The Mariner's Museum - Newport News, Virginia.

  • Montgomery Co., VA Montgomery County, VA GenWeb project.

  • Native Americans - Early Tribes For those of us who may have Indian ancestry and don't even know it....
  • Indian Tribes of Virginia Federal Recognition Act of 2000 (H.R.5073). Includes information regarding the Nansemond Tribe.

  • New River Valley Historical Notes

  • New River Settlement 1775-1794

  • Rare Books - Advanced Book Exchange

  • Pittsylvania County - VA GenWeb

  • Rev War - Battle of Cowpens from New River Notes

    • Rev War - Battle of Guilford Courthouse from New River Notes

  • Spotsylvania Court Index

  • Southern History

  • Swem Library, College of William & Mary

    • Tidewater Virginia Families web page from Virginia Lee Hutchison Davis  You will find about 3 of her works cited in the Bibliography of "A Short History of the HAM Surname in Virginia & NC"

  • Tidewater, VA Families area map

  • Topozone Map Search

  • U.S. US Geographical Survey - Maps and Geology

  • USGS Maps - GNIS (Geographic Names Information System)

  • Virginia Genealogy

  • Virginia Genealogical Society

  • Virginia Genealogical Society Queries

    • VA - USGenWeb         - VA Census Project at the US GenWeb 

  • Virginia Historical Society   Virginia Historical Society, Richmond, Virginia.

  • Virginia Library    Library of Virginia in Richmond, Virginia.

  • Virginia Library catalog search    Search the catalog at the Library of Virginia in Richmond, Virginia.

  • War of 1812 books for sale

  • War of 1812 from National Archives Bounty Land Warrants and Pensions

  • War of 1812 Pay Rolls and Munster Rolls Collection Index at the Library of Virginia.

  • War of the Rebellion Cornell Univerity's 60 volume collection.

  • War of the Rebellion War of the Rebellion - you can purchase the CDROM from Oliver Computing. (More user-friendly.)

  • Washington County - Rootsweb

  • EARLY VIRGINIA / WVA GENEALOGY

  • George Washington George Washington Papers Homepage - Washington's correspondence

  • York County, VA VAGenWeb

  • Virginia Libraries

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