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Orange County VAGenWeb |
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Formed in 1734 from Spotsylvania, and named for the Prince of Orange, who in that year married Princess Anne, daughter of King George II. President James Madison lived in this county and President Zachary Taylor was born here.
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Local
Resources
- Lookups
- Orange County Book List
- Address Book
- Orange County Connections (Links to Orange Sites of interest)
- Diagrams of Orange's parent counties with links
- Diagram of Orange's offspring counties with links
- Orange County Historical Society
- Orange County African-American Historical Society
- The Memorial Foundation of the Germanna Colonies of Virginia, Inc. This was the first German Colony in Virginia (1714) , located in eastern Orange County
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Online Data
- 1820 Orange County Census indexes - S-K Publications
- 1830 Orange County Census indexes - S-K Publications
- Digital Library for Orange County (part of the USGenWeb Archives) These are actual court and other documents transcribed and donated by researchers. We are adding new documents all the time so check back often! If you have public domain documents you would be willing to transcribe and donate please contact me. No copyrighted material please.
- A History of Orange County, Virginia by W. W. Scott, 1907 (New River Notes Website)
- Online Historic Newspaper Indexes - This site has resources for Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania County, from which Orange was formed. It includes indexes for some of the old area newspapers and I've found numerous references to Orange County people.
- Town and place names in Orange County
- Map of Orange County in 1734
- Library of Virginia, Military Databases for various wars
- St. Thomas's Episcopal Church Cemetery Tombstone Inscriptions
Other Virginia & USGenWeb Sources
- "Unknown County" Queries for Virginia If you're unsure what county your ancestor was from, post a query here!
- Virginia Surname Registry Register your surname at the state level
- Other websites to visit with information for Virginia
- USGenWeb Tombstone Project
USGenWeb Census Project for Virginia
Visit the USGenWeb Archives for Virginia! This is the storehouse for transcriptions of original records contributed by researchers. We are uploading new files daily so check back often.
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Orange County Connections
- New River Notes - Great links for Orange Co. along with online data - including A History of Orange County, Virginia by W. W. Scott, 1907
- A Brief History of Orange Co. (Orange Co. Chamber of Commerce)
- A History of the Town of Orange
- The James Madison Center
- The Political Graveyard - Politicians born, died, or buried in Orange County.
- Exchange Hotel, Civil War Museum, Gordonsville, Virginia. Includes a list of all the known deaths that occurred at the hospital there during the late unpleasantness.
- James Madison Museum, Orange Virginia
- Montpelier - The home of James Madison
- The Dolley Madison Project
- Culpeper VAGenWeb page (if you're interested in Germanna information there's more here!)
Virginia and other useful genealogical sites
- Cemetery, Tombstone, Graveyard, Burial, Interment, and Genealogy Records
- Virginia Genealogical Society
- Microfilm available at the Library of Virginia (some available thru interlibrary loan)
- The Library of Virginia
- Family Reunion "Bulletin Board" Post and read information on upcoming family reunions in VA. Other StatePages will have this feature as well
- Gene Stark's Index of Names for all Gen Web Sites (Includes all Orange County lines.)
Harriet Welch of
Harrisonburg, Virginia
Orange County Coordinator
E-mail hwelch@ntelos.net
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