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Course 7:
Virginia : Her Records and Her Laws

This is one of two courses which will look at Virginia records and the law as it applies to those records. Students who are intermediate to advanced will gain the most from this in-depth exploration of specific Virginia record groups. Students should have some experience in researching individuals prior to 1850.


Faculty:

• Little, Barbara Vines – Coordinator
• Bockstruck, Lloyd DeWitt
• Dunn, Victor
• Scott, Craig R.

Monday

• 8:15 a.m. - 8:30 a.m.: Introduction (Little)
• 8:30 a.m. - 9:45 a.m.: Virginia Geography, From the Tidewater to the Western Waters (Little)
• 9:45 a.m. - 10:15 a.m.: Morning Break
• 10:15 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.: Virginia's Vital Records (Dunn)
• 11:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.: Lunch
• 1:00 p.m. - 2:15 p.m.: A Short Course in Virginia History (Bockstruck)
• 2:45 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.: A Virginia Reference Shelf (Scott)
• 4:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.: The Library of Virginia's Web Site (Little)

Tuesday

• 8:15 a.m. - 8:30 a.m.: Records of Other Researchers (Little)
• 8:30 a.m. - 9:45 a.m.: Virginia's Colonial Church Records (Little)
• 9:45 a.m. - 10:15 a.m.: Morning Break
• 10:15 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.: How Government Worked: The Virginia Court System Prior to 1850 and Its Records (Little)
• 11:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.: Lunch
• 1:00 p.m. - 2:15 p.m.: Legislature and the Law: Virginia's Published Government Records (Little)
• 2:45 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.: Getting the Most Out of Court Records: Order and Minute Books and Loose Papers (Dunn)
• 4:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.: Assignment: Identifying Record Sources (Little)

Wednesday

• 8:15 a.m. - 8:30 a.m.: Records of Other Researchers (Little)
• 8:30 a.m. - 9:45 a.m.: Probate: The Process and the Records It Created (Little)
• 9:45 a.m. - 10:15 a.m.: Morning Break
• 10:15 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.: Probate: The Law (Little)
• 11:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.: Lunch
• 1:00 p.m. - 2:15 p.m.: Orphans, Indentured Servants and Women in Virginia (Little)
• 2:45 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.: Solving Problems with Tax Records (Dunn)
• 4:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.: Assignment: Solving an Inheritance Problem (Little)

Thursday

• 8:15 a.m. - 8:30 a.m.: Records of Other Researchers (Little)
• 8:30 a.m. - 9:45 a.m.: The Law: From "How Old Did He Have to Be?" to "What Does This Mean?" (Little)
• 9:45 a.m. - 10:15 a.m.: Morning Break
• 10:15 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.: Virginia Newspaper Research: More Than Deaths and Marriages (Dunn)
• 11:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.: Lunch
• 1:00 p.m. - 2:15 p.m.: Virginia's Manuscript Records, On-site, On Film, and On-line (Part 1) (Little)
• 2:45 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.: Virginia's Manuscript Records, On-site, On Film, and On-line (Part 2) (Little)
• 4:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.: Review of Assignments (Little)

Friday

• 8:00 a.m. - 9:15 a.m.: Business Records: An Untapped Resource (Little)
• 9:45 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.: Replacing Virginia's Lost Records: The Colonial Records Project, the Brock Collection, and U.S. Circuit and District Court Records (Little)
• 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 a.m.: Review and Evaluation (Little) -->