Farifax County Public Library has Genealogy Resources

The City of Farifax Regional Library opened its doors on January 26, 2008, as Farifax County Public Library’s first truly urban library. It is located in Farifax, Virginia. They have a wealth of genealogy resources in their Virginia Room.

The Farifax County Public Library’s Virginia Room maintains a collection rich in regional history and genealogy, as well as local and state government information and legal resources. A particular strength is Confederate Civil War military history. Other resources available for use include: maps, an extensive photographic archive, manuscripts, local newspapers, and rare books.

Available Online Resources in the Virginia Room:
* Farifax County Public Library Historical Photographs
* Farifax County Public Library Photograph Collection
* Farifax County Genealogy and Local History Sites
* Farifax County Cemetery Survey
* Old-New Street Name List – July 1964
* Farifax County Inventory of Historic Sites
* Folklore: The Bunny Man Unmasked
* Analytical Index to the Historical Society of Farifax County Yearbook v. 1-9
* Supplementary Index to the Historical Society of Farifax County Yearbooks v. 10-15
* American Ancestors – New England Historical Genealogical Society
* Snake Hill to Spring Bank: An Oral History
* Crafts and Trades of Colonial Virginia
* Timeline
* Historical Washington Post (articles from 1877-2000 through the library’s subscription to ProQuest)
* Handley Library

Local History Resources in the Virginia Room:
* CD-Rom and database resources
* City directories
* Civil War in Northern Virginia
* Civil War Washington
* The Farifax County Courthouse
* Fractured Land and Return to Union
* Frying Pan Farm
* Green Spring Farm
* History Index
* Local History and Genealogy Websites
* Newspapers
* Prince William Public Library System Digital Library
* Exploring Farifax through Family Papers: John M. Sherwood Collection Exhibit
* Telephone Books

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* African-American Ancestors
* Civil War Era Ancestors
* Continental European Ancestors
* English and Welsh Ancestors
* German Ancestors
* Irish Ancestors
* JewishAncestors
* Scottish and Scots-Irish Ancestors
* Genealogy and Local History Websites

In November of 2016, a team from the Virginia Room reorganized its Jewish genealogical materials to make them more accessible to both genealogists and librarians. Previously, those materials were located in a place that was technically correct, but the reclassification makes more sense for everyone.

There are now five new categories of Jewish Genealogy materials in the Virginia Room. Those categories include: “Doing Jewish Genealogy”, “Religion”, “Surnames and Given Names”, “Jews in America”, and “Jews of Europe and Sephardic”.

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