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Course 7:
Virginia's Land and Military Conflicts & Their Effect on Migration

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
• Dunn, Victor
• Scott, Craig Roberts

Monday

• 8:15 a.m. - 8:30 a.m.: Introduction (Little)
• 8:30 a.m. - 9:45 a.m.: Virginia Geography: Its Effect on Settlement and Migration (Little)
• 9:45 a.m. - 10:15 a.m.: Morning Break
• 10:15 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.: Tidewater Virginia Settlement, 1607-1720s (Dunn)
• 11:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.: Lunch
• 1:00 p.m. - 2:15 p.m.: Lands From the Crown: Records of the Colonial Land Office (Dunn)
• 2:45 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.: Records of the Northern Neck Proprietary (Dunn)
• 4:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.: The Library of Virginia's Website (Little)

Tuesday

• 8:15 a.m. - 8:30 a.m.: Records of Other Researchers II, part 1 (Little)
• 8:30 a.m. - 9:45 a.m.: Tracking the Land: Inheritance (Little)
• 9:45 a.m. - 10:15 a.m.: Morning Break
• 10:15 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.: Colonial Militia Through the French and Indian War (Little)
• 11:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.: Lunch
• 1:00 p.m. - 2:15 p.m.: Deeds, Surveys, Land Books and Other Records (Dunn)
• 2:45 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.: In Chancery -- Using Court Papers to Add to and Enhance Your Pedigree (Dunn)
• 4:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.: Assignment: Tracking the Land 1 (Little)

Wednesday

• 8:15 a.m. - 8:30 a.m.: Records of Other Researchers II, Part 2 (Little)
• 8:30 a.m. - 9:45 a.m.: Settlement: The Piedmond and Beyond (Little)
• 9:45 a.m. - 10:15 a.m.: Morning Break
• 10:15 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.: Frontier Settlement: The Post Colonial Land Office and Its Records (Little)
• 11:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.: Lunch
• 1:00 p.m. - 2:15 p.m.: Virginia in the Revolution and the War of 1812 (Scott)
• 2:45 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.: Virginia in the Civil War (Scott)
• 4:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.: Assignment: Tracking the Land II (Little)

Thursday

• 8:15 a.m. - 8:30 a.m.: Records of Other Researchers II, Part 3 (Little)
• 8:30 a.m. - 9:45 a.m.: Tracking the Land: Virginia's Land Tax Records (Little)
• 9:45 a.m. - 10:15 a.m.: Morning Break
• 10:15 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.: Migration Trails and Settlement Clusters (Little)
• 11:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.: Lunch
• 1:00 p.m. - 2:15 p.m.: Using Land Platting to Solve Problems (Dunn)
• 2:45 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.: Out of State, Out of Mind? Finding the Answers in Virginia's Neighbors' Records (Dunne)
• 4:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.: Review of Assignments (Little)

Friday

• 8:00 a.m. - 9:15 a.m.: Finding and Using Maps in Your Virginia Research (Little)
• 9:45 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.: Processioning, Road Orders, and Internal Improvements (Little)
• 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 a.m.: Review and Evaluation (Little)