Waterford Uncovered: Presentation Links

Aerial Images

Loudoun County: https://logis.loudoun.gov/archive/

For additional years try https://www.historicaerials.com/

Apprentices

Loudoun County Court Archives has indexed the apprentice records

Index: https://lfportal.loudoun.gov/LFPortalInternet/0/edoc/326239/Indentures.pdf

Court Cases

Judgments are cases typically for small dollar or debt cases. Judgments are recorded in the court order books. These books are available on Family Search https://www.familysearch.org/en/united-states/

Digital transcriptions of early court order books are available from Heritage Books. Search Loudoun County Court Orders. In the past, the company has been willing to email the file to me since I didn't have a CD reader.

https://heritagebooks.com/

Options for original scans of Court Order Books:

Historic Records Catalog https://loudouncourtarchives.catalogaccess.com/home

Family Search https://www.familysearch.org/en/united-states/

Chancery cases typically involve land sales. Search Loudoun County, and if the case was between the 1810s and 1831, also check Frederick County since the regional Superior Court was held there.

https://old.lva.virginia.gov/chancery/

Deeds and Wills

Access to recent deeds and wills requires a subscription (or a trip to the court house where you can access without a subscription): https://www.loudoun.gov/6256/Land-Records-Remote-Access

Loudoun County Deed Indexes:

https://www.loudoun.gov/2184/Deeds

Loudoun County Will Index:

https://www.loudoun.gov/2191/Wills

For scans of original documents:

Family Search is free, but you need to register. Click on Search and choose Images, then enter the county.

https://www.familysearch.org/en/united-states/

How to plot deeds: https://novahistory.org/PR-Old-Surveys.htm

Enslaved and Free Black Papers

Indexes and scans of Free Black Papers: https://www.loudoun.gov/3423/Black-History-Historic-Court-Records

Grants

Loudoun County Land Grant Map: https://data.virginia.gov/dataset/loudoun-original-land-grants Click on Go to Resource for the ArcGIS Hub Dataset

For scans of original documents search by name, acres, streams, etc. If this link doesn't open, google Library of Virginia Land Grants and Patents.

https://lva-virginia.libguides.com/land-grants

Insurance

Mutual Assurance

Originals are archived at the Library of Virginia https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/vi_vi03076

Available on microform, 1796-1838, at Thomas Balch Library

Mutual Fire Insurance of Loudoun County policy applications are archived at the Library of Virginia https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog/vi_vi00665

Legal

Henings Statutes - https://usgenwebsites.org/vagenweb/hening/index.html

Google Books and Internet Archive: Search for Acts Passed at a General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Virginia

Maps

Loudoun County Yardley Taylor Map: https://www.loc.gov/item/2012589658/

Library of Congress Map Collection: https://www.loc.gov/maps/collections/

Newspapers

Free Resources:

Chronicling America: https://www.loc.gov/collections/chronicling-america/about-this-collection/

Virginia Chronicle: https://www.virginiachronicle.com/

Virginia Gazette: https://research.colonialwilliamsburg.org/DigitalLibrary/va-gazettes/

The Thomas Balch Library has additional newspapers on microform.

Road Cases

Loudoun County Court Archives has indexed the road cases: https://www.loudoun.gov/3126/Road-Cases

Preview Scans of Originals: Historic Records Catalog https://loudouncourtarchives.catalogaccess.com/home

Taxes

Land Taxes: available on Family Search: https://www.familysearch.org/en/united-states/

For more recent years, you can print the land taxes at Loudoun Historic Court Archives

Personal Property Taxes: Digital transcriptions of Personal Property Tax books are available from Heritage Books. In the past, the company has been willing to email the file to me since I didn't have a CD reader. https://heritagebooks.com/products/101-cd3319