The Virginia in the Civil War Message Board

Burned Records

So much of the South was burned during the Civil War, it lost alot of it's beautiful colonial homes and alot of valuable court house documents etc.

Here is a link to the Library of Virginia and their list of burned courthouse records. Good luck researching your families history prior to the war if you live in one of these counties.

http://www.lva.lib.va.us/whatwehave/local/va22_burnedco.htm