Comments on: Cohabitation Registers Added to Digital Collection

By: African Roots Podcast #141 December 16, 2011 « African Roots Podcast.com

African Roots Podcast #141 December 16, 2011 « African Roots Podcast.com — Sat, 17 Dec 2011 00:05:44 +0000

[...] Library of Virginia has added to their Co-habitation digitization project. This is wonderful news, and their goal is to eventually put online ALL of the co-habitation records [...]

By: Bari

Bari — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 18:19:52 +0000

(The following comment was sent in by Montgomery County Clerk Erica Williams.)

Montgomery County Circuit Court Clerk’s Office is pleased that the Library of Virginia has made available the index to Montgomery County’s cohabitation Register, recently re-discovered earlier this year. This information contains significant and historical information to African Americans researching their genealogical history, which was previously unknown. Montgomery County Circuit Court Clerk’ s Office is grateful to the Library of Virginia for their coordinated efforts to properly preserve this document and also the Library’s work to index and provide this priceless information on-line to share with the public.

Erica W. Williams, Clerk
Circuit Court of Montgomery County

By: Bari

Bari — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 16:45:21 +0000

(The following was taken from an email from Goochland County Deputy Clerk James Richmond. Posted with permission.)

It is so great that these documents are out there for the public to see and search. The Library is doing a wonderful service by presenting these registers that are so often overlooked in record rooms. They are an invaluable tool in African American genealogical research.

James Richmond
Deputy Clerk
Goochland County Circuit Court