Research Guide
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Courthouse
Library
Museum
Organizations
Bibliography
Culpeper
County Courthouse
135 W. Cameron Street
Culpeper, VA 22701
Phone: (540) 727-3438
Hours: Monday-Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Copies: $0.50 per page (most copying is self-service)
Records:
Births - 1853-1896; 1912-1917
Deaths - 1853-1896; 1912-1917
Marriages - 1781-present
Deeds - 1749-present
Wills - 1749-present (Books G (1814-17) and L&M (1827-1833 are missing)
Chancery Records prior to 1900 have been transferred to the Library of Virginia in Richmond.Please do not send research requests to the courthouse. The clerks do not have the resources available to respond.
271 Southgate Shopping Center
Culpeper, VA 22701
Web Site:
http://tlc.library.net/culpeper/default.asp
(catalog is online)
Phone:
540-825-8691
Fax: 540-825-7486
Hours:
Monday to Thursday - 10 am to 9 pm
Friday and
Saturday - 10 am to 5 pm
September thru May:
Sunday - 1 pm to 5 pm
Museum of Culpeper History
Offers informative exhibits and living history programs.
Check their web site for a calendar of events.
Mailing
Address: P.O. Box 951
Culpeper, VA 22701
Location: 803 S. Main St. (Corner of Main and Mason)
Web Site: http://www.culpepermuseum.com/
Phone: Museum: (540) 829-1749
Office: (540) 829-6434
Hours:
Monday thru Saturday 11AM - 5PM Special Tours By Appointment
Admission:
FREE - Donations Accepted
While you're there, don't forget to visit the Burgandine House
located next to the Museum.
Hours: Same as Museum
Special Tours By Appointment
Admission:
FREE
Culpeper Genealogical Society
Web Site: https://sites.rootsweb.com/~vacgs
1117 Virginia Avenue
Culpeper, VA 22701
We have lost our researchers. If you could volunteer please contact us.
We do not have anyone to do research in Culpeper.
Memorial Foundation of the
Germanna Colonies in Virginia, Inc.
http://www.germanna.org
Thomas Faircloth, President
P. O. Box 297
Locust Grove, Virginia 22508-0297
E-Mail: [email protected]
Office: 540-423-1700
Fax: 540-423-1747
Visitor Center and Office: 2062 Germanna Highway, Locust Grove, VA 22508
Open to the Public: Tue - Sat Noon - 5 P.M.
GERMANNA REUNION: Held each year in July. Watch the
website for information
Brandy Rifles Co. E Camp #1918 -
Sons of Confederate Veterans
http://brandyrifles.tripod.com/
Culpeper Minute Men Chapter -
Sons of the American Revolution
http://home.earthlink.net/~rschnorf/cmm/index.html
Culpeper Chapter United
Daughters of the Confederacy
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Abercrombie, Janice L. and Richard Slatten, compilers. Virginia Publick Claims Culpeper County. Athens, Georgia: Iberian Publishing Company, no date.
Blankenbaker, John.
The Culpeper Classes.
Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania, Privately printed, 1999.
Boyle, Andrew J.,
(Lieutenant-General Ret.). The
Church in the Fork: A History of
Historic Little Fork Church. Orange,
Virginia: Green Publishers, Inc., 1983.
Calfee, Berkeley G. (Mrs.).
Confederate History of
Culpeper County. No date.
Reprint, Culpeper Chapter United Daughters of the Confederacy, 1984.
Cruise, M. T. W. (Mrs..) The Truth Is The Light If It's Told In The Dark: A Family History. P. O. Box 208, Dublin, VA 24084, Privately printed, 2007. We are proud to announce this publication by a member of the Culpeper Genealogical Society.
Culpeper Bicentennial
1749-1949 Official Program.
Culpeper County, Virginia
1749-1999 250th Anniversary "A Remembrance"
Culpeper Historical Society. Historic Culpeper Bicentennial Edition.
Culpeper, Virginia: Culpeper
Historical Society, Inc., 1974.
Davis, Rosalie Edith.
St. Mark's Parish Vestry Book 1730-1785.
Manchester, Missouri: Privately
printed, 1993.
Dorman, John Frederick.
Culpeper County, Virginia Deeds Volume One 1749-1755.
Washington, D.C.: Privately printed, 1975.
Dorman, John Frederick.
Culpeper County, Virginia Deeds Volume Two 1755-1762.
Washington, D.C.: Privately printed, 1976.
Dorman, John Frederick.
Culpeper County, Virginia Deeds Volume Three 1762-1765.
Washington, D.C.: Privately printed, 1979.
Dorman, John Frederick.
Culpeper County, Virginia Deeds Volume Four 1765-1769.
Washington, D.C.: Privately printed, 1979.
Dorman, John Frederick.
Culpeper County, Virginia Deeds Volume Five 1769-1772.
Falmouth, Virginia: Privately
printed, 1991.
Dorman, John Frederick.
Culpeper County, Virginia Deeds Volume Six 1772-1774.
Falmouth, Virginia: Privately
printed, 1991.
Dorman, John Frederick.
Culpeper County, Virginia Will Book A 1749-1770.
Washington, D.C.: Privately printed, 1956.
Green, Raleigh Travers,
compiler. Battles in Culpeper County, Virginia, 1861-1865 and
other articles by Major Daniel A. Grimsley, of the Sixth Virginia Cavalry.
1900. Reprint, Orange,
Virginia: Green Publishers, Inc.,
no date.
Green, Raleigh Travers,
compiler. Genealogical and Historical Notes on Culpeper County,
Virginia, Embracing a Revised and
Enlarged Edition of Dr. Philip Slaughter's History of St. Mark's Parish.
1900. Reprint, Orange,
Virginia: Quality Printing Co.,
1989.
Jones, Mary Stevens, compiler
and editor. An 18th
Century Perspective: Culpeper
County. Culpeper, Virginia:
Culpeper Historical Society, Inc., 1976.
Knorr, Catherine Lindsay. Marriages of Culpeper County, Virginia 1781-1815, 1954. Reprint 1982.
Scheel, Eugene M.
Culpeper A Virginia County's History Through 1920.
Orange, Virginia: Green
Publishers, Inc., 1982.
Schreiner-Yantis, Netti and
Florene Love. The 1787 Census
of Virginia, Culpeper County. Springfield,
Virginia: Genealogical Books in
Print, 1987.
Slaughter, Philip (Rev.).
History of St. Mark's Parish Culpeper Co., VA.
1877. Reprint, Baltimore,
MD: Genealogical Publishing Co.,
Inc., 1998.
Sparacio, Sam and Ruth. Have abstracted various Culpeper County Records: Deed 176901796; Wills 1749-1809; Tax Books 1782-1789; Minute Books 1763-1764. Order from The Antient Press www.antientpress.com/Pages/3clprcty.html
Sutherland, Daniel E.
Seasons of War: The
Ordeal of a Confederate Community 1861-1865.
Baton Rouge, Louisiana: Louisiana
State University Press, 1995.
Thomas, Arthur Dicken, Jr.,
Ph.D. and Angus McDonald Green editors. Early
Churches of Culpeper County, Virginia: Colonial
and Ante-Bellum Congregations. Culpeper,
Virginia: Culpeper Historical
Society, 1987.
Vogt, John and T. William
Kethley, Jr. Culpeper County
Marriages 1780-1853, revised edition with index.
Athens, Georgia: Iberian
Publishing Company, 1986.
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