What's New:


October 2010

Marriage Records:
Date of marriage bonds extended from 1828-1833 to 1828-1838

April 2010

Book Page:   Updated to include some books which can be read online.
Family Pages:   New pages will be designated  [New]
Military:  Isle of Wight Avengers: Roster and end of service status for the privates of Company F of the 61st Virginia Infantry, CSA
Isle of Wight Links:  Take a bike ride
History of Isle of Wight County:  County sketch and records from the William & Mary Quarterly

March 2010

Marriages Records:
Isle of Wight County Marriage Bonds: 1828 - 1833
Isle of Wight County Marriage Bonds for Free African-Americans: 1828 - 1833
Family Pages: Belcher, Worrell
Isle of Wight Links
Isle of Wight Genealogy Forum
Isle of Wight Avengers: Roster and end of service status for the privates of Company F of the 61st Virginia Infantry, CSA
Other Interesting or Helpful Sites
Find-a-Grave: Recommended.

February 2010

Isle of Wight Death Records: Original death records for the year of 1853
Isle of Wight Archives at VaGenWeb: Direct link to Table of Contents
Isle of Wight Links
The Geography of Slavery: Runaway slave advertisements (in early newspapers) that mention Isle of Wight
Historic St. Lukes Church
Virginia History & Genealogy Sites
Women & Education in 18th Century Virginia
Other Interesting or Helpful Sites
Registers of (English) Servants Sent to Foreign Plantations, 1654 - 1686
Genealogy Blog

January 2010

  • Family Pages:  Blake, Drake, Fly, Ruffin
  • Military Records:  A National Parks Service site to locate civil war ancestors.
  • Virginia History & Genealogy Sites:  Virginia Department of Historical Resources;
  • Other Interesting or Helpful Sites:  Social Security Death Index

    December 2009

  • Miscellaneous Will Abstracts: Added wills probated from April 1804 to September 1807
  • Family Pages: Jones Family added.
  • Isle of Wight Links: Virginia Century Farm Program; National Register of Historic Places

    November 2009
    Miscellaneous Will Abstracts: Wills Added: Allen, Battin, Bracey, Brown, Crocker, Darden, Edmunds, Edwards, Floyd, Godwin(2), Grautham, Green, Hall, Hamilton, Heath, Hollowell(2) Holmes, Hutchins, Johnston, Jordan, Minty, Moody, Morrison, Newman, Pierce, Powell, Purdie, Saunders, Smelly, Spivey, Stagg, Stallings, Thomas, Tynes, West, Whitley.

    August 2009
    Family Pages: Families Added: Barlow, Jesse; Bradshaw; Brantly; Cobb; Cobb, Joseph; Davis, Maj. Thomas; Hunter; Lankford, Stephen; Pitt/Pitts; Strickland; Westray I and II; Whitley I and II; Williams, John.

    July 2009
    Wills & Estates:  New page of miscellaneous will abstracts that were probated in Isle of Wight after 1800. (Note: This is an ongoing project.)

    June 2009
    Books: Books added.

    May 2009
    Family Pages: Families Added: Arrington; Baggett; Bryan/Bryant; Goodman; Macquinney/McKinnie, Baranby; Mayo

    March 2009
     Family Pages: Families Added: Allen; Bennett; Combs; Elias Fort; Morris/Maurice; Person(s); Christopher Reynolds
    Books:  Enhanced book page to include links to booksellers with description of books.

    February 2009
    Site updated to include archived material available at the USGenWeb Digital Library for Virginia. These links are designated as "Archive" Deeds or "Archive" Wills, etc. The USGenWeb Digital Library for Virginia was developed to provide free on line data for genealogical research. These archives are dependent on volunteers, people just like you, to donate their time by transcribing public domain records or other non-copyrighted primary sources. If you have Isle of Wight records to contribute, please click     here.

    January 2009
    Isle of Wight Links:      Will and deed abstracts freeing slaves.
    Family Pages: Cutchin family added; Hardy family added; Piland family added
    Other Links: Restoring Old Photographs; Looking Beyond Will Abstracts