In addition to the Fluvanna Historical Society Archives and Research Library at Maggie’s House, here you’ll find other resources that might be helpful to you in your research. There are many other local repositories for information about Fluvanna County’s history that you can also find online. Here are some of the ones that are some of our top recommendations:

University of Virginia – Special Collections

UVa’s Special Collections Library has a lot of resources and original documents relating to Fluvanna History, including an extensive collection of John Hartwell Cocke’s papers from Bremo.

Library of Virginia Resources

Library of Virginia carries a large amount of digital collections and online exhibitions, including

• Virginia Untold: the African American Narrative, which provides digital access to records that document some of the lived experiences of enslaved and free Black and multiracial people in the Library of Virginia’s collections. 
• Virginia Chronicle from Library of Virginia – Fluvanna and other local newspapers such as the Midland Virginian, Scottsville Sun, Daily Progress.

Newspaper Resources

• Daily Progress archives available through JMRL
• Virginia Chronicle from Library of Virginia – Fluvanna and other local newspapers such as the Midland Virginian, Scottsville Sun, Daily Progress.
• Fluvanna Review – Articles from the Fluvanna Review and physical archives are kept at the Fluvanna County Public Library in their Local History room.
• UVA Library has a lot of newspaper resources, including local, state and national newspapers available on microfilm, and the Daily Progress online.

Genealogy Resources

• For Census, Marriage, and Death Records, and more:
  • FamilySearch.org (free access)
  • Heritage Quest database (free access with a library card, including Fluvanna and JMRL).
  • Ancestry for Virginians (free through Library of Virginia) – You can access Ancestry’s database of Virginia records for free through the Library of Virginia! To take advantage of saving family tree information and to use resources outside of Virginia, you would have to upgrade to a paid subscription.
• Afro-American Historical and Genealogical Society with offices in Albemarle-Charlottesville and Richmond
• Fluvanna’s Free Negro Tax Records (Available through Library of Virginia)  – The originals are available in our archives at Maggie’s House, but digitized and transcribed here.  In 1801, the Virginia Legislature passed an act requiring commissioners of the revenue to annually return a complete list of all free Black Virginians within their districts, with their names, sex, place of abode, and trades. The Library of Virginia’s collection of “Free Negro Tax” Records include those lists as well as “Free Negro Delinquent Tax Lists.”
• Freedmen’s Bureau
• Mapping the Freedmen’s Bureau 

Cemetery Resources

• Find-a-Grave Website for Burial Information: Includes burial records and locations for nearly 12,000 people in Fluvanna. A lot of cemetery information and research that has been done by FHS researchers has been loaded onto this website with photographs of the graves when possible. You can search by name, location, or cemetery.
• Department of Historic Resources – Cemetery Preservation Information  Great if you’re looking for more information about how to preserve local cemeteries in Virginia, or information about finding funds from the Virginia Historical African American Cemeteries and Graves Fund.

Community Resources

• Union Baptist Church in Shores, including information of burials there.
• Seven Islands of Fluvanna – Information about the Tutwiler Family from Seven Islands in Fluvanna. Site by Andy Sorrell.
• Story Map of the Rivanna River from the Rivanna River Basin Commission
• Dr. Shelley Murphy – Family Tree Girl : A talented researcher and genealogist, Dr. Shelley Murphy shares many resources for tracing African American and enslaved descendants research information on her website:  https://familytreegirl.com/
• One Shared Story:  One Shared Story combines archival genealogical research with digital mapping technologies to create publicly accessible databases and archives devoted to hidden history in Central Virginia, including that of African American and descendant communities in Fluvanna.