Genealogy
African American
African-American Cemeteries Online
African-Ancestored Mailing Lists
Cyndi’s List: African-American
Family Tree Magazine African -American Genealogy
Free African Americans of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland and Delaware
National Archives: African-American Research
General
American Family Immigration History Center
Ancestry Library Edition LibGuides
Genealogical Proof Standard (GPS)
HeritageQuest
For use inside the library and at home
Library of Congress Local History Reading Room
Social Security Death Index at Ancestry.com, 1935-2014
Ancestry.com’s Social Security Administration Death Master File contains information on millions of deceased individuals with United States social security numbers whose deaths were reported to the Social Security Administration.
Library of Virginia
Note to Virginia residents: The Library of Virginia subscribes to a number of current and historical newspapers, magazines, and journals, as well as genealogical resources, historical maps, civil war records, encyclopedias and directories, and many other texts. If you sign up for a Library of Virginia library card using their online registration system (requires a valid state issued driver’s license or identification card), you can gain immediate remote access to the Library’s subscription databases and catalog features requiring a login.
Virginia Chronicle
A historical archive of Virginia newspapers, providing free access to full text searching and digitized images of over 3 million newspaper pages.
Virginia Memory Project-Chancery Records Index
Local
A Guide to Genealogical Resources at the University of Virginia
Books on Rockbridge County History
Lexington Gazette (Lexington, VA, 1860-1866)
Lexington Gazette (Lexington, VA, 1871-1962)
Rockbridge County Yearbooks digitized at Internet Archive
Includes Parry McCluer High School, Lexington High School, Rockbridge County High School, Rockbridge High School, Natural Bridge High School, Buena Vista High School
Lost in Time Project Oral history project centered around communities surrounding House Mountain
A History of Rockbridge County, Virginia
by Oren F. Morton. (eBook online from Google Books)
Rockbridge Area Genealogical Society Disbanded in 2020, but site lists useful links
Rockbridge County Genealogical Web Project
Rockbridge County Marriage Bonds 1778-1801
Rockbridge County News (Lexington, VA, 1884-1962)
Rockbridge County, Virginia Heritage Book 1787-1997
Rockbridge County, Virginia US Genweb Archives Project