“Updates from the Virginia Untold Project at the Library of Virginia” with Lydia Neuroth

June 6, 2024

Virginia Untold Project Manager Lydia Neuroth will share updates from the “Free Negro Register” project, as well as new records recently made available through Virginia Untold and current digitization efforts. Virginia Untold is a digital project that provides access to records of enslaved and free Black and Multiracial people in the Library of Virginia’s collection. Thursday, June 6 , at 4 o’clock IN PERSON at Jefferson School African American Heritage Center. There will be no July or August CVHR meetings. Happy 4th of July and August vacationing!

Next Meeting:

  • Race and Economy: Albemarle County Delinquent Taxes, 1865-1945
    November 6, 2025 This presentation will review and compare the changing economic status of Black and white residents of Albemarle County derived from delinquent tax records in the papers of the Virginia Auditor of Public Accounts. These records parallel land tax and personal property tax records but list individuals who did not pay taxes. Delinquent
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