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Other Resources

Here are website links where we’ve identified tools and resources for history buffs.

  • Billion Graves – A mapping app that lets your mark graves and see marked graves all around the world. App is available for Android and iOS devices. https://billiongraves.com/

  • Find A Grave – An online searchable database of cemeteries across the US. 

  • Family Search – Guide to Floyd County, Virginia ancestry, family history and genealogy. Birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, family history, immigration records, and military records.
  • VaGenWeb – This is a part of the USGenWeb project, which is an effort to organize genealogical materials on the Internet. This page is focused on Floyd County, Virginia.
  • Montgomery Floyd Regional Library Online Research – Multiple databases available. Choose a category from the menu on the left to get started, or scroll down to browse it all. Users not in the library buildings may be redirected to our Find It Virginia portal which requires a valid MFRL Library Card.
  • Floyd Press – Find past editions of the Floyd Press at the Montgomery Floyd Regional Library
  • Virginia Memory – Online historical database of the Library of Virginia. 
  • Maps of Virginia are a great resource to help learn about a place at a particular point in time. Old Virginia maps are effective sources of geographical information and useful for historical, genealogical, and territorial research.
  • Random Acts of Geneological Kindness – The purpose of this site is to help others obtain copies of documents, pictures of tombstones, etc., that can not be obtained easily by those who do not live in the area of their ancestors.
  • Ancestry.com – Some free content available, but a subscription is required for most material.
  • Fold3 – Includes free and subscription only access to documents and images.
  • Heritage Quest – (requires subscription) If you have a library card for the Montgomery-Floyd Regional Library, you can access Heritage Quest through their webpage
  • RootsWeb – Free community family trees, mailing lists, message boards, and web sites relating to genealogy.
  • U. S. National Archives – Site includes information on in-person research, as well as access to thousands of digital records.

Virginia Department of Historic Resources:

  • Historic Registers – DHR administers two programs designed to recognize Virginia’s historic resources and to encourage their continued preservation: the Virginia Landmarks Register and the National Register of Historic Places.
Floyd County Historical Society

Floyd County Historical Society