Links
Local Historical Sites and ResourcesArise and Build:A Centennial Commemoration of the 1895 Rotunda Fire Ash Lawn-Highland (the home of James Monroe) Monticello(the home of Thomas Jefferson) Charlottesville: Urban Design and Affordable Housing by Ken Schwartz, School of Architecture, University of Virginia (includes a lengthy section Charlottesville: A Brief Urban History) The Holsinger Studio Collection (9,000 images of turn-of-the-century Charlottesville, Albemarle County, and the University of Virginia) Jefferson-Madison Regional Library Special Collections of the University of Virginia Library African American Genealogy Group of Charlottesville and Albemarle County J. F. Bell Funeral Home Records (Carter Woodson Institute) Race & Place (on Jim Crow in Albemarle County; Carter Woodson Institute) Of Grave Concern (Maplewood Cemetery) Scottsville Museum Ridge Street Oral History Project Friends of Barboursville Charlottesville Woolen Mills (on the historic mill village) "To Seek The Peace of the City," an extensive history of the Jewish community in Charlottesville. LocoHistory.org, a website and blog about local history by Dr. Lynn Rainville. "Disappearing Indians," a U. Va. site about the Monocan Indians. State, Regional and National History ResourcesVirginia Historical Society American Association for State and Local History VA-HIST Discussion List (hosted by the Library of Virginia) Carter Woodson Institute (U.Va. African, African American Studies) Fluvanna County Historical Society Virginia Folklife Program (Virginia Foundation for the Humanities) Veterans History Project (Library of Congress, American Folklife Center) Vietnam Veterans Oral History and Folklore Project H-Net, Humanities & Social Sciences Online Virginia Association of Museums Virginia Folklore Society American Memory: Historical Collections for the National Digital Library (Library of Congress) SouthernHistory.net Genealogy ResourcesNational Genealogical Society Central Virginia Genealogical Association VA-ROOTS Discussion List (a genealogy list sponsored by the Library of Virginia) Rootsweb.com The Woodson Family Website (descendants of Thomas and Jemima Woodson) Preservation ResourcesAdvisory Council on Historic Preservation National Trust for Historic Preservation National Trust for Historic Preservation Library Resources Preservation Virginia Formerly the Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities Heritage and Cultural Tourism (Va. Dept. of Hist. Resources) State Historical Highway Markers (Va. Dept. of Hist. Resources) Piedmont Environmental Council Virginia Preservation Network Land Trust of Virginia City of Charlottesville Planning Commission City of Charlottesville Board of Architectural Review Preservation Piedmont Albemarle County Historic Preservation Plan Albemarle County Architectural Review BoardAlbemarle Charlottesville Historical Society