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- Enjoy informative feature articles on Fredericksburg's past written by CRRL librarians and local historians.

Feature Article Archive

Lunch with History Archive

Great Lives Archive

- Selected from various local publications, these dispatches will give you a true feel for the olden days.

Dispatch Archive

- The people that have shaped the day-to-day history of our region.

1885 Business Directory

Census Index

Confederate Soldier Burial Index

Obituary Index

Pieces of Our Past Oral Histories

Spotsylvania Marriage Bond and Registers

- The places that define our area's history.

Area Museums

Fredericksburg Port Records

Postcard Collection

Sanborn Maps

Walking and Driving Tours

- Other sources to aid in exploring history.

African American Resources

Community Calendar

Historical Organizations

Local Newspaper Indexes and More

Local Research Projects

Primers to the Past: Teaching Our History

Virginiana Room Information

Virginia Vital Records Bibliographies

About HistoryPoint

Use HeritageQuest to Discover Your Family History

A site that helps to enhance the discovery of your family history is HeritageQuest, and thankfully, the CRRL subscribes to this very database.

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...where civil government is preserved free, there can be no religious tyranny--"
By John Frances Mercer

Stafford County native and Revolutionary patriot John Francis Mercer wrote a series of anti-Federalist papers, protesting the large role of federal government.

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New in Virginiana!

John Washington's Civil War: A Slave Narrative
edited by Crandall Shifflett

Unlike the W.P.A. narratives collected in the 1930s, this memoir of a Virginia slave was written only seven years after the Civil War and is full of vivid memories. Contextual notes are provided by Virginia Tech history professor Crandall Shifflett, who unearthed this forgotten treasure at the Library of Congress.

HistoryPoint Calendar

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Postcard Collection

This image is from our postcard collection. Click on the image or title to find out more about this postcard or browse the entire collection.

U. S. Post Office

Interior of U. S. Post Office. Fredericksburg, Va.

Area Museums

Find location, hours, contact information, and web sites for local museums. Browse our list!

St. James House

An 18th century gentleman's house built by James Mercer, Mary Washington's attorney, in 1760. Filled with period antiques.