Alexandria City and Arlington County Virginia Records Index

This index will assist researchers in locating records of individuals within the masses of paperwork created by the various courts of the City of Alexandria and Arlington County Virginia. Individual records themselves are not always indexed rather this index identifies separate records within larger groups. This first volume includes over 25000 entries.People who created records were often poorly educated or simply did not have very good handwriting. Spelling in some records is very bad or far from how we now know it. Although we may know different based on other sources the record's spelling is preserved here as it is interpreted by the compiler.Included in this volume are entries from land taxes 1787 1790 and 1795; land and personal property taxes 1796; personal property taxes 1795 1796 1798 1799 and 1800; special census 1795 1796 1799 1800 1808 and 1810; estate accounts 1810-1850; ordinary bonds and licenses 1802-1811 1820-1839 and 1841-1850; Admiralty Court records 1801-1830; the Complete Records series 1786-1822; records of insolvent debtors 1803-1819 and 1826-1846; land suits 1834-1843; Orphans Court minutes 1801-1805 1811-1817 1822-1830 and 1842-1847; Court of Oyer and Terminer 1794-1800; reports of aliens 1801-1832; and other bonds estate records petitions plats pleas wills etc.Each entry shows subject year of recording and precise location of the original entry.(2001 2012) 2020 51/2x81/2 paper alphabetical 466 pp