Genealogy Resources

NEW!     Ancestry.com     Our subscription is for the Library edition. For use only in Local History/Special Collections.

Heritagequestonline.com     Online census indexes and images & full text genealogy books. Just key in your Alexandria Library card number.

Current Genealogy Class Schedule     Are you just starting out in genealogy or are you tracking that elusive Virginia ancestor? What is stopping you? Take a class! We have classes tailored to your needs.

Genealogy at the Alexandria Library     An in-depth guide to the library's genealogical resources.

Serials and Newspapers
Our history and genealogy periodical collection and our historical newspapers on microfilm. .pdf format


Online Indexes

NEW!   Oath of Allegiance in Virginia, 1862-1865
Index of those who signed an oath of allegiance to the Union during and after the Civil War.

African-American Voter Registration in Alexandria, 1902-1954
Database contains close to 2,100 entries taken from microfilmed voter registration books.

Civil War Era Burials - Alexandria National Cemetery
Index to 3600 Federal burials.

Notes on locating a Confederate ancestor
Guide to locating your ancestor.

NEW!   "News of Interest to Colored Readers," 1927-1928
A ten-month column from the Alexandria Gazette written by African- American Estelle Lane about events in her community.

Obituary Index to the Alexandria Gazette, 1916-
Picks up where Obituary Notices from the Alexandria Gazette, 1784-1915. Rev. ed., published by Willow Bend Books ended. 1916-1946 currently available online!

1850 Census Index - Alexandria & Alexandria County, VA
Index to just over 13,000 individuals enumerated in 1850.

1890 Veterans Census - Northern Virginia
Enumeration of Federal (and some Confederate) veterans or their widows.

Index to Naturalization Petitions, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Virginia, Alexandria, 1909-1929
Soldiers from Camp Humphries (Ft. Belvoir) and residents from Stafford up through Loudoun Counties and all points east.

"The Senior Class;" Index to Alexandria High School Yearbooks, 1919-1950
Index to senior class photos from Alexandria High School (The "Alecko") and George Washington High School (The "Compass").

Volunteers for Freedom: Black Civil War Soldiers in Alexandria National Cemetery
This database was created after a careful review of Volunteers for Freedom: Black Civil War Soldiers in Alexandria National Cemetery, by Edward A. Miller, Jr., located in Local History/Special Collections.

World War I Draft Registrations - Northern Virginia
Draft registrations from Alexandria and Arlington and Fairfax Counties.