Helpful Resources & Links

Books about Mecklenburg

• Life by the Roaring Roanoke, A History of Mecklenburg County, Virginia. By Susan L. Bracey, 1977

Maps

Mecklenburg County

• 1940 Census Enumeration District Maps
• 1950 Census Enumeration District Maps
• USGS Topographical Maps, multiple years
• Mecklenburg GIS
• Mecklenburg maps on Library of Congress website

Virginia

• Atlas of Historical County Boundaries, Virginia
• Encyclopedia Virginia
• 1827 Map of Virginia
• 1859 Map of Virginia
• 1896 Virginia & West Virginia, postal route map
• 1906 Virginia & West Virginia, postal route map
• 1910 Railway map of Virginia

Websites

Mecklenburg County records, free to view after logging in to FamilySearch.org.

• FamilySearch wiki, Mecklenburg, Virginia page
• Brunswick Cemeteries
• St. Tammany Farm
• Poythress website
• Mecklenburg Public Library genealogy resources
• Mecklenburg, Virginia Genweb
• Library of Virginia (State Archives)
• Digitized chancery cases at Library of Virginia
• Digital collections at Library of Virginia (includes photos, Bibles)