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Lecture discusses the effective use of surviving county records and then focuses on Federal and state records that provide genealogical information such as military, pensions, Southern Claims, Serial Set and state land grants that help fill in research gaps. Non-Government sources such as church records, manuscripts, cemetery records and local histories are also reviewed.

About our Speaker

Victor S. “Vic” Dunn, CG, is a full-time professional researcher. The coordinator for the Virginia
track at the Institute of Genealogy and Historical Research, he is a frequent contributor to
major genealogical publications including feature articles in the National Genealogical Society
Quarterly, The Genealogist, BCG OnBoard, and Magazine of Virginia Genealogy. In 2014 he
received the Mosher Award for Colonial Virginia Research and was named as the official
genealogist of the Order of First Families of Virginia. He is a past trustee of the Board for
Certification of Genealogists, past treasurer of the National Genealogical Society and past
governor of the Virginia Genealogical Society.

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