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Hello and welcome to the Genealogy Trails website for Orange County, Virginia. Our goal is to help you track your ancestors through time by transcribing genealogical and historical data and placing it online for the free use of all researchers.

This is a continuation of our original, and highly successful, Genealogy Trails Illinois History and Genealogy Project and we are excited about this opportunity to expand into other states. We welcome your feedback and comments, and of course, your data contributions. If you have data that you would like to have posted on this website, please contact me.

We're looking for folks who share our dedication to putting data online and are interested in helping this project be as successful as our Illinois websites are.

If you think you might be interested in joining our group, view our Volunteer Page for further information and instructions on signing up..

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You are welcome to browse the information on these pages and at the many links provided to garner the data needed to continue your research into your family history. However, Please remember that this information, in many cases, represents years of painstaking research on the part of myself, or the many generous volunteers who have donated their information to this site. You can show your respect for these efforts by not taking things to use on other websites and/or to claim as your own. I thank you in advance for your consideration.

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A LITTLE HISTORY ON ORANGE COUNTY VIRGINIA
The county was previously inhabited by the Siouan Manahoac tribe.  The first white settlement was Germanna, became Orange County.  Orange County is named for Prince William III of Orange who was a protestant King of Great Britain and Ireland.  The family name of William of Orange was from the dynasty's ancestral origins as feudal lords of the French town of Orange.  Montpelier, President James Madison's home, as well as Barboursville, US Senator James Barbour's ruined home, are located in the county.  President Zachary Taylor was also born in Orange County.  The Battle of the Wilderness took place in Orange County, during the Civil War, in May 1864.
INCORPORATED TOWN - Gordonsville - Orange
UNINCORPORATED TOWNS - Barboursville - Locust Grove
ORANGE CO VA - Official Website - NOT a Genealogy Website





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