The Central Rappahannock Heritage Center, located in historic Fredericksburg, Virginia, is a non-profit, all-volunteer organization whose mission is to preserve historically valuable material from the Fredericksburg region and make it available to the public for research. The Center holds more than 85,000 collection records, including photographs and original documents dating from the early 1700s. We collect and maintain records from the City of Fredericksburg and counties of Caroline, King George, Spotsylvania, and Stafford. In addition, the center has many personal and family letters and documents, local business records, church and civic organization records, school records, documents on slavery, genealogy records, bound newspapers, books, maps, postcards, and photographs, including thousands of scanned images that can be viewed online.

The online search page (https://crhc.pastperfectonline.com) allows users to browse the archive or search by keywords, names, and places.

Subject areas and holdings for specific localities include: City of Fredericksburg Aerial photographs Architectural drawings Banks Black history and slavery Cemeteries Census and demographics Churches City directories 1888-1991 Civil War Club records D.A.R. Washington-Lewis Chapter Daughters of the War of 1812 Deeds Elks Lodge B.P.O.E. 875 Floods Fredericksburg Masonic Lodge #4 records Fredericksburg Police ledgers, 1926-1942 Free Lance-Star bound newspapers – January 1933 to December 1969 Free Lance-Star, assorted years Genealogy Knox family letters and photographs Maps Marriages Maury School/Center Militia Mills, canals and waterways Oral histories Photographs Plats Postcards Railroads Robert Hodge indexes Sanborn maps – various years Schools and school yearbooks Spanish-American War roster Turner stereo-view photos United Daughters of the Confederacy Virginia’s Company K history Voter Registration records to 1904 Works Progress Administration historical surveys

Caroline County Court Records U.S. Army Fort Walker (formerly Fort A. P. Hill) map of landowners before World War II (from Caroline County Historical Society) Appeals and Land Causes 1787-1807 Architectural drawings Cemeteries Census records and demographics Chancery Court deeds 1758-1845 Charter books 1902-1961 Churches Clerk’s Order Books 1842-1864 1904-1927 Clerk’s Order Books abstracts, 1732-1789 Committee of Safety 1774-1776 Deed books Ended Papers (court cases) to 1930’s Enumeration of Caroline County 1880 Felons register 1888 Freemen 1865-1872 Friendly Ended Papers (court cases) Genealogy Guardian Bonds 1806-1821 Journals - Board of Supervisors 1890-1926 Land Books Alterations 1782-1798 Land tax lists 1802-1979 Loving case, original file 1964 Maps Marriages Minute books Oral histories Overseers of the Poor Plats Register of Children of Colored Persons Whose Parents Cohabiting Together as Husband and Wife 1866 Register of Children of Colored Persons Whose Parents had Ceased to Cohabit as of 1866 Revolutionary War Claims Survey Books 1729-1762 Thomas Robson Hay research Will books Works Progress Administration historical surveys

King George County Architectural drawings Birth records Census records Churches Civil war Correspondence Court records Dahlgren history Deeds Directories Genealogy Indentures King George Fall Festival 1962-2001 King George Historical Society research Land records Ledgers Maps Marriages Oral Histories Photographs Plats Postcards Property assessments School records Scrapbooks Slave records Wills Works Progress Administration historical survey records

Spotsylvania County Court Records Aero Service Corps aerial photographs, entire set 1937 Apprenticeship Indentures 1750-1850 Architectural drawings Birth records 1864-1895, 1912-1915 Bonds for ordinaries, taverns, assessors and commissioners Census and demographics Churches Civil War Clubs County accounts: bounty claims, roads, bridges, lunacy and taxes Court records Death records 1912-1915 Decedents Deeds Estate papers: accounts, appraisals, decedents and inventories Free Negro papers: certificates, insolvents and petitions Genealogy Guardianships: appointments, accounts and bonds Jail and courthouse records: accounts, inspections and repairs Ladies Memorial Association Land records: deeds, sales, leases and trusts Land tax maps Licenses for business and private entertainment Maps Marriages Military papers: commissions, qualifications, paroles and patrolling Mills, dams, canals and waterways Minister appointments Naturalization papers Oaths and Appointments Oral histories Overseers of the Poor Photographs Plats Poll books: elections records and precinct voter registrations Postcards Railroad papers and records School records: bonds, petitions and commission reports, yearbooks Service Claims for Revolutionary War, Civil War and Mexican-American War Slave Papers: agreements, bills of sale, deeds of trust and manumissions Spotsylvania Order Book extracts 1724-1739 Works Progress Administration historical surveys

Stafford County Aquia Church Architectural drawings Cemeteries Census Chatham gardener records Churches Civil War Correspondence Crow’s Nest records Deeds Directories Ferry Farm Civic Association Genealogy Land assessment cards 1930-2000 Land books Maps Oral histories Overwharton Parish Register 1720-1760 Patawomeck Tribe Photographs Plats Postcards Quantico records Schools and school yearbooks Scrapbooks Slave records Virginia Railway Express White Oak Primitive Baptist Church consent documents, early 1800's Wills Works Progress Administration historical surveys