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Welcome to the Historical Society of Washington County, Virginia! Located in downtown Abingdon, Virginia, the Historical Society of Washington County, Virginia is headquartered in the Old Abingdon Train Depot. The Society is a leading center in the region for genealogical and historical research, including local and regional history, published genealogies, and family histories. 
Entrance to the HSWCV Library in the Old Train Depot in Abingdon, Virginia.
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Illustrative map depicting the location of the HSWCV Library in downtown Abingdon, Virginia.
SOCIETY NEWSLETTER: 
Current Issue - April 2012ARCHIVED ISSUES: |
EVENTS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS MEMBERSHIP RENEWAL 
Current annual members should have received a membership notification letter in the mail during April. PLEASE help us save money and paper by renewing online. Just click on the card to access the Memberships section of our Store page. If you have not renewed your membership by June 1, your membership will be considered expired and your name removed from the mailing list. DEAR MEMBERS: In our ongoing efforts to contain expenses, the cost of postage is being examined. The Post Office charges us to send you mail, and to return that mail to us when undeliverable. Then we pay again to send it to you at a new address. Please help us by: - sending a change-of-address card when you move, - or calling our offices at 276-623-8337, - or e-mailing us at office@hswcv.org Remember, you can receive your Newsletter by e-mail, or read it on this Web site. Beginning June 1, 2012, if your Newsletter is returned to us, it will not be forwarded to you. However, the Membership Chair will change your address in our records, if the Post Office includes your new address with the return message. Your membership in the Historical Society is appreciated. Please help us stay in touch with you. SALE ITEMS! 
Browse the latest sale items on our Store Page by clicking on the sale tag. NATIONAL ARCHIVES 1940 CENSUS 
The National Archives has released the 1940 Census. It is available for online searching free of charge at 1940census.archives.gov. It is also available to subscribers of Ancestry.com. The 1940 Census does not yet have a name index. In order to locate someone, you will need to know his or her address and the Census enumeration district in which that address was located. The National Archives web site (above) has maps that can help to determine past enumeration districts. 
Click here to view the Washington County, Virginia Civil War History Brochure.Printed copies are available at the HSWCV Library, the Abingdon Visitors Bureau, and the Washington County Chamber of Commerce. |
