Circuit Court Alert:
The Fairfax Circuit Court Historic Records Center’s (HRC) monthly newsletter, Found in the Archives, highlights interesting and unique documents held in our collection. Each month, we examine a set of documents and explain what they are and why the court has custody of them – there are many stories to be told! From time to time, we also provide updates on what’s happening in the HRC and information about HRC participation in local history events.
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| Date | Article Name | Volume | |
|---|---|---|---|
| September 2025 | Historic Records Center Scanner Update | No. 113 | view |
| August 2025 | Marginal Behavior: The Court Book Graffitied in 1863 | No. 111 | view |
| July 2025 | Part Two: Lizzie Dodson's (or Lizzie Watson's) Fairfax Story | No. 111 | view |
| June 2025 | Lizzie Dodson's Fairfax Story | No. 110 | view |
| May 2025 | The Fractioned Fallen: Segregation in the World Wars | No. 109 | view |
| April 2025 | Slavery Index Now Accessible Digitally! | No. 108 | view |
| March 2025 | Fairfax's First Female Jurors | No. 107 | view |
| February 2025 | Washington Wills at the Fairfax Court | No. 106 | view |
| January 2025 | Courting Comfort: Keeping Warm at the Courthouse | No. 105 | view |
| December 2024 | Policing Morality in Reconstruction-era Northern Virginia | No. 104 | view |
| November 2024 | Fairfax Voting Changes: Polling Places & Taxes | No. 103 | view |
| October 2024 | Fairfax County Public Schools at the turn of the 20th Century | No. 102 | view |
| September 2024 | Historic Records Center Update | No. 101 | view |
| August 2024 | Fairfax County Historic Courthouse Attic and Bell | No. 100 | view |
| July 2024 | Fairfax County 1860 Map and Biographies | No. 99 | view |
| June 2024 | Immigrants in HRC Records | No. 98 | view |
| May 2024 | Sheriff's Records at the Historic Records Center | No. 97 | view |
| April 2024 | Fairfax County Board of Supervisors | No. 96 | view |
| March 2024 | Library of Virginia's Circuit Court Records Preservation Program | No. 95 | view |
| February 2024 | Memorandum of Marriages Issued by County Clerk | No. 94 | view |
| January 2024 | Illegal Gaming Charges in Fairfax County | No. 93 | view |
| December 2023 | The Clerk of Court | No. 93 | view |
| November 2023 | Conservation Update | No. 92 | view |
| October 2023 | Fairfax Registration of Free Negroes | No. 91 | view |
| September 2023 | Road Records at the HRC | No. 90 | view |
| August 2023 | Military Records at the HRC | No. 89 | view |
| July 2023 | Pre-Revolutionary Records | No. 88 | view |
| June 2023 | Women in the List of Voters Registered 1902-1920 | No. 87 | view |
| May 2023 | Embellishments! | No. 86 | view |
| April 2023 | The Willcoxon Family | No. 85 | view |
| March 2023 | Gunnell vs. Gunnell | No. 84 | view |
| February 2023 | Fairfax County Medical Registers | No. 83 | view |
| January 2023 | Prohibition Petitions | No. 82 | view |
| December 2022 | Conservation Update | No. 81 | view |
| November 2022 | Common Criers in Fairfax County | No. 80 | view |
| October 2022 | Ferries in Fairfax County | No. 79 | view |
| September 2022 | Discovering the Enslaved People at Oak Hill | No. 78 | view |
| August 2022 | Commonwealth vs Warner Peyton | No. 77 | view |
| July 2022 | Revolutionary Period Records | No. 76 | view |
| June 2022 | Coroner's Inquest, 1874 | No. 75 | view |
| May 2022 | Courthouse Maintenance Records | No. 74 | view |
| April 2022 | City of Fairfax’s Old Town Hall | No. 73 | view |
| March 2022 | Irish Immigrants in Fairfax County | No. 72 | view |
| February 2022 | Dog Tax Lists | No. 71 | view |
| January 2022 | Conservation Update from the Historic Records Center | No. 70 | view |
| January 2021 | Pandemic Projects | No. 69 | view |
| November 2020 | Archival Enemies | No. 68 | view |
| October 2020 | Coroner’s Inquests | No. 67 | view |
| September 2020 | Prohibition 1914-1933 | No. 66 | view |
| August 2020 | General Register of Voters, 1902-1903 | No. 65 | view |
| June 2020 | The Meaning of Maps | No. 64 | view |
| May 2020 | Orchards in Early Fairfax County | No. 63 | view |
| April 2020 | Conservation Update from Historic Records | No. 62 | view |
| March 2020 | E. L. S. Bouton | No. 61 | view |
| February 2020 | Women and 'The Vote' | No. 60 | view |
| January 2020 | Doodles and Drawings in the Court Records | No. 59 | view |
| December 2019 | 18th Century Ordinaries - Part II | No. 58 | view |
| November 2019 | 18th Century Ordinaries - Part I | No. 57 | view |
| October 2019 | An Alexandrian Family | No. 56 | view |
| September 2019 | Henry Woodhouse | No. 55 | view |
| August 2019 | Poorhouse 1878 | No. 54 | view |
| July 2019 | Store Inventories | No. 53 | view |
| June 2019 | Railroad Disasters | No. 52 | view |
| April 2019 | Commonwealth v. Henry and Poss | No. 51 | view |
| March 2019 | Court Artifacts | No. 50 | view |
| January 2019 | Women and the Colonial Court | No. 49 | view |
| December 2018 | Church and State | No. 48 | view |
| November 2018 | Newly Conserved Historic Court Records | No. 47 | view |
| October 2018 | Fighting for Airspace | No. 46 | view |
| August 2018 | Ponnet v. Southern Railway Co.: Environmental Pollution | No. 45 | view |
| June-July 2018 | Evidence in the Vault | No. 44 | view |
| May 2018 | Rum Smuggling in Post-Revolution Alexandria | No. 43 | view |
| April 2018 | Dr. Thomas Triplett (1776-1865) | No. 42 | view |
| March 2018 | Portraits of the Poor | No. 41 | view |
| February 2018 | 18th and 19th Century Overseers of the Poor | No. 40 | view |
| December 2017 | Games and Entertainment in Early Fairfax County | No. 39 | view |
| November 2017 | Fairfax County and the 1907 Jamestown Exposition | No. 38 | view |
| October 2017 | Colonial Marriage | No. 37 | view |
| September 2017 | Disease in Fairfax County | No. 36 | view |
| August 2017 | Immigration Records at the Court | No. 35 | view |
| July 2017 | Lucy B. Webb: A Fairfax County Teacher Ahead of Her Time | No. 34 | view |
| June 2017 | Confederate Pension Applications at the HRC | No. 33 | view |
| May 2017 | The Court and Public Events | No. 32 | view |
| April 2017 | Honoring the Centennial of U.S. Entry Into World War I | No. 31 | view |
| March 2017 | The Fairfax Family and the Columbian College in DC | No. 30 | view |
| February 2017 | Dennis Comer: From Slavery to Freedom | No. 29 | view |
| January 2017 | Smallpox in 19th Century Fairfax County | No. 28 | view |
| December 2016 | Historic Records Center News | No. 27 | view |
| November 2016 | Fowl Play: Turkey Theft in Fairfax County | No. 26 | view |
| October 2016 | Prohibition in Fairfax County | No. 25 | view |
| September 2016 | Proposal for Freedmen’s Bureau School at Fairfax Court House | No. 24 | view |
| August 2016 | Spring 2015 CCRP Grant Records Returned | No. 23 | view |
| July 2016 | Lost Court Records RETURNED! | No. 22 | view |
| June 2016 | Noxious Animal Bounties and Sheep Claims | No. 21 | view |
| May 2016 | Birth and Death Records at the Court | No. 20 | view |
| April 2016 | Court Cases | No. 19 | view |
| March 2016 | Research at the Historic Records Center | No. 18 | view |
| February 2016 | Ordinaries and Taverns, Part II | No. 17 | view |
| January 2016 | Ordinaries and Taverns | No. 16 | view |
| December 2015 | The Courthouse Well | No. 15 | view |
| November 2015 | Confederate Pension Applications at the Court | No. 14 | view |
| October 2015 | Dueling in Fairfax County | No. 13 | view |
| September 2015 | Fairfax Court Slavery Index Project | No. 12 | view |
| August 2015 | Seeking Lost Fairfax Court Records | No. 11 | view |
| July 2015 | Road Petitions | No. 10 | view |
| June 2015 | Estrays in Fairfax County | No. 09 | view |
| May 2015 | Apprenticeships in Colonial Fairfax County | No. 08 | view |
| April 2015 | 215th Anniversary - Court Sessions at Historic Fairfax Courthouse | No. 07 | view |
| March 2015 | Irish Immigrants in Fairfax County | No. 06 | view |
| February 2015 | Linking Records | No. 05 | view |
| January 2015 | 1804 Plat of Alexandria | No. 04 | view |
| December 2014 | Broadsides at Fairfax County Courthouse | No. 03 | view |
| November 2014 | World War I In Fairfax | No. 02 | view |
| October 2014 | Preserving and Conserving the Court's Records | No. 01 | view |