Types of Record 

Court Records: 

• Microfilmed Copies at the Library of Virginia

  • Norfolk City

  • Norfolk County

  • Portsmouth

  • Princess Anne County

Diaries: 

• • Diaries of South Hampton Roads

Directories (City, Telephone, etc.): 

City Directories:

• • Ancestry / Ancestry Library Edition - U.S., City Directories, 1822-1995

  • Printed copies - Consult Norfolk Public Library's catalog

  • Norfolk - Digitized copies  Norfolk and Portsmouth City Directories, 1801-1931

Telephone Directories:

• • Printed copies - Consult Norfolk Public Library's catalog

Newspapers: 

• Virginia Chronicle [Library of Virginia]

• Virginia Newspaper Project Directory [Library of Virginia]

• Chronicling America [Library of Congress]

Photographs and Imagery:

• Still Images of Norfolk