The history of any community is composed of the individuals who have shaped its outcome. We offer insights and glimpses at those people, from movers and shakers to the rank-and-file citizens.

1885 Business Directory:
This business directory was originally printed in the main body of The Free Lance newspaper in 1885. This directory "shows the organization of the city, the courts, the churches partially, the several societies, together with the date of their meetings, and also our active business men, individually, as firms."

Census Indexes:
Census indexes from the 19th-century. Currently only Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania are represented.

Confederate Soldier Burial Index:
A guide to local Confederate soldiers' burials. Currently contains listings from the the Fredericksburg Confederate Cemetery and Fredericksburg Potter's Field.

Obituary Index:
An ongoing project to make obituary indexes from local newspapers available for online searches.

Pieces of Our Past Oral Histories:
Since 1997, The Historic Fredericksburg Foundation, Inc. has been recording the stories of various members of the community who were knowledgeable about important area events. Some interviewees are well known for their political activism or local celebrity and others have simply been life-long residents -- but all their stories are equally important to a town as rich in history as Fredericksburg. Browse the interviews.

Spotsylvania Marriage Bond and Registers:
An index of the Marriage Bonds and Registers from 19th-century Spotsylvania County.