Local History Room Hours

Tuesday & Wednesday: 9:30 am - 2:30 pm.

The local history room is located in the back of the Halifax Public Library.  The collection offers numerous historical documents, photographs, books and vertical files on a wide range of subjects related to life in Halifax County, Virginia. 

These materials do not check out and can only be used in the local history room during our hours of operation.  If you have any questions, please email us at: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

Local History Collection

Books (Monographs and Series)

Photo/Document Archive (Coming Soon)

Local History/Genealogy Research Links

AfriGeneas

Civil War Soldiers and Sailors (National Parks Service)

Halifax County Cemeteries

Halifax County Genealogy (FamilySearch)

Halifax County GenWeb Project

Halifax County Historical Markers

Halifax County Maps

Heritage Quest 

Military Records (Fold3)

Old Halifax

Research Center (South Boston - Halifax County Museum of Fine Arts and History)

Virgilina Cemetery

Virginia Memory (Library of Virginia)