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A COLLECTION OF GENEALOGY RECORDS
Portsmouth and Norfolk County, Virginia
Plus Surrounding Areas

Portsmouth, Virginia Timeline

Site Index
Greenlawn Memorial Gardens Cemetery and Mausoleum 
 Partial Listing
Most of these grave stones can be seen at Findagrave.com , a free site.

Norfolk Newspapers
Obituary Collection Indexed


A Community Named Cradock    
America's First Planned Shopping Center, Est. 1918
Maydell Freed's, "The Ship's Bell", 
and 2002 Photos of Cradock

Original Plat of Cradock, dated Dec. 31, 1919
on linen & paper

This is a wonderful article about Cradock printed in the Jun 29, 1919 issue of The New York Times. The photos are too dark to recognize but the article is excellent.

For ease in reading, here is a transcribed copy of the
New York Times article suitable for printing
 

A Bit of Cradock History and A  Lot of Cradock Memories
Bob & Ruth Cutchins' Newsletters

1947 Aerial View of Cradock High School,
History & Dedication
pages scanned from 1947 yearbook

 1954 Photos of Cradock
The Voight Family From Gates Co., NC,
Nansemond Co., VA & Norfolk, VA


Cradock was established in 1918.
 This census contains the names of some of the first families to live in the new development.
 If the Navy Yard brought your family to the Portsmouth, Virginia area, you may find them in this census.
This site covers the Cradock area only.  There are many other areas where they could have lived. Consult the original census also.

Census Introduction

Questions Asked At This Census

 Craddock Street Index

1920 Craddock Census
A census must be 72 years old before it is released to the public. The 1940 census will be released in 2012.

 Cradock 
1956 Hill City Directory
Portsmouth/Norfolk County 

Williams Court - 1956 City Directory

Williams Court Kindergarten Class
1947/1948
Please help identify these children

1960 Street Map of Norfolk and Portsmouth
printed by The H. M. Gousha Company
Distributed by Flying A Service/Tidewater Oil Company

Mid to Late 1940 Service Station Street Map
Detailed
 

1936 Map of Portsmouth and Surrounding Areas

Early 1940's Map
Norfolk/ Portsmouth
 

1942 Portsmouth Area Map

Alexander Park
1956 Hill Directory

Alexander Park/Academy Park
Copy of original Alexander Park Lease,
and a few old photos of  Alexander Park while under construction.

Alexander Park 1947 Yearbook

Alexander Park Map
(Dated November, 1942)


Bird's eye view of Norfolk, Portsmouth, Berkley,
Norfolk Co., Va.
2 maps, 1873, 1891


 

Cradock High School Yearbooks

Cora Mae Fitzgerald Memorial
1918 - 2005

Rear Admiral Sir Christopher Cradock

Old Newspaper Articles 


Old Portsmouth Postcards

 


A Shipyard in Portsmouth, Virginia to the American Revolution
Submitted to History Department Old Dominion University

Portsmouth Orphan Asylum, 1930 Census 
Located on County Street in the Westhaven District of
Norfolk County, VA. There were 22 children
living there at this census


1860 Portsmouth Navy Yard Census
To verify information in this census, please refer to original film. 
Some of the writing was difficult to decipher, therefore not
all information guaranteed to be copied correctly.
 


From The Norfolk Virginian 1865 Newspaper
Names of Southern Soldiers and Citizens Interred At   
Camp Hamilton, near Fort Monroe, Virginian

MANOR HIGH SCHOOL
The Mustang
 


District Deputy Grand Masters 


History of Norfolk
Maintained by the Norfolk Historical Society

History of Virginia Beach
Formerly Princess Anne County
Maintained by the Princess Anne County/Va Beach Historical Society


Ocean View Nickel Tour
Photos and History of the Ocean View area of
Norfolk, Virginia
 


Obituary Daily Times
 The Obituary Daily Times is a daily index of published obituaries.


Information relating to the Mathews Family
(Circle Restaurant,)  Lawrence Family
(Frank D. Lawrence Stadium,) and Barclay
Plantation Family (Cradock Roots) begins here
Harry Lynn Hopewell


West Lenoir Elementary School
Lenoir, NC
First Grade Class
1948 - 1949
 

Area Libraries
 

  In Memoriam
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