For online digital collections, I highly recommend the Library of Virginia. If you can't get to Richmond, LVA's Virginia Memory site is the next best thing to being there. Here you can find links to records and scanned images of Revolutionary War Bounty Warrents, Confederate pension rolls, and more.
One link that I never tire of visiting is the Chancery Records Index.
What is a chancery cause? To quote the LVA FAQ, "a chancery case was one that could not be readily decided by existing written laws. A judge, not a jury, determines the outcome of the case. These types of court documents are useful when researching genealogical information and land or estate divisions and may contain correspondence, lists of heirs, or vital statistics, among other items. Cases in chancery often address estate and business disputes, debt, the resolution of land disputes, and divorce."
The Chancery records for Prince William County in the collection cover the years 1804 to 1954 with scanned images available online. It is searchable by surname or date range.
Searching the index and viewing the images is free.
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