HomeMy Public PortalAboutTOL NR 2022-03-21 Class on Researching Court Records to Be Held at Thomas Balch Library
Town of Leesburg
News Release
For Immediate Release
March 21, 2022
Media Contact:
Leah Kosin, Assistant Public Information Officer
pio@leesburgva.gov 703-771-2781
Class on Researching Court Records to Be Held at Thomas
Balch Library
Leesburg, VA (March 21, 2022) – Jeanette Irby, Loudoun County Circuit Court Judge and former
Leesburg Town Attorney, will teach “Researching Court Records” on Thursday, April 7 beginning at 10
a.m., in the lower level meeting room at Thomas Balch Library, 208 W. Market Street, in Leesburg.
Irby will discuss how to use court records and other resources for data that are frequently overlooked in
genealogical and historical research. She will demonstrate how to mine court records for clues that can
be used to collect information for genealogical research. Examples of these records include real estate
records, chancery suits, estates, and indexes.
Pre-registration is required for this event. Please call 703-737-7195, email balchlib@leesburgva.gov, or
register online.
Jeanette Irby has researched land records dating from the 1700s and participated in genealogical
seminars sponsored by the Warrenton Court House Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution
of which she is past Regent. Irby currently serves as secretary of District VI of the Virginia DAR Chapters.
She holds a BS from Central Michigan University and a JD from Thomas Cooley Law School in Lansing, MI.
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