• Obituaries from the early 1900's to the present
• Cemetery index with maps
• Smith Mountain Lake Cemetery Records
• Over 250 Surname books: over 40 Leftwich books and 19 Overstreet books
• 20 drawers of surname files
• Phone books dating back to the 1930s
• Over 200 war books: Revolutionary War, War of 1812, Mexican War, Civil War, Spanish - American War, World War I, World War II, over 75 books on the Korean War, The Vietnam War
• Books on wars including World War II and special files on the Bedford Boys
• Biographies on famous figures including Robert E. Lee and Thomas Jefferson
• House files on prominent homes in the Bedford area. We also have files on churches and business from around the area.
• Collections of church and bible records
• Over 300 books on surrounding counties from Albemarle to York County
• The Tinsley Collection: Robert Tinsley's research on Taylor's Mountain.
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List of Jones Memorial Library Research tools - The hyperlink above is a list of books and other materials relating to Bedford County, VA, available at the Jones Memorial Library
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Current Jones Memorial Library Research tools