Jean L. Cooper

Published Works

• Virginia Genealogy: A Guide to Genealogical Resources at the University of Virginia Library (revised) — 2015
  https://genealogy.library.virginia.edu/
• A Guide to Historic Charlottesville & Albemarle County, Virginia (The History Press) — 2007
  Author and local resident Jean Cooper brings Charlottesville's past to life while providing a useful guide to the city's most historic streets, buildings and neighborhoods.
• Index to Records of Ante-Bellum Southern Plantations: Locations, Plantations, Surnames and Collections, 2d ed. (McFarland) — 2009
  This index provides a detailed guide to materials available in the extensive Records of Ante-Bellum Southern Plantations microfilm set.
• Index of Students of the University of Virginia, 1825-1874 (Shortwood Press) — 2011
  An index of those student lists, with 9,000 names in alphabetical order, to help the researcher verify whether a given student attended U.Va. and in which classes.
• Cohabitation Register of Louisa County, Virginia (Shortwood Press) — 2016
  A transcription of a Freedmen's Bureau Cohabitation List from Louisa County, Virginia. It served as a legal marriage record for newly freed men and women.
• A Challenge Was Given (Shortwood Press) — 2017
  Studies the duels of John M. McCarty vs. General Armistead Thomson Mason in 1819, and William Page McCarty vs. John Brooke Mordecai in 1873.
• Hidden Wills (Shortwood Press) — 2019
  An index of wills found in the Library of Virginia's Chancery Records Database. https://www.amazon.com/Hidden-Wills-Central-Virginia-Chancery/dp/1089782268