Carolyn, Got the note. Just by coincidence, today while stumbling around in some search engines, I found several early issues of William and Mary Quarterly. I have looked for this for a long time, but success came today. As I have it: http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/special/wmmaryqtr/index.htm Included are Vol. 1-27 (1892-1991). I just checked and this is the correct format to reach the material. Hope this helps you. Check, and if I am corrent on the link, post it for others. Best wishes, William Woodson -- --- Original Message ----- From: Carolyn McDaniel <cmacdee@centurytel.net> To: <AMXROADS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, January 04, 2002 4:50 PM Subject: Re: [AMXROADS] Birthdays, Babies, and Valentines > Dear WW and Cousins: > For those of us in the backcountry, who cannot drive to a library > easily, and who access huge amounts of data via a subscription service like > this, the cost is not prohibitive, and access is very easy and comfortable > in one's own home (i.e., at midnight when I can't sleep.) Also, when the > databases first become available at ancestry, they permit free access for > ten days. BUT, you are right in many ways. Another method is getting the > books through interlibrary loan. It is time consuming but effective, and > you can make photocopies. > A VERY big advantage at Ancestry is the huge variety of databases > which are not so easily accessed elsewhere, for instance the census images > they are > offer, the mlitary records, the land records, etc. Since these are > searchable, it saves many frustrating hours of trying to check page numbers, > run to the photocopier, etc. But, garbage in, garbage ou!!. Ancestry has > not indexed some works properly, and so relying on the search engine means > that one might miss just the key record one needs. In the Edward Pleasants > Valentine Papers at Ancestry, Kate Markham who married Thomas Smith does > not turn up on the Markham search. Neither does PARKE SMITH, whom I believe > may well be my ancestor. The whole Brasieur family doesn't show up! AND, > worser and worser!! when a fantastic hit is made, asy a will, or these EPV > papers, Ancestry has recently taken to adding a HTML coded "Comment" behind > every few lines which means > that copying the stuff is practically impossible. THIS IS NOT the service > I pay for, and had I not renewed prior to their doing this, I would have > questioned renewing at some length. > There is a subscription service available for the William and Mary > Quarterly, which I used as a student, through JSTOR, and I can highly > recommend it. The search feature is highly effective, eliminating many many > frustrations of trying to find a particular name in a particular journal > (since they've been publishing for over a decade) and then finding the > person is not really the John Smith one hoped to locate. Many good hearted > souls are transcribing the early WMQ articles containing parish records and > the like, and which are no longer subject to copyright, and publishing them > on the Rootsweb archived pages. . > http://www.wm.edu/oieahc/JSTOR.html > > This is a real good question, WW., thanks for asking. Does anyone else have > any different take on this? Or additional comments?? > > Love, Your Courin, Carolyn > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: William Woodson <wwoodson@lorettotel.net> > To: <AMXROADS-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Friday, January 04, 2002 1:14 AM > Subject: Re: [AMXROADS] Birthdays, Babies, and Valentines > > > > Carolyn, > > Is this Valentine Material only avaialble when one subscribes to the > annual > > fee indicated? If so, so be it. But, is that the only way to have access > > to this work? If so, in a year of so, one could drive to Nashville, > > phoptcopy the whole Woodson pages for the cost of the subscription, that > > would need to be renewed in a year. What is your take on this? Best > > wishes, William Woodson > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: Carolyn McDaniel <cmacdee@centurytel.net> > > To: <AMXROADS-L@rootsweb.com> > > Sent: Saturday, December 29, 2001 7:37 PM > > Subject: [AMXROADS] Birthdays, Babies, and Valentines > > > > > > > Dear Cousins! > > > Today is my birthday, and don't ask! I'm at the age when I don't > want > > to admit to how many. Too many fingers to hold up and so many candles the > > cake would fry! I was feeling pretty down in the dumps this morning, but > my > > son-in-law Daniel called this morning to announce the early arrival of my > > Granddaughter -- tentatively Victoria -- but I have suggested Victoria > > Carolyn instead. Daniel said his brother Ron suggested Ronald. I don't > > know what that means, but probably that they're not going to name her > > Victoria Carolyn. > > > This is a small miracle in our family. Andrea and Dan have been > > married 18 years, (longer than both of my failed marriages) and had > finally > > consulted a fertility specialist in order to conceive. Our baby was > > supposed to be due the 16th of January, after I arrived in Maryland! I > said > > she's showing my characteristics already -- she arrived when she decided > it > > was right. I am so elated. What a blessed gift. > > > The next news is the addition of the Edward Pleasants Valentine > > Papers at Ancestry.com. I suggested this work several years ago after I > > first subscribed to Ancestry, and also suggested that if they indeed > > published them, they should award me copies of the 4 volumes work. (They > > haven't yet!) This is an indispensible tool for the Virginia researcher. > > Mr. Valentine copied records for 34 core Virginia families: Allen, Bacon, > > Ballard, Batchelder, Blouet, Brassieur, Cary, Crenshaw, Dabney, Exum, > > Ferris, Fontaine, Gray, Hardy, Isham, Jordan, Langston, Lyddall, Mann, > > Mosby, Palmer, Pasteur, Pleasants, Povall, Randolph, Satterwhite, Scott, > > Smith, Valentine, Waddy, Watts, Winston, Womack, and Woodson. In > providing > > the records for these families Mr. Valentine's research also gives records > > pertaining to a variety of allied families and neighbors. > > > The Virginia family I believe is MY Smith family is Mr. > > Valentine's Smith family which he researched so diligently until his early > > death in 1908. His collection was published posthumously, to the very > great > > benefit of untold descendants of these families. I disagree with Mr. > > Valentine's conclusions regarding Francis Smith's family, but have not yet > > completed the research. I hope to publish a paper on this research, for > > this family is at the heart and soul of the Virginia Frontier families. > > Francis Smith's daughter Susanna married William Preston, whose position, > > influence, and family touched literally every early Frontier Virginia > > settler from the mid-1700's to the end of the century. In turn, their > > descendants became judges, governors, state and federal office holders > into > > the 20th century. Your Virginia (and beyond!) research will be greatly > > enhanced through examining Mr. Valentine's massive, (nearly 3000 pages, > > including the index,) brilliant work. > > > (You may need to copy and then paste this address) > > > > > > http://www.ancestry.com/search/locality/dbpage.htm?t=2&c=49&co=0&y=0&dbid=60 > > 58 > > > > > > Love, Your Cousin, Carolyn > > > > > > > > > ============================== > > > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy > records, > > go to: > > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > > > > > > > ============================== > > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, > go to: > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > > > > > > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >