In case you haven't tried the LVA electronic cards, I'm forwarding information on how to utilize; from a posting on Gilliam newslist. Found 2 land grants for William Bradshaw. Was able to print out a copy of the original recording. The two grants which I think belong to Wm Bradshaw (m Judith Scruggs) can be accessed by the numerical index: patents 23, 1745-46, p32 patents 15, 1732-35, p130 The alphabetical index groups are according to last name, then first name, then county ==== Go to this website address: <http://leo.vsla.edu/lva/lva.html> for the homepage or <http://198.17.62.51/collections/cc_archive.html#lo> to go directly to the page for the indexes of Virginia Land Grants and Patents. Scroll down the homepage until you see this Title: Research and Information Resources under this title click on Online Catalogs and Image Databases After this page comes up, scroll down to the bottom and click on Electronic Card Indexes After this page comes up, scroll down until you see and click on Land Records After this page comes up you have two choices of Indexes: Land Office Patens and Grants or Northern Neck Grants. Each has a Surname Index and a Chronological/Numerical Index. Once you click on an index, if you do not have a TIFF Viewer, you can download one for free that will allow you to view the images. But you will have to download the images themselves first before you can view them.