-----Original Message----- From: Wyn Achenbaum <wyn@ibm.net> To: CARTER-L@rootsweb.com <CARTER-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Friday, April 09, 1999 9:53 AM Subject: [CARTER-L] database on ancestry.com >Friends, > >This came across the ancestry.com mailing list today -- I found all sorts >of information! > >====================================================== >DATABASE OF THE DAY (Free for 10 Days!) ><<<>>><<<>>><<<>>><<<>>><<<>>><<<>>><<<>>><<<>>><<<>>> >======================================================= >Virginia Marriage Index, 1740-1850 > >Throughout the 18th and well into the 19th Century, Virginia was one of the >most populous states in the Union, being home to as many as 1.2 million >persons at any one time. This collection of marriage records includes the >names of over 300,000 men and women married in the state between 1740 and >1850. In addition to providing the names of bride and groom, researchers >will find the date of marriage and county in which the ceremony was >performed. For those seeking married ancestors from Virginia, this database >can be a valuable source of information. > >Bibliography: Dodd, Jordan R, et. al. "Early American Marriages: Virginia." >Bountiful, UT: Precision Indexing Publishers, 19xx. > >To search this database, go to: >http://www.ancestry.com/ancestry/search/3723.htm > >Virginia Resources in the Online Store: >http://shop.ancestry.com/ancestry/bvirginiab.html > > >Researching: >CARTER, ORR, RICE, PURVIS, LUCKE, HUNTER, SAUNDERS, LANIER, HUTCHINSON >KUHN, HEISEY, STATLER,LEITER, BREWBACKER, BRUBAKER, OMMERT, BRANDT >MAINE, TOLLAND, HOLMES, DOWNS, SINNERGEN, WERTZ, KNIGHT, HEATHCOTE >ACHENBAUM, DVORIN >...enough to keep me busy! >