Looking for information on siblings of John Willis LOTT from the Cork area. He was born about 1915 and had a sister that married Leno Deshong. Any help greatly appreciated. Carleen in TX

I just found that my husband's uncle, Leno DeShong, is buried in the cemetery at the First Baptist Church in Dover. I do not have a death date, but my source says it is prior to 1985. Leno was adopted by the DeShong family in the late 1910s. Any help will be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Carleen in TX

Someone I know sent this to me. It is a T-Shirt that has a 4 generation chart on the back of it so you can fill it in. I thought this would be a good idea for a family reunion. That way everyone can show their lineage on their T-Shirt so we don't get so confused. Theresa http://www5.icat.com/store/familything/index.icl?execute=itempg.icl&ITEMID=2

I am tickled to see that everybody has taken interest to this petition. Please read this..... Theresa ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bill Spurlock" <w.spurlock@worldnet.att.net> To: <CEMETERY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, June 30, 2000 2:16 PM Subject: RE: [Old Bones CEMETERY-L] Petition-national laws to protect cemeteries > Well, I was planning on being out of here for a long 4th of July weekend, > but the Saving Graves website has managed to delay that idea by a day at > least. Somewhere the site got a massive amount of publicity (not sure where) > and took a record 2767 hits yesterday and I'm still digging out from the > email that came in as a result of this. > > Thanks much to all those that have signed the online petition so far. In > just a short matter of a few short hours, we have collected 82 signatures! > The goal is to collect 1 million signatures, so we have a long way to go and > a lot of work ahead of us. But I am sure that we can not only meet this > goal, but surpass it. With a little bit of luck sometime this afternoon I'll > have the first printable versions of the petition ready for download. I'm > looking for a little bit of help here. If anyone has the ability to create a > Acrobat version and would be willing to help out be creating that version > please contact me by email at w.spurlock@att.net. By mid next week we will > have a mailing address in place to send the completed petitions to. > > William Spurlock > Saving Graves > http://www.savinggraves.com > > > ==== CEMETERY Mailing List ==== > If you are on DIGEST mail mode and wish to unsubscribe from the list, > send a message to Cemetery-D@rootsweb.com > In the body of the message type: UNSUBSCRIBE > These directions are for DIGEST MODE mail ONLY > NOT REGULAR MODE > Roots Web's computer will send you a message stating YOU ARE NOT ON > THE LIST if you try unsubbing yourself from the REGULAR mode mail when > you are actually on digest. THIS IS A COMPUTER GENERATED MESSAGE. > > > ============================== > Search ALL of RootsWeb's mailing lists in real time. > RootsWeb's Personalized Mailing Lists: > http://pml.rootsweb.com/ >

I have copies of the following marriage licenses/notice, but have not been able to place any of them. >From the "Hillsborough County, Florida - Marriage Records - Guide" site: Louis C. L. Sparkman and Smithi Ann Ellerbee, 6 Feb 1879 by W. J. Campbell, Justice of the Peace. Louis C. Sparkman and Joana (Joanna) Whitehurst, 29 Sep 1890 by Charles Donovan, Notary Public. [Found with the help of Patricia Carole Chancy Sullivan.] Oscar Balo and Joanna Sparkman, 24 Dec 1892 by A. P. Brockway, Notary Public. The following was found on the "LEON COUNTY, FLORIDA: Historical & Genealogical Records from Newspapers" site: ************************************************** SPARKMAN, Cecelia St. Petersburg TIMES 27 September 1910. Thursday Mr. L. B. Sims and Miss Cecelia Sparkman were married in Tampa. They went over on the morning boat and returned the same evening. Not until the next day was it known that they had been married. Mr. Sims has been employed by the A. C. L. and has been running [??] this city for some years. His wife came here with her parents from Tennessee sometime less than a year ago and has been living with her people in their home on 4th Avenue North. The bride and groom will likely make this city their home, although Mr. Sims may be transferred to another run on the Coast Line that would compel him to live elsewhere. ************************************************** Any information on who they might be and how they connect would be appreciated. Thanks; Sim Sparkman scsparky@aol.com

Okay Listers this was sent to me and I am not shure if it was mailed to any other list other then the Cemetery-L. Please, Please read the enclosed letter and then click on the link and sign this petition. Many thanks! This is what it is going to take for our government to help protect our cemeteries. Theresa ----- Original Message ----- From: "jadyer" <jadyer@swbell.net> To: <CEMETERY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, June 30, 2000 9:27 AM Subject: [Old Bones CEMETERY-L] Petition-national laws to protect cemeteries > A wonderful announcement for members of the CEMETERY-L > > In the spring and again early this summer we had a discussion on the > Cemetery-L about needing federal protection for our pioneer cemeteries. > With the willingness and expertise of Bill Spurlock > <w.spurlock@worldnet.att.net> that discussion has made a giant leap into > becoming a reality. If this project is to be successful we will need > the help of each member of the Cemetery-L in getting the word out to > appropriate places. > > An on-line petition is available at: > > http://www.PetitionOnline.com/sg0001/petition.html > > While the petition is set to go active on July 4th and run until October > 1st, I have already signed it and it's working now. > > Very soon there will be a petition available to print off and carry with > you to get hard copy signatures. Genealogy Society meetings & parents > of Boy Scouts who work on cemeteries for badges are just a couple of > groups that would be good places to start. We are hoping to have it > available very soon. When the necessary work is completed, that > petition will be available at: > > http://www.savinggraves.com/petition/index.htm > > The following message is available from the on-line petition to help > spread the word about the petition. You will receive the cut-and-paste > message in a confirmation letter after you sign the on-line petition. > Remember, don't sign the on-line petition AND the hard copy petition. > The less duplicate signatures, the better our chances of getting a > legitimate petition to the law making bodies. > ............................................................................ ............................................................. > > Dear Friends, > > I have just read and signed the online petition: > > "National Cemetery Protection Act" > > hosted on the web by PetitionOnline.com, the free online petition > service, at: > > http://www.PetitionOnline.com/sg0001/petition.html > > I personally agree with what this petition says, and I think you might > agree, too. If you can spare a moment, please take a look, and consider > > signing yourself. > > Best wishes, > > (your name) > ............................................................................ ............................................................... > > If anyone wants to read more, please go to : http://www.savinggraves.com > > Lets get the job done--right! > > > JADyer > > > ==== CEMETERY Mailing List ==== > This list is for Cemetery RESTORATION and PRESERVATION > NOT a surname search list > Our website is at: > http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Falls/7965/cemlistp.htm > > > ============================== > Join the RootsWeb WorldConnect Project: > Linking the world, one GEDCOM at a time. > http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/ >

Have you tried calling the Society yet? Or Tampa Public Library @ 813-273-3652 large genealogy center. The library is also on line @ http://www.thpl.org/ Barb-FL

Can anyone help me find Helen Byrd of Tampa FL? She was active in the Flordia Gen'l Society of Hillsborough County. Thank you. Hazel

fyi only, no comments please. Deborah Byrd ----- Original Message ----- From: <RootsWeb-Announce@rootsweb.com> To: <RootsWeb-Announce@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, June 21, 2000 5:59 AM Subject: Good News, Bad News, Good News: The Merger of RootsWeb and MyFamily.com > Good News, Bad News, Good News: RootsWeb and MyFamily.com Merger > > Good news: You, our Donor and Donor Plus contributors, have played a > special role in creating RootsWeb, one of the largest and most popular > sites on the Internet. In May, we had over 149 million page views > (according to Nielsen NetRatings combined home and work statistics), > sent over 155 million e-mails, and handled over two million downloads > of files from the various archives hosted at RootsWeb. Everyone, take > a bow! This is an incredible community of genealogists, and the > advances we're all making in our research due to the sharing that > occurs here is unprecedented. > > Bad news: The more popular RootsWeb becomes, the more costly it is to > simply stay alive and online. Even with your very generous support, > expenses continue to exceed revenue. We ran up a truly scary loss > last year. Without outside help, it's not clear how long we'd be able > to go on like this. > > Good news: MyFamily.com (you may know them better as Ancestry.com) > recognizes the importance of the genealogical community that has grown > here at RootsWeb, and wants that community to continue to thrive. > They're excited to provide the financial stability we need to ensure > RootsWeb will be around for years to come. > > Brian and I are pleased by Ancestry.com's coming involvement with > RootsWeb. Now we can all focus on helping each other on the mailing > lists and message boards, uploading our GEDCOMs, and building Web > pages to share our research. > > Better news: As a special thank you to those of you at the Donor > and Donor Plus level, Ancestry.com is making the following offer: > > As a RootsWeb contributor, you are invited to visit Ancestry.com today > and sign up for a FREE ONE YEAR SUBSCRIPTION with no obligation. You'll > gain full access to all 600 million names in more than 2,500 databases. > Go to the following address to begin your free subscription now: > > http://ancestry.com/subscribe/subscribetrialx.asp?sourcecode=G11BD > <http://ancestry.com/subscribe/subscribetrialx.asp?sourcecode=G11BD> > > If you are already an Ancestry.com subscriber please call 1-800-595-1211 > to extend your current subscription. Select option #2 - Order Service. > > You must activate your FREE subscription by July 5, 2000. > > More good news: No one is going to charge you to use RootsWeb. You'll > still find RootsWeb at www.RootsWeb.com. Everything you're used to > using will still be here: the 19,000 mailing lists, the hundreds > of millions of names in free genealogy databases, the interactive > learning guides, the weekly RootsWeb Review and Missing Links, > the numerous tools for tracing your family history, the tens of thousands > of message boards, the thousands of independently authored web sites. > RootsWeb will still support worthy genealogy projects and societies, > such as the USGenWeb Project (www.USGenWeb.org), the Immigrant Ships > Transcribers Guild (ISTG.rootsweb.com) and the FreeBMD Project > (FreeBMD.rootsweb.com), and other groups that provide free > genealogical resources. > > You will of course still get all of services and benefits we promised > you, such as mailing lists, banner-free home pages, and access to PML, > the feature that scans all our mailing lists and message boards for > the surnames you specify. > > And don't worry, you won't be charged to access RootsWeb. No one > will put your data on CD without your permission. Our Privacy Policy > (http://www.rootsweb.com/rootsweb/pledge.html) and our Acceptable User > Policy (http://www.rootsweb.com/rootsweb/aup.html) are unchanged. > Other promises made over the years will continue to be honored. You'll > still deal with the same RootsWeb volunteers and employees. In > fact, most users won't notice any changes, except exciting new tools, > more content, and better genealogical resources. > > If you would like more information, please check out our > official press release at > > http://www.ancestry.com/home/celebrate/rootsrelease.htm > > Again, thank you for you loyal support. We hope you enjoy your free > Ancestry.com subscription, and we look forward to your continued > patronage. Now, let's go figure out where great-great-grandma really > came from, before that UFO deposited her in rural Kentucky in 1835... > > Karen >

I have The Tampa Tribune dated November 11, 1963 obituaries and funeral notices section of the newspaper. The following are listed: Lulu Grantham, age 88 Margaret Rogers (Dunedin), age 78 Alva M. Williams (Plant City) age 67 Lee Crandon, age 77 Rubin W. Wilson (Dade City) age 77 Helen L. Hickman (Winter Haven) age 67 Raul E. Camero, age 61 William Faulkner (infant) Mrs. Jessie Jack, age 72 Rev. Samuel Arnold Lillian Ellen Black, age 66 Daniel Stanford Blount, age 89 Mrs. Clarkie I. Edenfield, age 79 Mrs. Abbie M. Emerson, age 76 Ida M. Gaffey, age 70 Robert Carl Hattwick, age 76 Frank D. Henderson, age 71 Julius W. Kreklau, age 68 John E. Matson, Jr, age 38 Charles H. (Jack) Miller, age 64 Florence L. Richards Ray A. Walters, age 66 Redmond Murray Watt, age 49 Rollo Lee Wold, age 67 William L. Newlon, age 50 If you are researching any of the above, please contact me privately at raycare@bellsouth.net and I will send you a copy. Carole

I am forwarding your message on to a members only mailing list for Hillsborough County. Perhaps someone on the list can help you. list members please respond to Belle. > frogsnflowers@webtv.net (Belle Purvis) wrote: > Searching for info concerning Jeptha, Son Love and his son Chester > Arthur Purvis. I'm married to his youngest son Chester Arthur Purvis, > Jr. Since 1955. We were able to maintain contact with Purvis' by > attending family reunions with my mother-in-law, Lillian Eloise [Green] > Purvis. But due to her illness, She became unable to go each year. But > her daughter, Imogene[Purvis] Freddel, Continued coming for years. > Imogene was "best buddies" with "sunny" Cook, He was son of "Aunt > Jigger" and Feldon Cook. Actually I think she was a daughter of one of > Chester, Sr's brothers. [He became sr when my husband was born] I would > so love to make contact with current family, In order to leave my > children with a more comprehensive understanding of their past family. > After Chester, Sr.died of tuburlosis in 6-11-1938, Lillian moved the > children back to Fellsmere,Fla. Ashort while late, Her house burned. > All records, papers, pictures,etc. were forever lost to the family. My > husband,His brother Robert Alton, Sisters Marion Almina Purvis and > Imogene Purvis completely lost all evidence that their father ever xisd. > In fact my husband can't remember him at all, nor had ever seen a > picture of him. I'm just now beginning a web search for him, and hoping > to make connections that will help me give him an introduction , Years > Removed' Yes, But, He has lived 65 years wondering who he is. so > if there is anyone out there who can help me, please make contact, > Either, Here, or by E-mail Do they still have the family reunions? who > would I contact to learn more? If anyone reads this and would me to > share any or all my info. I'll be happy to share. anxiously waiting, > > always in quest for new knowledge! > Belle > > >

If anyone is looking for someone living, or recently deceased I found http://knowX.com helpful, some free searches, others minimal charge. For instance for one surmane of marriage records $4.95, includes all marriage records for that name. What a bargain. Unfortunately, they only have marriage records for FL and TX. Have lots of other records, too. Regards, Barb-FL

Another interesting discussion of the 1600's in Virginia Deborah Byrd ----- Original Message ----- From: Deborah Byrd <dwbyrd@usa.net> To: <dbyrd@lightcom.net> Sent: Friday, June 09, 2000 8:35 AM Subject: Re: [Burned Record Counties: Some Implications] > "kukla" <kukla@lynchburg.net> wrote: > > The loss of records from all but one of Virginia's oldest counties has, I have > long contended (citations below), contributed to the mistaken belief that > early Virginia was a place of chaos. I strongly challenged this view in a 1985 > article (1) and have been pleased that a lot of more recent scholarship -- > historical and archaeological -- is confirming what some regarded, 15 years > ago, as a lonely and contentious point of view. > The work of the late Darrett and Anita Rutman on Middlesex and the late James > Russell Perry on the Eastern Shore were two of the first that supported my > argument. Here's the direct point regarding the burnt-records counties and > destruction of the general court records in 1865 (quoting from my essay about > Perry's book for the convenience of those who may not have back issues of > Reviews in American History at their fingertips): > "On the Virginia mainland, similar networks {[i.e. comparable to the society > Perry explicated on the early Eastern Shore} for the oldest settled areas > along the James and York rivers might have been reconstructed from records > sent to Richmond for safe-keeping during the Civil War. There, along with many > volumes of colonial deed, will, probate, and order books, most of the local > records from counties such as Charles City, Elizabeth City, Gloucester, James > City, New Kent, and Warwick burned when the Confederates evacuated Richmond in > April 1865. York County achieved a stable society between 1634 and 1660, but > the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation started its York County Project with the > 1660s and worked toward the nineteenth century because documents did not > survive in sufficient quantity for demographic reconstruction of the earliest > population. Time will tell {the review essay concluded}, but perhaps James > Russell Perry's conclusions about the Eastern Shore only seem atypical b! > ecause he escaped the snare of {W. J. Cash's myth {explained earlier in the > essay*}. The scarcity of evidence for other Virginia localities suggests that > we pay attention to what he {Perry} painstakingly learned from the only extant > series of continuous local records from the first half century of English > settlement in the Chesapeake." {Reviews in Am Hist vol 20 (1992) p. 301.} > > *The Perry essay makes a parallel asserting that patterns of genealogical > interest and publication created the impression of a demographic gap in the > second quarter of the 17th century that, in turn, bolstered the chaotic > interpretation of early Virginia one associates with the influential 1957 > essay by Bernard Bailyn and its parallels to W. J. Cash's Mind of the South. > In this respect, the Perry essay amplifies the argument of the AHR essay. -jk > > Regarding the records lost in the General Court fire, 170 years ago, Conway > Robinson, a founder of the Virginia Historical Society (one of several centers > for Virginia history), compiled a lengthy memorandum of the records then held > by the court. I edited and published that Memorandum as an appendix to a new > edition of H.R. McIlwaine's Minutes of the Council and General Court (citation > below). Library of Virginia may still sell copies of the 2d edition. There are > three good reasons for serious libraries or scholars to have the 2d edition > even if they are fortunate enough to own the 1st edition: The 2d edition has > several appendices of supplementary material, the 2d edition is printed on > acid-free paper whereas the 1st edition copies are brittle and shreading, and > I printed the 2d edition slightly small than the 1st and it is actually easier > to read. These three considerations also apply to the Library's reprint of > McIlwaine's Legislative Journals of the Council. The only dr! > awback with these volumes is that one must get past my prefaces to them. > > > Citations: > 1. "Order and Chaos in Early America: Political and Social Stability in > Pre-Restoration Virginia," American Historical Review 90 (1985): 297-298. > 2. "Perry on the Eastern Shore," Reviews in American History 20 (1992): > 297-302. A review essay about James Russell Perry, The Formation of a Society > on Virginia's Eastern Shore, 1615-1655 (Chapel Hill and London, 1990). > 3. Winterthur Portfolio 20 (1985): 292-295: . A review essay about Darrett B. > Rutman and Anita H. Rutman, A Place in Time: Middlesex County, Virginia, > 1650-1750 (New York, 1984) and Stephen Saunders Webb, 1676: The End of > American Independence (New York, 1984). > 4. "Memorandum of the Records in the General Court Office [in 1829]" and > "Copies of the rules of Court from 1691 to 1775," in Henry Read McIlwaine, > ed., Minutes of the Council and General Court of Colonial Virginia, (2d ed., > Richmond, 1979), 537-544, 601-607. > In general # 1 above and Political Institutions in Virginia, 1619-1660 in John > Murrin, ed., Outstanding Studies in Early American History (New York, 1989) > and "The Chesapeake Colonies," in Jacob Ernest Cooke et al., eds., > Encyclopedia of the North American Colonies (New York: Charles Scribner's > Sons, 1993), 1: 188-201. > > > > -- > Jon Kukla....................... Executive Vice-President and CEO > 1250 Red Hill Road ........... Patrick Henry Memorial Foundation > Brookneal, Virginia 24528 .. www.redhill.org .... 804 376-2044 > 804 376-4172 > -- > > > ____________________________________________________________________ > Get free email and a permanent address at http://www.amexmail.com/?A=1 >

Got this off of the Va list. Thought it would prove helpful. ----- Original Message ----- From: Deborah Byrd <dwbyrd@usa.net> To: <dbyrd@lightcom.net> Sent: Friday, June 09, 2000 8:47 AM Subject: Re: [Va-Notes. Burned Record Counties] > Brent Tarter <BTarter@lva.lib.va.us> wrote: > VA-NOTES > BURNED RECORD COUNTIES > Several Virginia counties, most of them in the eastern part of the > state, have suffered tremendous loss of their early records during the > intense military activity that occurred during the Civil War, and others > lost records in fires. At some point, almost everyone conducting > genealogical or historical research will face the problem of finding > information from a so-called "Burned Record county." > Burned record counties might be grouped into three basic categories: > Hopeless, Almost Hopeless, and Difficult. Included in the Hopeless category > are James City, New Kent, Buckingham, Nansemond, Dinwiddie (before 1782), > Appomattox, Buchanan, King and Queen, Warwick, and Henrico (before 1677). > Almost Hopeless are Hanover, Prince George, Elizabeth City, and Gloucester. > Difficult counties are Caroline, Charles City, King William, Mathews, Prince > William, Stafford, Rockingham, and Nottoway. > If you are working with a county that has suffered a loss of court > records, you must devote all your genealogical energy and historical > knowledge to the project. First, survey any extant records as well as all > existing indexes; second, read every surviving record page by page; third, > consult the records of the surrounding counties; finally, seek out other > types of records, such as church, business, private, and government > documents. > Within the colonial period, the major source available are the > patents that were recorded in the Secretary's Office between 1623 and 1774. > Determine also if any church records are extant for the county of your > interest. > A few more resources are available during the statehood period. > Title to virgin land issued from the governor in a record now called a > grant; petitions to the legislature date from 1775 into the 1850s; tax > records, both land and personal, date from 1782 into the twentieth century; > militia fines date from 1795 to 1860. Researchers should also consult the > federal census schedules that were taken every ten years and for Virginia > survive from 1810 onward, excepting 1890, which was almost entirely burned. > Realize, however, that most of these records are simply lists and do > not give family information. The record can locate a particular name within > a specific county. > With the exception of the patent and grant books, the records > referenced are not available on-line; further, most are manuscripts and must > be consulted in person at the holding depository. > As always, when researching county court records, first consult the > on-line list of what is available at the Library of Virginia. It may be > found at the Library's wet site at http://www.lva.lib.va.us > > The Burned Record Counties. > > Appomattox: created in 1845, county court records were destroyed by > fire in 1892. > Buchanan: created in 1858, county court records were destroyed by > fire in 1885; records created after that date suffered extreme damage in a > flood in 1977. A few re-recorded deeds exist. > Buckingham: created in 1761, county court records were destroyed by > fire in 1869. One plat book survived and some wills and deeds were later > re-recorded. > Dinwiddie: created in 1752, county court records prior to 1833 were > destroyed in 1865. One plat book, one order book, and one judgment book > survive. > Elizabeth City: created in 1634 as an original shire, records were > damaged and/or destroyed during the Revolutionary War, War of 1812, and the > Civil War. A few early deeds, wills, orders, and guardian's accounts > survive. > Gloucester: created in 1651, all county court records were > destroyed by an 1821 fire, and records created after that date were > destroyed in Richmond on 3 April 1865. Six minute books from the nineteenth > century and two surveyor's record books survive. > Hanover: created in 1721, most county court records were destroyed > by fire in Richmond on 3 April 1865. A few isolated record books that were > not sent to Richmond and various scraps of loose papers survive. > Henrico: created in 1634 as an original shire, all county court > records prior to 1655 and almost all prior to 1677 are missing; > additionally, many isolated records were destroyed during the Revolutionary > War, and almost all Circuit Court records were destroyed by fire in Richmond > on 3 April 1865. > James City: created in 1634 as an original shire, all county court > records were lost in 1865. > King and Queen: created in 1691, county court records were lost in > fires in 1828 and 1865. One plat book and three mid-nineteenth century > Superior Court record books survive. > Nansemond: created in 1652, county court records were destroyed in > three separate fires, the earliest of which consumed the house of the court > clerk in April 1734 (where the records were kept at that time), and the last > on 7 February 1866. A few fee books have been found in the records of Sussex > County. > New Kent: created in 1654, county court records were destroyed when > John Posey burned the courthouse on 15 July 1787, and records created after > that date were lost to fire in 1865. > Prince George: created in 1703, most county court records were > burned during the Civil War. A few record books survived and, proving that > there is always hope, the volume in which deeds and wills were recorded > between 1710 and 1713 was found within the last decade. Warwick: created in > 1643, county court records were destroyed at several times with most > destruction occurring during the Civil War. A seventeenth century livestock > registry, one order book, and one minute book from the eighteenth century > survive. > > Twenty-five other Virginia counties have suffered some loss of county court > records, some to a greater degree than others: > > Albemarle: created in 1744, all order books except the first and > all loose papers were destroyed in Tarleton's raid on Charlottesville in > 1781. > Bland: created in 1861, all but a few record books and some > chancery papers were destroyed by fire in 1888. > Brunswick: created in 1732, the first pages of a number of early > record books damaged by time. > Caroline: created in 1728, most records prior to 1836 were > destroyed during the Civil War. Some deeds and wills are recorded in extant > Chancery Papers, and a considerable number of order books and loose papers > survive. > Charles City: created in 1634 as an original shire, records have > been destroyed at various times. The most damage occurred during the Civil > War when the records were strewn through woods in a rainstorm. Many > fragments of records exist, so many, in fact, that there is something for > almost every year. > Chesterfield: created in 1749, lost one marriage register and some > loose court papers during the Civil War. > Clarke: created in 1836, had pages cut from several record books > during the Civil War. > Craig: created in 1851, lost the first deed book and most of the > loose papers during the Civil War. > Fairfax: created in 1742, original wills and deeds as well as many > other loose papers were destroyed during the Civil War; deed books for > twenty-six of the fifty-six years between 1763 and 1819 are missing. > Greene: created in 1838, lost the first deed book during the Civil > War when it was removed from the courthouse; no records were lost, but some > suffered extreme water damage in efforts to put out a fire in the 1970s. > King George: created in 1721, had one will book, an early marriage > register, and an order book "carried away during the Civil War." A few years > ago the will book was deposited in the Virginia Historical Society. > King William: created in 1702, all county court records prior to > 1885 (except for seventeen will books) were destroyed in a fire in that > year. > Lee: created in 1793, lost the oldest marriage register in an 1863 > fire. > Louisa: created in 1742, lost one order book in Richmond in 1865. > Mathews: created in 1791, all county court records were burned in > Richmond on 3 April 1865. At least two bond books, one plat book, and a > number of fee books survive. > Northumberland: created in 1645, suffered some loss in a fire in > the clerk's office on 25 October 1710. > Nottoway: created in 1789, many county court records were destroyed > or heavily mutilated in 1865. > Prince William: created in 1731, many county court records have > been lost, destroyed, or stolen at various times. Scattered years of deeds, > wills, and orders, as well as various bond books and a plat book, survive. > Richmond: created in 1692, has some record books damaged and > mutilated due to unknown causes; additionally, the will books prior to 1699 > were missing as early as 1793, and order books for the period 1794-1816 are > also missing. > Rockingham: created in 1778, most pre-Civil War wills were lost > when the courthouse was burned in June 1864; in an effort to save records, > they were loaded onto a wagon which was set afire along the road. Some few > were saved and administrators, executors, and guardian bonds survive. > Russell: created in 1786, the first marriage register and all loose > files were lost in a fire in the clerk's office in 1872. > Stafford: created in 1664, many pre-Civil War county court records > were lost to vandalism during the war. Scattered years of deeds, wills, and > orders have survived as has an old General Index. > Surry: created in 1652, has lost deeds for 1835-1838 and order > books for 1718-1741 and various other early record books are fragmentary. > Court house fires in 1906 and 1922 did not result in loss of records which > were then housed in a separate clerk's office. > Washington: created in 1777, lost a minute book for the period > 1787-1819 and many loose papers in a fire in the clerk's office on 15 > December 1864. > Westmoreland: created in 1653, lost an order book for the period > 1764-1776 to theft, and many loose papers were damaged during both the > Revolutionary War and the Civil War. > > > An online series on Research in Virginia Documents. > Prepared by the Division of Publications and Education Services. > Copyright by The Library of Virginia; this note may be reproduced in full if > proper credit is given and no changes are made. > > > ____________________________________________________________________ > Get free email and a permanent address at http://www.amexmail.com/?A=1 >

----- Original Message ----- From: <Freckles6@webtv.net> To: "Jim or Flo Suit" <jcsuit@atlantic.net> Sent: Wednesday, June 07, 2000 5:45 PM Subject: Re: [FLHILLSB-L] Tampa Trip > This may be of interest to all. I don't know if it is common knowledge > but USF has in its special collections ALL original marriage licenses > issued in Hillsborough Co from 1840 - 1980. They also have the Tampa > Tribune on microfilm.The people who work in special collectios are > helpful and I do not believe there is a carge for copies. ut parking is > minimal so it is best to get there early.........denise in Tampa > > > > > > > > > > >

Who knows if a person you are trying to locate is in jail? All of Florida prisons are are this link. http://www.dc.state.fl.us/ActiveInmates/inmatesearch.asp

Kathryn, I have 1959 Plant City High School yearbook, which shows a freshmen Emory Nicks. Regards, Barb

I agree that the Tampa Family History Center is excellant. However, I do not think that it is open 8-5 during the summer. Before you go, check with them on their hours. Carole

Marc: What type of holdings does USF have? Do they have any census reports, land titles or etc. Will be in Tampa in July and usually go to the library. However, the USF library would be closer to where I stay when I am there. Thanks for your help. Flo Suit Searching: Jefferson/ Sharp(e)/Burdett(e)/ Long/Glover > > Keep in mind the holdings at the USF Library, if you have time

Suzanne, I go to Tampa at least once a year to do my family history. Place to go is the Family History Center on Fletcher (across from USF). I found tons of information, the staff was very helpful and best part was they were open 8-5 Monday - Friday. They have local funeral parlor records dating back to the 1890's. They also have records on microfilm. If you are interested I can give you more detailed directions on how to get there. Cheryl Sanchez-Sivers Searching Mira/Martinez/Sanchez/Cepero