Dear Harris-Hunters, Those of you have access to the online genealogical database called HeritageQuest [through your local or State public library] may be interested to know that Malcolm Hart Harris's book History of Louisa Co. appears there. Click on Books and then use a Place search - Louisa Co. Virginia About page 6 [perhaps earlier] he lists a good many land patents. They are highly abstracted, and I recommend you make a note [you can add to your Notebook at the top of the screen] of the patents which interest you and then check the Library of Virginia website to find a fuller explanation of the patents in which you are interested. In particular, note the watercourse. There was a lot of intermarriage among families on the same watercourse. The LVA website for land patents is _http://www.lva.lib.va.us/whatwehave/land/index.htm_ (http://www.lva.lib.va.us/whatwehave/land/index.htm) Remove any punctuation fore and aft which AOL seems to add to the URL. E.W.Wallace **************Life should be easier. So should your homepage. Try the NEW AOL.com. (http://www.aol.com/?optin=new-dp&icid=aolcom40vanity&ncid=emlcntaolcom00000002)