Isle of Wight Co. was formed 1634 as one of the original counties (shires)under the name Warrrosquoyoake, name changed to Isle of Wight un 1637; latere additions from Upper Norfolk and Nansemond.  {on lower side of James River) (Source:  George K. Schweitzer, Virginia Genealogical Research [Knoxville, TN: 1988] This book MAY have been digitized: J. H. Boddie Seventeenth Century Isle of Wight Start with familysearch.org as many records held by the Family History Library are being digitized every day. If you draw a blank by doing an author search, try google.books.  I have NOT checked every database within Ancestry.com but if you subscribe, try searching there also. If you looking for land patents in Virginia use the Library of Virginia website (google for it,) go down the index to Land Patents--the one which includes words Northern Neck land grants.)  The oldest patents are at the very end. E. W. WALLACE ________________________________ From: Anne Harris <amh504@yahoo.com> To: EVELYN WALLACE <hdanw@verizon.net>; "harris-hunters@rootsweb.com" <harris-hunters@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, October 8, 2012 8:32 PM Subject: Re: [HARRIS-HUNTERS] Searching for Harrises in North Carolina Where was Isle of Wright?   Have a good day, Anne >________________________________ > From: EVELYN WALLACE <hdanw@verizon.net> >To: Harris Hunters <Harris-Hunters@rootsweb.com> >Sent: Monday, October 8, 2012 11:24 PM >Subject: [HARRIS-HUNTERS] Searching for Harrises in North Carolina > >NO DOUBT many of you searching for ancestors in North Carolina know about this FREE resource. > >I am suggesting you use google to find digitizition of > >North Carolina Colonial and State papers > >The indexes are a little clunky, but there is an index.  I don't recall at this time whether each of the 20 volumes (or more) has its own index.  I seem to remember that much of the material are transcribed letters, official documents (and therefore dull). > >However, when I used hard copies of the actual volumes which I tripped on while browsing the shelves at my local LDS Family History, I found lists of land owners, etc.  > > >Mrs.Helen Leary (editor, lecturer of NC) made a statement in a long-ago NGS conference in Richmond, VA which will be helpful to researchers of that colony or state:  > > >Most North Carolians came from Virginia as the barrier islands on the Atlantic coast > >prevent much use of ports (if any)until one gets to Wilmington.  (Which was full of Scotsmen who had recently been defeated at the Battle of Culloden in Scotland and swore at their defeat never to fight England again.  (use wikipedia to learn more about the Battle of Culloden.) > > >For using info given by Mrs. Leary-- one of my colonial ancestors lived in these Virginia counties: > >Surry and Isle of Wight (?) Cos > >Another who came to Granville Co. ca 1750 was from Goochland Co., previously part of Henrico Co.  VA > >And then when I was researching Caswell Co. NC (formed 1777 from Orange Co. NC) I discovered there were relatives in Pittsyvania Co. VA) > >I hope you can use the NC colonial & state papers satisfactorly. > >Evelyn W. Wallace > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >v > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to HARRIS-HUNTERS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > >