Colonial Episcopal clergy "read" for their orders, which usually meant not a university education but studying theology with a well-seasoned pastor, who then vouched for the candidate when it came time for ordination. However, to be ordained, one had to go to England--- only a Bishop could ordain a priest or deacon. The clergy in Virginia were under the auspices of the Bishop of London. So they had to go to London and present themselves for any examination that the Bishop thought suitable, & then hopefully be ordained. Ordination included a loyalty oath to the British crown. Pat H. ----- Original Message ----- From: <Hdanw@aol.com> To: <KYMONTGO-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, June 05, 2005 8:38 PM Subject: [KYMONTGO-L] Lunenburg Co. Virginia Church Records > Finding the birthplace of any colonial Virginian is going to be QUITE > difficult--unless you were a Washington family member or of similar rank. Most > early Virginians came over as indentured servants (and those who survived were > lucky to get here, considering the conditions in England for poor folks!!!). > > Landon C. Bell, deceased, was a compiler of many books of Lunenburg Co. I > believe he also compiled some church records for Cumberland Parish, Lunenburg > Co. A now defunct publishing company, TLC Genealogy, abstracted many books > of deeds for Lunenburg Co. These books are at Family History Library Salt > Lake City and probably at DAR Library in Washington, DC--and probably at a few > libraries between. > > Go to the Family History Library and do an author search for Landon C. Bell, > and you may find, as did I, that several of his books have been filmed. The > films can be borrowed for a small fee, for a short time, through a nearby > LDS family history center. > > On the other hand, take a printed list of his books to your local librarian > and see whether an Interlibrary (ILL) loan can be effected. Worth your time > to learn about this. > > As I remember, Lunenburg Co. was formed from Brunswick Co., so you may have > to search there also. (I cannot remember whether it is Stephen Bradley or A. > B. Pruitt who has done some land record research of this area of Virginia.) > > It may be worthwhile to make a telephone call to the Reference desk of the > Library of Virginia and ask whether all Anglican priests in Virginia got their > training in England. They were supposed to, I believe, but---who knows? On > the frontier, anything could happen. > > E.W.Wallace > whose collateral Rev. John Williams of Meherrin Baptist Church was of > colonial Lunenburg Co. > > > > ==== KYMONTGO Mailing List ==== > Posting Montgomery Co., KY miscellaneous information to the list will help everyone, and will be retained on the Rootsweb archives for later researchers to retrieve. > >