---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Craig Kilby <craig@craigkilby.com> Date: Sat, Mar 12, 2011 at 5:57 PM Subject: [VA-NORTHERN-NECK] New Library Collections in the NN To: Northern Neck Northern Neck List <VA-NORTHERN-NECK@rootsweb.com> All, The Mary Ball Washington Museum & Library was recently donated hundreds of new books from the collection of Iris Stickle of Kilmarnock. We never knew this woman until her death. She had retired to Kilmarnock a few years ago. She was an avid genealogist and the collection consists primarily of books on the Eastern Shore (Accomack & Northampton Counties), quite a bit on Maryland, and Northern Virginia (Loudoun, Fairfax and Prince William Counties, some Alexandria.) I have catalogued most of these new books, and if you are looking for families in those areas, you might find something new. The books run the gamut from published abstracts of marriages, guardianships, wills, court orders, county histories, church histories, and family histories. Her primary focus was the ROBEY FAMILY. Also in the collection were several books on Native American research, quarterly genealogical magazines, etc. It was by far the largest single collection of new material we've received all at one time of BOOKS. (The rival to this was the collection of the late Doris Davison, a well-known NN genealogist. That is still being processed! Most of this was her personal papers and client reports. A great part of that collection was merged into our "Virginia Family Files" loose papers. =========== Meanwhile, at the Northern Neck of Virginia Historical Society in Montross, we recently were donated the entire collection of the late Mary Rita Miller, author of the book I often cite here, _Place Names of the Northern Neck_. Originally, her son said he wanted to donate her working papers for the book which were index cards. When it arrived, however, it was much, much, much more than that! She was also a linguist, and an avid gardener. There are many original dissertations in this collection about language and the history of place names. This is boxes and boxes of material. As for the six or so boxes dealing with the Northern Neck of Virginia Club, I will have to see if that group would like to have their old meeting minutes back in their possession. I rather suspect they will. =========== So, please keep checking both the MBW and NNVHS catalogs to see what is new. (The NNVHS catalog is still under construction but well over 700 books are now entered. In case you have not bookmarked the web sites for the catalogs, they are: Mary Ball Washington Museum & Library http://mbwm.org/search.asp Northern Neck of Virginia Historical Society http://www.librarything.com/catalog/NNVHS =========== Remember. MBW will do research WITHIN THE COLLECTION. Their fees and policy are explained on the web site. Research at NNVHS generally requires an on site visit. Happy Hunting! Craig Kilby ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to VA-NORTHERN-NECK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

I would be interested in the contents of the Robey material since I had some who married into that clan. Dr. Alton Loveless  Alton and Delois Loveless527 Virginia StreetAshville, Ohio 43103 740-777-1944 573-330-7728 Cell Tucker line TTT altonloveless.blogspot.com web: http://altonloveless.weebly.com    --- On Sat, 3/12/11, Donna Price <nee@sacredhearts.us> wrote: From: Donna Price <nee@sacredhearts.us> Subject: [LL] Fwd: [VA-NORTHERN-NECK] New Library Collections in the NN To: "lovelace" <lovelace@rootsweb.com> Date: Saturday, March 12, 2011, 6:08 PM ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Craig Kilby <craig@craigkilby.com> Date: Sat, Mar 12, 2011 at 5:57 PM Subject: [VA-NORTHERN-NECK] New Library Collections in the NN To: Northern Neck Northern Neck List <VA-NORTHERN-NECK@rootsweb.com> All, The Mary Ball Washington Museum & Library was recently donated hundreds of new books from the collection of Iris Stickle of Kilmarnock. We never knew this woman until her death. She had retired to Kilmarnock a few years ago. She was an avid genealogist and the collection consists primarily of books on the Eastern Shore (Accomack & Northampton Counties), quite a bit on Maryland, and Northern Virginia (Loudoun, Fairfax and Prince William Counties, some Alexandria.) I have catalogued most of these new books, and if you are looking for families in those areas, you might find something new. The books run the gamut from published abstracts of marriages, guardianships, wills, court orders, county histories, church histories, and family histories. Her primary focus was the ROBEY FAMILY. Also in the collection were several books on Native American research, quarterly genealogical magazines, etc. It was by far the largest single collection of new material we've received all at one time of BOOKS. (The rival to this was the collection of the late Doris Davison, a well-known NN genealogist. That is still being processed! Most of this was her personal papers and client reports. A great part of that collection was merged into our "Virginia Family Files" loose papers. =========== Meanwhile, at the Northern Neck of Virginia Historical Society in Montross, we recently were donated the entire collection of the late Mary Rita Miller, author of the book I often cite here, _Place Names of the Northern Neck_. Originally, her son said he wanted to donate her working papers for the book which were index cards. When it arrived, however, it was much, much, much more than that!  She was also a linguist, and an avid gardener. There are many original dissertations in this collection about language and the history of place names. This is boxes and boxes of material. As for the six or so boxes dealing with the Northern Neck of Virginia Club, I will have to see if that group would like to have their old meeting minutes back in their possession. I rather suspect they will. =========== So, please keep checking both the MBW and NNVHS catalogs to see what is new. (The NNVHS catalog is still under construction but well over 700 books are now entered. In case you have not bookmarked the web sites for the catalogs, they are: Mary Ball Washington Museum & Library http://mbwm.org/search.asp Northern Neck of Virginia Historical Society http://www.librarything.com/catalog/NNVHS =========== Remember. MBW will do research WITHIN THE COLLECTION. Their fees and policy are explained on the web site. Research at NNVHS generally requires an on site visit. Happy Hunting! Craig Kilby ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to VA-NORTHERN-NECK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to LOVELACE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message