>From: "S. Corneliussen" <corneliussen@nfx.net> > >X-Loop: NCLENOIR-L@rootsweb.com >Resent-Sender: NCLENOIR-L-request@rootsweb.com >Resent-Bcc: > >There were also Rouses in colonial Virginia--for example: Robert Rouse of >lower Norfolk County left a will in 1687 (source--Virginia Wills and >Administrations). Another Virginia Rouse, Abraham, was twice witness to >deeds in 1670. There were others I've come across but can't put my finger >on the information now. Yes, there are all kinds of possible connections but doubt we will ever figure them out. > >Martha, Francis told me you had some experience examining Lower Norfolk >County colonial records. Lots of my loose ends seem to unravel in lower >Norfolk County-- I have the same problem. the Pells, the Windhams, the Brights, probably others. >Where did you find those records and how difficult are they to read? I "tried" to read some of the deeds from microfilm. Also the wills which is a joke. Ima had me get two wills copied and even with the published abstract, I could not read them. The early Norfolk records are in dreadful shape which is probably why none of the deeds have been abstracted. The Cross Indices are not good, few of the books have an index and the microfilm is all but impossible to read in places mostly because the originals are in such poor shape. Some of it is readable. What little I have done was on the microfilm at the archives in Richmond. Martha