Perhaps there are German names on it also. Ruth Keys Clark is an excellent genealogist. Betty Pace --------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Ruth Clark <ruthkeysclark@yahoo.com> To: PACE-L@rootsweb.com Date: Mon, 16 Sep 2002 10:55:40 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Re: [PACE-L] "Chronicles of the Scotch Irish in VA 1745-1800 Betty is correct Chalkley is a wonderful source for colonial research. Each volune carries its own index. These are the court order/minute book records for Augusta County Virginia when Augusta county included a great part of western Virginia and current West Virgina. Titled the Scotch Irish in Virignia it includes many English Colonial families as well as the German element. The English for many years kept the Scotch Irish and Germans west of the English settlements as a buffer from the Indians. As plantations became overworked and "sons" of plantation owners sought new "land" -- they settled in this "buffer land" and then went further west. As with many colonies huge grants were given to English men of wealth in Augusta county. Virginia. http://www.rootsweb.com/~chalkley/index.htm Ruth Keys Clark, Virginia ===== Ruth Keys Clark, Kansas