These books are also at the Forsyth County library downtown in the NC Room - their genealogy room. You need to ask for them at the desk - they are kept behind the scenes for safer keeping and they will let you see them one or 2 at a time. They include the diaries of Brother Soelle who road around the entire area ministering to the NON- Moravians baptizing people and having funerals and making converts - he got to know folks in the area well and stayed in their homes and writes about many of the families and tells stories of family events as he goes ---very very informative if you had family in Surry County or the part of the country that later became Yadkin.. Susan Avery Winston-Salem, NC On Tue, 17 Oct 2006 13:03:21 -0400 "Information" <info@professionalheritage.com> writes: > These books are available at the NC Museum of History in their gift > shop as > well... And I agree, they are worth every penny... They're simply > outstanding! > > Debbie > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <Hdanw@aol.com> > To: <NCSURRY-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Tuesday, October 03, 2006 11:25 PM > Subject: [NCSURRY] Some Background Information about the Formation > of > SurryCo., NC > > > > One problem in genealogy leads to another. > > > > First problem--I was trying to find out what records and films the > Family > > History Library in Salt Lake City might have for Surry Co., NC, as > I know > > I have > > seen some of the records at that Library and, indeed, have > photocopied > > some > > of them. > > > > Imagine my amazement to find that the FHL on > _www.familysearch.org_ > > (http://www.familysearch.org) does NOT have a PLACE listing for > Surry > > Co., NC. > > > > Then I entered the search term Surry [alone] as I have other > ancestors in > > colonial Surry Co., VA. No dice!!!! I wonder whether it is > spelled > > Surrey, > > as for the county of the same name in England!!! > > > > From time to time, generally when I have been present in Salt Lake > City, > > I > > have dropped a note in the suggestion box--or at the reference > desk when > > I > > figure a knowledgeable professional is on duty--as to some > problems with > > the > > catalog. This time, I suggest that the Surry Co. Genealogical > Society > > make the > > contact themselves. > > > > Anyway, not being content with NO catalog entry, I decided to do a > > google.com search for Surry Co., North Carolina + history [or was > it + > > genealogy] and > > found this website. > > > > _http://juliemorrison.com/surry/history.htm_ > > (http://juliemorrison.com/surry/history.htm) > > > > This is of interest to me because I am almost certain, based on > > preponderance of evidence, that I am descended from a Moravian > lady. But > > there are other > > groups of families in and around this area who are of interest to > me. > > > > I am fortunate in that my large metropolitan Family History Center > has a > > complete set of the books compiled by Adelaide Fries and others > many years > > ago. > > The journals kept by the Moravians should be of interest to all > who had > > relatives or ancestors in that part of North Carolina, because > there > > really > > journal entries about everyone with whom the Moravians had > interface. > > > > It seems that a bookstore in Winston Salem has this set of books, > or at > > least a description of them, and I have taken the liberty of > copying their > > description. (Please excuse, but it should help spread the word > that a > > reprint is > > probably underway.) > > > > > > The Moravians in North Carolina > > Fries, Adelaide L., et al., Records of the Moravians in North > Carolina. > > North Carolina Historical Commission (and successors), Raleigh, > > 1922-2000. Twelve > > volumes � more than 6,700 pages � of translations and > transcriptions of > > church diaries and other documents, spanning from the arrival of > the > > first > > surveying party in 1752 to when the last church board switched > from > > German to > > English in 1879. Practically a daily account of life in the North > > Carolina > > wilderness and then in the growing state, these volumes are a gold > mine > > for family > > historians, adding flesh and blood to the bare bones of > ancestors� > > births, > > marriages, and deaths. The first 11 volumes are out of print and > must be > > borrowed on an inter-library loan basis. Volume 12, spanning the > Civil War > > years > > was published in 2000. Volume 13, covering Reconstruction > (1867-1876), is > > scheduled to be published in 2003 by the North Carolina Division > of > > Archives and > > History. > > I finally found the listing in the online Family History Library > Catalog > > for this valuable set of books -- probably a title search, but > before I > > lose it > > again, I have made notes: > > Vols 1-5 1752-1792 Film No. 1321198 > > Vols. 6-9 1793-1847 Film No. 132120 > > Vols. 10-11 1841-1879 Film No. 1321211 > > Each volume has a separate index. Happy hunting!!! Winston-Salem > is now > > in > > Forsyth Co. If you suspect your people in North Carolina may > have had > > Moravian connections, these books are for you. Each volume is > > indexed--but, of > > course, the index, will be at the end of the film!!!! > > E.W.Wallace > > who has a Moravian umpteen great-grandmother > > Here is the search term for the above set of books, which have > been > > filmed. > > You might be able to order them from the FH Library in Salt Lake > City. > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > NCSURRY-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 > NCSURRY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message