Glad to hear someone else has the "came from Virginia" problem. Mine came from Frederick County, VA. but I can find some records and not others. If anyone has any suggestions for places in Virginia that we might look to find our Clermont relatives it would certainly be helpful. Many families must have traveled together or hooked up along the way. I've often thought about listing all families in a particular Clermont township in order to see if that would offer any additional clues. >From: HERMON B FAGLEY <hermfagley@juno.com> >To: OHCLERMO-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: Hung up on "born Virginia?" >Date: Tue, 3 Oct 2000 11:48:23 -0400 > >You have ancestors in sw Ohio that are supposed to be 'born Virginia" . >And >you are stuck there. >1st,and most important,Wv was cut from Va in 1863,years after sw Ohio was >pioneered. >2nd,the northern counties of Va and WV touching on the Potomac ,and much >of the >northern Shenadoah Valley were settled mostly from the drains of the >Deleware River, >not tidewater Va. >3rd, like many families show up on both the Ohio and Kentucky banks of >the Ohio River, >so do Va,and Md families show up on both banks of the Potomac. > 4th,the Civil war destroyed many Va records,but Va is one of the best >states for posting records >on-line. Computer's acting up. > >________________________________________________________________ >YOU'RE PAYING TOO MUCH FOR THE INTERNET! >Juno now offers FREE Internet Access! >Try it today - there's no risk! For your FREE software, visit: >http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj. > > >============================== >Visit ROOTS-L, the Internet's oldest and largest genealogical >mailing list: >http://www.rootsweb.com/roots-l/ > _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. Share information about yourself, create your own public profile at http://profiles.msn.com.