Come join us for our October Virginia Group meeting. We have had requests to discuss the history and settlement of Virginia as we have many new members since our very first meeting so that will be this month’s discussion, with some additional information. We'll also have show and tell for those of you who made some discoveries this summer. Please share. Carol and I would like to implement our plan to provide individual assistance with your research project. First come, first served. We’ll need some very specific information from you. * Name * Location * Time Period * What is the specific problem or goal. For example: I'm looking for the parents of John Smith of Lunenburg County, or where didd he live before he migrated to Kentucky in 1890, etc. * What records have you already researched. Be very specific. For the November 3rd meeting Ginger Christmas-Beattie will present "Transcribing old documents”, a lecture on reading the English handwriting of America in the 16th and 17th centuries. This can be applied to any document once one has an understanding of the old grammatical forms. Ginger has over 40 years of practical genealogical research experience, and has been involved with the Genealogical Society of Washington County, as well as other genealogical societies throughout the United States. As author and publisher, she has produced 13 books and 7 CD's of historic documents, census and court records and a book on the Christmas Family history through her business, Ancestral Tracks. judiscot@gmail.com "Puzzles of the Past" _http://puzzlesofthepast.blogspot.com/_ (http://puzzlesofthepast.blogspot.com/) What do you hold so close to your own circle of life that you would not put a price on it? What would it be for you? For me, it is the mountains and the people of Appalachia.” Larry Gibson, Keeper of the Mountains