Several of you asked me today if I knew "when the Mecklenburg County, Virginia Heritage Book will come out & what it will sell for?" so I called today to ask Frances Clark, who's coordinating the book, putting all the stories in order to send to the publisher. It's targeted for delivery late this year. They extended the deadline for submission of articles until April 20th because so many people are now getting their cousins to also submit articles, to help extend the info on their family line further. For example, she's had more than 20 articles submitted by members of the Morris family, which will do an amazing job of pooling their family info. So folks, *please* send in just a 500-word (or fewer) article on whoever was your Poythress line's connection to Mecklenburg County -- It will help to flush-out some other folks who know something about your particular line & about the lines who married into your Poythress line. (Thanks Julie for submitting your articles; they may well result in some info to help on your line) Articles must be typed, double-spaced, and *every* word counts toward that 500-word limit, so you *can't* write a lot. That is shorter than the first 8 paragraphs of this email! In that few words, you can tell who "he" was; & tell when he lived & who & where he married. Tell who his kids were; and when & where he &/or his offspring moved when they left Mecklenburg. If you have space in the 500-word limit, tell who his kids married & in what states & counties his offspring have ended up to date. Then if you still have space to do so, tell who you think his parents were (or who you know they *weren't* for that matter). That's it. Come on, Maynard, Sarah, Lyn, and everyone -- you can do this. At the end of your article, be sure to put your name & city & state, and the number of words in the article. Then give a very brief statement of your sources for the info, such as: "Sources - personal knowledge; census records; tax records" You should also attach a list at the back of your article of all the family members' names in your article, to be sure they'll be indexed. Submitting an article entitles you to have one free photo included (It could be of someone who descended from "him"). The photo will be promptly mailed back to you in the self-addressed stamped envelope you should enclose with the photo (with your name & address on back of the photo) and with the typed copy of your article. Whether or not you submit an article, if you want to order a copy of the book you should do it now while the pre-publication price is still in effect; it *will* be higher after the books go to print. And they may run out of extra copies they order (That happened this year to another heritage book I submitted info to, re my mother's family line). The Mecklenburg Heritage books are targeted for late-2006 delivery. The pre-publication price is $62.00 (includes UPS shipping in the lower 48 states) & this price is good until they send the material to the publisher, which will be soon after April 20th. To order, send her your $62 check PAYABLE to Mecklenburg County Heritage Book MAIL your ck & your name & street address (no PO Boxes for UPS), to: Mecklenburg County Heritage Book c/o Southside Virginia Genealogical Society 984 Camp Road South Hill, VA 23970