Thanks Maynard for reminding folks about the info available from Hening's Statutes, and of your CD of Poythress info. Barbara John M. Poythress wrote: > Or, more fully: "Hening's Statues at Large, Being a Collection of all > the Laws of Virginia from the first session of the Legislature, in the > year 1619" by William Waller Hening. > This is one of the premier source documents for Virginia genealogy. > A Mr. or Ms. Spradlin at Earthlink, no doubt a sainted soul, is > transcribing all 9 volumes (with an all names index) at > http://www.vagenweb.org/hening/ ...if you wish to search for names > other than Poythress this is a good one. Unfortunately, Mr. or Ms. > Spradlin has only gotten through volume 4 but the claim is made that the > work will progress. > If you are specifically looking for Poythresses a better source is > likely the CD database as I have captured only the Poythress items for > ALL nine Hening volumes. They are listed under the section for the Swem > Index. > Maynard