I might add a note of caution, if I may. The Handley Library Archives (lower level) at Winchester, Virginia, will be closed sometime this summer for upgrading. Also, this is a good web site about Old Frederick County, Virginia. http://www.shentel.net/wfcedc/tourism/history/centurie.htm Flo. -- Day <[email protected]> Winchester, VA, USA ~ ICQ uin 18874402 Mailing List Moderator ~ The Genealogy Help Network See the Web Site at ~ http://ghn.genealogy.org Subscribe~http://www.onelist.com/subscribe.cgi/GenHelpNetwork ======================================= Kenneth M. Runyon wrote: > > Hi, anyone visiting the Shenandoah Valley for the first time would be wise to > > >visit the libraries in Harrisonburg and Edinburg first.. Both have excellent > > > >genealogy collections. If you are interested in old Frederick county records > > > >(pre-Shenandoah Co., ) the Handley Library in Winchester is the place to go. > > > >Harrisonburg is in Rockingham Co., and Edinburg is in Shenandoah CO.. Good > > >hunting, Ken > > Virginia Hutson wrote: > > > Researchers, > > My husband and I will be making a trip to Virginia later this month to > > try to collect data on the LONG family and the RUEBUSH family. ADAM LONG > > and MARGARET RUEBUSH were married 1788 in Rockingham Co. In 1792 they > > moved to Augusta Co. Margaret died in 1843; Adam in 1854. Both are buried > > in Frieden's cemetery in Rockingham Co. Their son ELI LONG died abt. > > 1881. He and two of his sons (killed in the Civil War) are buried in > > Melanchton Cemetery. I have never been able to find out who ADAM LONG's > > parents were. > > Here's the question: If you were going to make the trip to Virginia, > > where would you look for information about these "befogged" and "beclouded" > > ancestoral records? > > I know to go to the Frieden's Church, but where from there? > > Thanks, > > Virginia Hutson > > vhutson > > > > ==== SHENANDOAH Mailing List ==== > > SHENANDOAH Families Mail List Archives: > > courtesy of Rootsweb, our gracious host! > > http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl > > Just type in the mail list's name: SHENANDOAH > > ==== SHENANDOAH Mailing List ==== > SHENANDOAH Families Mail List Archives: > courtesy of Rootsweb, our gracious host! > http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl > Just type in the mail list's name: SHENANDOAH