Members, SEVERAL HAVE ASK THAT I REPOST THIS. For those who were interested in the map(s), here are the simple instructions. PLEASE READ AND SAVE!!! The Scott Co. & Washington Co. map are ready. I'm very happy with the data I found for Scott Co. It is much more than I had hoped for. ALL THE MAPS AND HOW TO ORDER ARE SHOWN BELOW. In two weeks I start packing for my move back to SW VA so I won't be able to mail out maps after Feb 24. 1. Send an order letter via snail mail to me at the address in #2. The letter must contain cash or a check for the amount. Price includes postage. The letter must contain a list of the maps ordered, your email address as used in the SW_VA List. Also include your mailing address. 2. Send the order letter to: Edgar A. Howard P.O. 64 Bennington, NH 03442 3. ALL ORDERS must be received by Feb. 19th. No exceptions. I can send a 'receipt of order' note if you request. Orders received after Feb 19 will be returned or trashed. All maps will be mailed out no later than Feb. 23d via first class mail if checks have cleared. 4. You don't need to email me anything right now. Here is an inventory of the maps that I have. They are all very readable and nearly all are printed text. They contain towns, cemeteries, mills, forts, gaps, churches, rivers, mtns, creeks, and schools. I find them very helpful in understand the settlement of SW VA, KY, NC, etc. because most places, etc contain surnames. The are a collection of maps that I have copied from libraries, books and other sources. They are NOT copyrighted so we can copy them. Sizes are estimates of full map. They are large so they are not cheap to copy. The best part about them is that the mts., streams, churches, mills, communities, mines, etc. often have SURNAMES in them. Please don't ask me to search each map for a NAME you are looking are. ************** THESE ARE THE MAPS ****************** 1) Historical Map of Washington Co., VA 36" x 24" I created this map from 4 or more sources. Primarily from the 1880 map from the Hist. Soc. of Wash. Co. I also used several history books, some local historians, USGS topo maps, and the co. road map. It contains roads, mts., streams, churches, cemeteries, mills, forts, settlements, etc. It covers as far north as Copper Creek. This one has lots of details because I put them there. One can use this map to add their own data such as where their ancestor's farms were. You can build your own genealogical map of Wash. Co., VA 36" x 30" $12. 30" x 18" $ 8 incl. postage 2) Comtempory Frontier Settlements 1740 - 1760 30" Copy of a library map of VA settlements. Mostly rivers and streams like a geological map . Some of the earliest settlements are show. Not detailed. It covers the NC border to the Ohio river; and from Richmond to the Cumberland Gap. It is a great outline of SW VA if you wanted to create your own maps. It would be ease to print out some names and cut n' paste them to this map. 30" x 24" $5 3) Southwestern VA map 1880 Commercial & Industrial map. >From the New River to the Gap. Rivers & streams, mines, towns, roads, RR, mts., valleys, etc. A few surnames. 24" x 18" $7 4) Southwestern VA Minerial Resources & RR 1883 - Boyd C.E. w/ an insert of major RR routes of S.E. U.S. Rivers & streams, mines, towns, roads, RR, mts., valleys, etc. A few surnames. 36" x 30" $8 5) NEW RIVER & CRIPPLE CREEK area map. 1887 Covers mostly the Wytheville area. There are some SURNAMES and the best details of Wythe Co. that I have seen. I have listed some of the surnames in the past. Some area names common in Washington & Scott Co. 30" x 24" $6 6) Montgomery Co. Historical Map 30" x 24" Settlements from 1750 - 1865 . Very detailed w/ rivers, streams, roads, SURNAMES, historical notes and stories, First officers, very attractive layout. If you have ancestors from Mont. Co. this map will be very helpful. 36" x 24" $8 7) Botetourt Co. Historical Map 30" x 24" Just the present Co. area Settlements from 1750 - 1865 . Very detailed w/ rivers, streams, roads, SURNAMES, historical notes and stories, First officers, very attractive layout. If you have ancestors from Botet. Co. this map will be very helpful. There are SURNAMES common to SW VA. 30" x 24" $8 8) Pulaski Co. Historical map 30" x 24" Same type of the two co. maps # 6) & 7) above. 9) Roanoke Co. Historical map 30" x 24" Same type of the two co. maps # 6) & 7) above. 10) Fincastle Co. 1772 - 1776 Broad area map of frontier America Covers from the Atlantic to the Mississippi River. Gives the boundary of the original Fincastle and Botetourt Co. Shows major rivers and future states cut from Botetourt Co. which ran to the Miss. & Ohio River. Same type of the two co. maps # 6) & 7) above. Very general but attractive historical reference. 24" x 18" $5 11) SCOTT CO. Historical *** This one is complete and has many, many surnames on it. 30" x 24" About $8 I'm happy to do this if it is not a big hassle. This is not a business for me and I don't have time to give on an on going basis. This will be a one time thing. I DO find them very helpful and they give much more meaning to my research. -eddie NH