Hello, Of interest to the whole list, this link tells which VA counties have the suffered the greatest losses of county records thru fires and war, etc. http://freenet.vcu.edu/sigs/genealogy/burn-co.txt Unfortunately, Nansemond Co had three fires and early records are scarce to none. You might check the Library of VA site. I found some of my Lassiter family from Nansemond in the Digital Collection: "Land Office Patents & Grants/Northern Neck Grants & Surveys" http://www.lva.lib.va.us/ The link below is for the Genealogy Bookshop where you can find two books with records from that county: "Bible Records of Suffolk and Nansemond County, Virginia, Together with Other Statistical Data" and "The Vestry Book of the Upper Parish, Nansemond County, Virginia, 1743-1793" http://www.genealogybookshop.com/ I know its not much, but I hope it helps. Good Luck in your search. Teresa hostess http://gennetwork.org