Hi, everybody, Because of my overabundance of daily activities, I'm an infrequent poster to this list in spite of most of my paternal ancestry having come from southern Virginia. I'm writing at the moment, though, to let you know the following details in case anyone would like to submit anything for publication [the posting of this message has already been approved by Mr. Hearl]: ======================================================================== COUNTY HERITAGE BOOKS BEING CREATED FOR PITTSYLVANIA & HALIFAX COUNTIES For those people who might be interested in submitting a story about ancestors of theirs who lived in either Halifax or Pittsylvania County, Heritage Books are being created for both counties and the committees in charge are looking for stories to publish. Anyone interested in submitting stories for publication should keep in mind that these stories must be typed, double-spaced, and be limited to 500 words. Also, each person/family may submit one story and photo free of charge, with each word over the 500-word minimum costing 10¢ apiece. At the end of each article, the submitter must include his/her name, address, phone number and/or e-mail address in case there is reason for the committee to contact them. Also, submitters must include at least brief references [at the end of each article] about where their information came from [i.e. court records, marriage records, etc., of Halifax County [or Pittsylvania County], family knowledge, personal knowledge]. If a photo is to be submitted with the article, then the intended caption for the photo should be typed at the end of the article. The Committee also needs to know how many words are in each article [NOT INCLUDING the title, submitters information, sources, or photo caption(s)], and that information should be typed at the end of each article. If you have no means of typing your article(s), dont let that stop you. Find a friend or relative who would type it for you [an article of 500 words double-spaced is between 1½-2 pages long], or look in your phone book to find a paid typist. Other types of articles will also be accepted for this Heritage Book, including stories on local churches, civic groups, historical sites, etc., but there will be other limitations on space, depending on the topic(s). Most of the above, that have no direct association with a particular family, will be limited to 250 words free and 1 photo, although the churches section will include longer articles for those churches that are over 100 years old [500 words for those churches over 200 years old and 750 words for those churches over 250 years old]. For more details about this project, please contact Publishers Representative Malinda K. Fry at 1-888-292-5516. Each county heritage book committee will be holding a meeting this coming week [June 15th-21st]. The Halifax County committee will meet at First Presbyterian Church on North Main Street in South Boston, Virginia, at 6pm, Wednesday, June 18th. The Pittsylvania County committee will meet the following evening [June 19th] at 6:30pm at the Crossroads Restaurant on Business Route 29 in Gretna, Virginia. Anyone wishing to submit a story according to the above guidelines is welcome to attend each meeting. =========================================================== I was asked to help publicize at least the Pittsylvania County book's creation by a member of that committee and volunteered to promote the Halifax book since they are having so much trouble getting that one started [50 people came to the Pittsylvania County meeting in May while only 6 attended the Halifax County meeting the same day]. Since I hope to attend both meetings [on the 18th in South Boston and on the 19th in Gretna], perhaps I'll get to meet some of you if you have a chance to come. Best wishes, Richard Blair Anderson, Jr., Danville, Virginia With multiple research lines in Pittsylvania and Halifax Counties dating back to the very earliest years -- too many names to list, at that. 8-)