The City of suffolk merged with Nansemond County in the late 1980s or early 1990s to become the City of Suffolk. Check first with Suffolk to find out where the Nansemond county records are housed. There are no longer any counties in the Tidewater (now known as Hampton Roads) area of Virginia. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Brownie MacKie" <BMacKie1@compuserve.com> To: <VA-SOUTHSIDE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: 11 April 2001 05:15 Subject: Re: [VA-SOUTHSIDE-L] FW: [THOMAS] William H. Thomas > Here's what I have on Nansamond: Nansamond County was organized in 1637 > under name of "Upper Norfolk" and changed to Nansamond in 1642. The > Nansamond records were totally destroyed. > > Norfolk was New Norfolk and then Lower Norfolk. Princess Anne was derived > from Lower Norfolk. I would check Norfolk and Princess Anne as well as the > city of Hampton, Va for records. > > > > ==== VA-SOUTHSIDE Mailing List ==== > VAGenWeb http://www.rootsweb.com/~vagenweb > > > ============================== > Visit Ancestry.com for a FREE 14-Day Trial and enjoy access to the #1 > Source for Family History Online. Go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/subscribe/subscribetrial1y.asp?sourcecode=F11HB >