Nitpicking has its place in the world of genealogy. As the Augusta VAGenWeb webmaster, I was responsible for getting the project going that placed Chalkey's Chronicles online. In our introduction page at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~chalkley/ scroll down to section two, "How Did Chalkley Become Available Online," paragraph three where it says "Chalkley is not without its problems." There is a link to the Library of Virginia which discusses the problems innate in those volumes. Carmen Finley, Webmaster Augusta VAGenWeb > > Message: 1 > Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2007 18:13:30 -0700 (PDT) > From: Michael Sellers <muckham11@yahoo.com> > Subject: Re: [VAAUGUST] Chronicles of the Scot-Irish of Augusta > County, VA > To: vaaugust@rootsweb.com > Message-ID: <998083.55282.qm@web59104.mail.re1.yahoo.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 > > Not to sound like a know-it-all or a nitpicker, but I did wanna voice a > word (or two) of caution concerning the 'work' of Judge Lyman Chalkley. > >

As with every history book printed for information 200 + years old, Chalkley's is a great addition to the VAAugusta site. I feel the subscribers should be happy to have the information close at hand so they can sit at their desk at home for a small internet fee, and read an entire book on-line. SHAME on you all for Mis-behaving. Let us keep a positive attitude about all the hard work that our volunteers have places on site. Rena List adm Please varify Receipt of this letter by replying to me doreatr@rbnet.com or doreatr@yahoo.com __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

If you take the trouble to go to http://www.lva.lib.va.us/whatwehave/local/va5_chalkleys.htm you can decide for yourself how valid the Chalkey Chronicles are. There is a whole page write up on the Chalkey Chronicles. If you do as I did call LVA up and discuss what the page is about. The NSDAR had a study done in 1912 which basically confirmed that the Chalkey Chronicle "had abstracted only some of the records pertained to persons and families in which he was interested"... A 24 page report is available which give examples of names left out of records to illustrate the incompleteness and inaccuracies of the Chalkey Chronicles. Most certainly it is a good start for someone not familiar with Augusta County VA records, but the LVA Research Library recommended going to the original Augusta County Court Minutes for the "real" information. ----- Original Message ----- From: Rena Worthen To: vaaugust@rootsweb.com Sent: Wednesday, April 25, 2007 12:18 PM Subject: [VAAUGUST] Chalkley and nitpicking As with every history book printed for information 200 + years old, Chalkley's is a great addition to the VAAugusta site. I feel the subscribers should be happy to have the information close at hand so they can sit at their desk at home for a small internet fee, and read an entire book on-line. SHAME on you all for Mis-behaving. Let us keep a positive attitude about all the hard work that our volunteers have places on site. Rena List adm Please varify Receipt of this letter by replying to me doreatr@rbnet.com or doreatr@yahoo.com __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Third Sunday in each month will set aside for a "Brick Wall" Roll Call. Please always put the surname you seek in the subject and tell us something about your Brick Wall person. To contact Listowner: Rena Worthen doreatr@rbnet.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to VAAUGUST-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message