Chalkley is very good if you are needing information on collateral families or neighbors. If you are interested in getting a sense of who lived on a given river you can "find on page" the name of the river and come up with much information about neighbors. It will not be a complete census of the area, but it does let you know a great deal about the people who may have come in contact or associated with your ancestor. This can be especially helpful if you have an ancestor with a common name. The same goes for collateral families whom you do not wish to spend a great deal of money or time on but would like to get a sense of how they might relate to your ancestor. Chalkley is also a good source to start with. In it you can find clues as to which records you might want to order or check out more thoroughly. If you know your ancestor is in the area but isn't listed in Chalkley then you will have to do a lot more digging in other sources but for many of us enough information is given to point us in the right direction. I don't think anyone is detracting from either Chalkley's work or the work of the volunteers who put him on line. Both tasks were horrendously time consuming and exacting. As with any source there are limitations and being aware of them is part of using the source. Being aware that Chalkley did not abstract every record and that there were errors in his work gives hope to those whose ancestors do not appear that records may still be found by checking other sources. Sue Liedtke ----- Original Message ----- From: "Debi" <repunzul@tampabay.rr.com> To: <vaaugust@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, April 25, 2007 7:24 PM Subject: Re: [VAAUGUST] Herb & other nitpickers > George: Thank you for saying what (I am sure) many of us were thinking. > > Herb: For those of us who cannot get to Augusta County to view the > Minutes, > or afford to pay a researcher, at least Chalkey's gives us a starting > point > and insight. The time and humongous effort of the persons responsible for > putting this online is sooooooo very much appreciated. > > Debi > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: vaaugust-bounces@rootsweb.com > [mailto:vaaugust-bounces@rootsweb.com]On > Behalf Of OLDHIKER50@aol.com > Sent: Wednesday, April 25, 2007 6:15 PM > To: vaaugust@rootsweb.com > Subject: [VAAUGUST] Herb & other nitpickers > > > > I seldom get on a soapbox BUT.... sheesh get a life man. shuddup > > Herb if you don't want to use Chalkey - Don't > > A lot of people have gotten good from it and a lot of people worked hard > to > get it online. > > Feel free to email me privately if you want to vent but stop messing with > a > good message board. > George Young > > > In a message dated 4/25/2007 4:07:43 PM Pacific Daylight Time, > herb_316@bellsouth.net writes: > > 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. 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