You will, no doubt, get a zillion responses. The Virginia Room is good, but don't pass up Fincastle. Several years ago a gentleman from Daleville undertook to index all of the Circuit Court records books. He did a great job, and it is now very easy to search all court proceedings as far back as when Botetourt was formed. John Richardson ----- Original Message ----- From: <vaboteto-request@rootsweb.com> To: <vaboteto@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, May 21, 2008 1:02 AM Subject: VABOTETO Digest, Vol 3, Issue 98 > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Visit (John Gray) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Tue, 20 May 2008 08:21:11 -0400 > From: John Gray <revjgray@wowway.com> > Subject: [VABOTETO] Visit > To: vaboteto@rootsweb.com > Message-ID: <200805201221.m4KCLDi8004476@pop-8.dnv.wideopenwest.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed > > Hello List - > > I will be in Botetourt and Roanoke City next month. Does anyone have > any tips as to where I can find probate records and church > records? Should I work at the court house in Fincastle, or are > copies of their records available in a better research > environment? I will check out the Virginia Room at the Historical > Society. The period I am working in is the 1780's, looking for > George & Mary (Davies) Gray, especially the names of their children. > > George Gray/Grey left a lot of court records in Greenbrier but was > married in Botetourt. He disappears from Greenbrier around 1800 and > may have died in 1823, possibly in Botetourt. Possibly born ca > 1750's, married Mary Davies/Davis in Botetourt Co., 24 Feb 1778 (VA > Marriages by Vogt). > > I am trying to prove George & Mary are the parents of my John Gray b. > Jan 1785, m. Susanna Thompson in 1816 and came to OH shortly > thereafter with the James Thompson family. I am descended from > John's second marriage in OH. Susanna died 1843, Millcreek Twp., > Union Co., OH.. > > Thanks in advance, > > Rev. John Gray, Grove City, OH > > > > ------------------------------ > > To contact the VABOTETO list administrator, send an email to > VABOTETO-admin@rootsweb.com. > > To post a message to the VABOTETO mailing list, send an email to > VABOTETO@rootsweb.com. > > __________________________________________________________ > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > VABOTETO-request@rootsweb.com > with the word "unsubscribe" without the quotes in the subject and the body > of the > email with no additional text. > > > End of VABOTETO Digest, Vol 3, Issue 98 > *************************************** >

Hi John - thanks for the tip. I will make it a point to go over to Fincastle. John At 11:53 AM 5/21/2008, you wrote: >You will, no doubt, get a zillion responses. The Virginia Room is good, but >don't pass up Fincastle. Several years ago a gentleman from Daleville >undertook to index all of the Circuit Court records books. He did a great >job, and it is now very easy to search all court proceedings as far back as >when Botetourt was formed. >John Richardson