http://virts.rootsweb.com/~george/countyformations/virginiaformationmaps.html Check here for the Formation maps. Rena ----- Original Message ----- From: "Charles Whitsett" <chaswhit@charter.net> To: <vaboteto@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, March 01, 2008 12:50 AM Subject: Re: [VABOTETO] lazy list > Rena, yours is not the only lazy list. Some online forums in the past > provided me with many clues about where to find tracks left by my > ancestors. Now, these forums get only two or three postings a year. I > thought for a while that it is just my cousins who aren't interested, > but maybe the phenomenon is more widely spread. > > I will post my brick wall next week, which involves my Riley > ancestors, some of whom remained in Virginia in 1880. To date, > however, I have found not one family link remaining in Virginia. I > wonder if I could learn something if I visited Virginia. My most > recent Riley ancestors lived in Albemarle County (Fredericksville > Parish, Charottesville P.O. and St. Anns Township) and Augusta County > (Staunton P.O.). Maps dating back to 1870 exist for some counties of > Missouri and Kentucky that show the locations of farms and the names > of the owners, and these have been invaluable for tracing my Whitsett > roots back to 1820 in Missouri and 1796 in Kentucky. Are there such > maps for Virginia that might more precisely locate the points where I > should begin my searches? If so, where might I see one? > > Charles Whitsett > > On 29 Feb 2008, at 1:02 PM, Rena Worthen wrote: > >> The list is not verry busy. I need to work on getting >> it going. Step on up and shout any time. >> Let's get researching, there's going to be another >> Genealogy fair in the fall. > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > The Second 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 > VABOTETO-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message