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.

Charles, Please send first names and i'll look in marriages etc, to see if they are here in Botetourt. There are several Riley families in "Botetourt Children by Charles Burton". 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