Death Certificate #12614 County of Buckingham District of Francisco Name: William Emmet McCraw Male, White, Married Date of Birth: April 20, 1846 74 years, 1 day (I think they meant 1 month) Occupation: Farmer Birthplace: Buckingham County Father; Cary H. McCraw (born Buckingham) Mother: Mary Gilliam (born Buckingham) Date of Death: May 23, 1920 Burial: Buried at home on 5/25/1920 R.M. McCraw of Andersonville (informant)

An interesting question just came up over the identity of the wife of Stephen Ayres Duncan, son of Matthias Duncan and Sarah F. Dunkum. I would be very grateful if someone who is familiar with this family could share what they have on Stephen's wife. Thank you! Dave Duncan Ohio __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

Hi Kim, Bettie Sue Denton's father was born in Fluvanna county. Don't know where England comes in the picture. Bettie Sue was my great grandmother's sister. My great grandmother was Martha Jane Denton. Thank you for the information and for all the work you and others are doing to get the info out to fellow researchers. Deborah Robertson Peak

Death Certificate #8217 County of Buckingham District of Marshall Town of Nuckols Name: Maria Louise Davidson Residence: Nuckols, Va Female, White, Married Wife of E.B. Davidson Birthdate: May 1851 79 years, 11 months Occupation: None Birthplace: Buckingham County, Va Father: John Norvell (born Buckingham) Mother: Mary Snoddy (born Buckingham) Date of death: April 8, 1930 Burial: Buckingham Church on 4/10/1930 J.C. Davidson of Nuckols (informant) Nite!!!!

In a message dated 8/17/2006 12:19:05 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, kim.clark@adelphia.net writes: Dave this may be of interest in reference to you post below. I am unsure Death Certificate #23180 County of Buckingham District of Slate River Name: Everett (?) C. Duncan Male, White, Single No birthdate listed 75 years, 3 months, 9 days Occupation: Farmer Birthplace: Buckingham Father: Samuel (?) Duncan born Buckingham Mother: Elvira or Eliza Smith (born Nelson County) Date of Death: October 16, 1931 Burial: Virginia on 10/17/1931 J.J. Ballowe of ? Informant Dave, I know you are interested in anything you can find out about this man. Well, Eldridge DUNCAN (called Everett on the death certificate and I have also seen his name as Elbridge) had a brother named Robert Hill DUNCAN who married Mary Frances BEASLEY. Mary Frances BEASLEY had a sister named Sarah O. BEASLEY who married George A. ADCOCK. Sarah and George had a daughter named Bettie A. ADCOCK who married James Jackson BALLOWE who was the informant when Eldridge died. Ruby Talley Smith

Death Certificate #7822 County of Buckingham District of James River Name: Geo. Thomas Rush Male, White, Married Husband of Mildred R. Rush Date of Birth: June 27, 1856 70 years, 8 months, 20 (or 25) days Occupation: Farmer Birthplace: Buckingham County Father: Peter S. Rush (birthplace unknown) Mother: Mary Susan Webb (born Appomattox) Date of death: March 23, 1927 Burial: Buckingham County on 3/25/1927 P.F. Rush of Toga (informant)

To help others understand even more under the Virginia Code of April 11, 1853... The clerk of the County Court and the Coporation Court were each required to transmit to the auditor of public accounts, a copy of his marriages for the preceeding year... I am taking a leap here but I assume the same law applied to deaths and births for each county. For the Courthouses that were destroyed by fires we were fortunate to have these records saved by a Virginia law enacted in 1853 that covered the years of approxmiately 1853 to 1896. Kim Clarks work and sharing brings another example to light that even if we are told no records survived from a courthouse that even thou original records did not survive there are some handwritten copies of certain items still there for the determined researcher. Thanks a million Kim!!!!!!!!!!! Randy Kidd In a message dated 8/17/2006 12:15:30 AM Eastern Daylight Time, kim.clark@adelphia.net writes: I have debated on giving further explanation but decided that I should clarify one last time. Any further questions, especially regarding where I am finding my information should be directed to me directly in hopes of freeing up the mailing list. Death registers are available through inter-library loan through the Library of Virginia. These cover the years 1853-1896 (or somewhere thereabouts). These are the registers that contain handwritten entries that were maintained by each county. There are also marriage and birth registers available for most counties, although marriage registers can extend for longer time periods. You can have these sent to your local library (if they have microfilm readers) for a small postage fee and usually can keep them for several weeks. http://www.lva.lib.va.us/whatwehave/vital/BMDregisters/index.htm The information I have posted the last few days come from actual death certificates that span the years 1912-1939 for which there are no registers and are not available online nor through interlibrary loan, according the Library of Virginia. There are nearly 850,000 death certificates on over 300 reels for this time period (1912-1939) so scanning all 305 reels in a day trip is impossible. I have found this venue to be invaluable as I obtained two g-g-g-grandmother's maiden names that I had been unable to find through any other avenues of researching. Again the link is below: http://www.lva.lib.va.us/whatwehave/vital/death-certificates/index.htm If you know your ancestor's death date (1912 - ) you can mail the Virginia Department of Vital Statistics for a copy of the certificate although they charge you $12.00 per certificate and that is IF they have a copy on file (versus 75 cents at the Library - used to be 50 cents but they increased the price per copy) Just sending a request for a death certificate for grandpa John Doe who died in 1949 will have it returned to you, usually with nothing. You will need to provide identification also. http://www.vdh.state.va.us/vitalrec/mail_it.asp I hope this helps. Please feel free to contact me privately if you have any further questions. ==== VABUCKIN Mailing List ==== To unsubscribe, send ONLY the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the subject line and message body to: VABUCKIN-L-request@rootsweb.com for list mode or VABUCKIN-D-request@rootsweb.com in digest mode VABUCKIN-D-request@rootsweb.com for digest mode ============================== Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx

Dave this may be of interest in reference to you post below. I am unsure Death Certificate #23180 County of Buckingham District of Slate River Name: Everett (?) C. Duncan Male, White, Single No birthdate listed 75 years, 3 months, 9 days Occupation: Farmer Birthplace: Buckingham Father: Samuel (?) Duncan born Buckingham Mother: Elvira or Eliza Smith (born Nelson County) Date of Death: October 16, 1931 Burial: Virginia on 10/17/1931 J.J. Ballowe of ? Informant -----Original Message----- From: Dave Duncan [mailto:oldvaroots@yahoo.com] Sent: Wednesday, August 16, 2006 9:06 AM To: VABUCKIN-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [VABUCKIN] Death Certificates Another Slate River District death certificate I'd be interested in is that of Elbridge Duncan whom I have last located in the 1930 census at age 73 living as a boarder in the home of Harrison W . and Ann S. Watkins. If you happen to run across that one, I would be very interested in the information from it. Any information that anyone can share on Elbridge, or the Watkins couple he was boarding with, would be greatly appreciated. Thank you! Dave __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ==== VABUCKIN Mailing List ==== To unsubscribe, send ONLY the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the subject line and message body to: VABUCKIN-L-request@rootsweb.com for list mode or VABUCKIN-D-request@rootsweb.com in digest mode VABUCKIN-D-request@rootsweb.com for digest mode ============================== Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx

I have debated on giving further explanation but decided that I should clarify one last time. Any further questions, especially regarding where I am finding my information should be directed to me directly in hopes of freeing up the mailing list. Death registers are available through inter-library loan through the Library of Virginia. These cover the years 1853-1896 (or somewhere thereabouts). These are the registers that contain handwritten entries that were maintained by each county. There are also marriage and birth registers available for most counties, although marriage registers can extend for longer time periods. You can have these sent to your local library (if they have microfilm readers) for a small postage fee and usually can keep them for several weeks. http://www.lva.lib.va.us/whatwehave/vital/BMDregisters/index.htm The information I have posted the last few days come from actual death certificates that span the years 1912-1939 for which there are no registers and are not available online nor through interlibrary loan, according the Library of Virginia. There are nearly 850,000 death certificates on over 300 reels for this time period (1912-1939) so scanning all 305 reels in a day trip is impossible. I have found this venue to be invaluable as I obtained two g-g-g-grandmother's maiden names that I had been unable to find through any other avenues of researching. Again the link is below: http://www.lva.lib.va.us/whatwehave/vital/death-certificates/index.htm If you know your ancestor's death date (1912 - ) you can mail the Virginia Department of Vital Statistics for a copy of the certificate although they charge you $12.00 per certificate and that is IF they have a copy on file (versus 75 cents at the Library - used to be 50 cents but they increased the price per copy) Just sending a request for a death certificate for grandpa John Doe who died in 1949 will have it returned to you, usually with nothing. You will need to provide identification also. http://www.vdh.state.va.us/vitalrec/mail_it.asp I hope this helps. Please feel free to contact me privately if you have any further questions.

Thank you so much again Ruby!! This was a lot of work and I appreciate it. You got me off to a good start, will let you know what I find. Rose ----- Original Message ----- From: <RUBYGEM@aol.com> To: <VABUCKIN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, August 16, 2006 6:02 AM Subject: Re: [VABUCKIN] The OLD FURNACE TRACT > > In a message dated 8/15/2006 11:57:40 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, > roseseay@netzero.net writes: > > Has anyone knowledge of the "Old Furnace Tract" that is said to have been > located north of the old river road near New Canton--time frame for my > ancestor > is 1802 through 1804 > > > In Roger Ward's books there are the following: > > Under his listing for Peter GUERRANT, Junior, 1794 to 1814. Bought: 1800 > AC > from T. Galloway. 1811 - 490 AC New Grant. 1812 - New Grant near the > Furnace > Tract. 1812 - proprietor of a business, 1813/1814 LOCATION: a > non-resident, > land (22E) near New Canton and near the Furnace Tract. > > Under his listing for George NICHOLAS 1796 to 1813. Estate: 1813 Bought > 1796 > - land bought from John Nicholas deceased. 1813 estate near the Furnace > Tract. > > Under his listing for John GUERRANT 1827 to 1837. Bought: 1827 owned 1/2 > of > Bridgeport (23NE); also, 400 AC on JRR, his dwelling; no conveyance from > Alexander Garrott for this. 1828- 155 AC on Randolphs Creek (25E) from > George ?H. > Anderson; also 200 AC on Randolphs Creek from George K. Anderson and > Robert > Hill. 1830 - 158 AC on Hunts Creek (12E) from William P. Moss, sold by > Charles > P. Lee; also 150 AC on SRR (18E) from Patsy Agee and husband; also 100 AC > on > SRR (18E) from Stephen Guerrant. 1832 - Bridgeport on Hunts Creek (25E) > from > James M. Morris (in 1833 to 1835, he co-owned Bridgeport with Anderson > Guerrant). 1833- 410 AC near New Canton (25E) from the estate of John > Anderson, > formerly owned by William Anderson and sold by Guerrant to F. B. Dean; > also, > 121 and 3/4 AC on Phelps Creek (18E) from F. B. Dean, Jr; also 150 AC on > Phelps > Creek (22E) from Wilson Price estate, sold by Wilson N. Price. 1834 - 200 > AC > adjacent Furnace Tract (23E) from George F. Pleasants. 1836 - 118 and 1/2 > AC > on Phelps Creek (20E) from J. W. Seay and wife (?same land as bought from > Thomas Baber). SOLD - 1829 - 400 AC on SRR (20NE) to John M. Agee; also > 200 AC > to J. Boatwright; also 155 AC (25E) to Orson ?Moton. 1831 - 100 AC to J. > R. > Sadler. 1833 - 410 AC near New Canton (25E) to F. B. Dean. 1836 - 18 AC > in > deed, and another 1000 AC, to R. T. Sims (?adjacent Furnace Lands). > 1837 - 30 AC > to George O. Price; also 157 AC (18E) to G. M. Payne. > > Under his listing for George F. PLEASANTS he has 1834 - bought 200 AC > adjacent Furnace Tract (23E) from Joseph Mosby, and sold by Pleasants to > John > Guerrant. > > Under his listing for Anderson GUERRANT he has 1841 to 1870. Bought: > 1842 - > 113 AC near New Canton (25E) from Edward W. Simms; also 156 AC on Hunts Ck > (22E) and 152 AC adjacent Furnace (23E) from John Guerrant. 1843 200 AC, > part of > Furnace Tract, from Buckingham Iron Manufacturing Co. 1844 101 AC on > Phelps > Ck (20E) from John T. Jeter and wife. 1847 he and Robert N. Seay bought 6 > AC > at Hockers Landing (25E) from J. A. McDearman. 1848 6 AC at New Canton > (25E) > from Charles L. Christian, ?Terry ?Seay, ?Guerrant; also ?or same land, 6 > AC > Hockers Landing (25E) from Robert N. Seay. 1856 - land from J. M. Ford. > 1858 > - 125 AC near NCR (23E) from Price and Reynolds commr from the land > charged > on land will in John A. Chambers and (?sold) to E.W. Simms. Sold: 1843 > 127 > and 1/4 AC on Hunts Creek (18E) to Buckingham Iron Manufacturing Company. > 1845 > - 41 AC on NCR (25E) to Francis W. Anderson. 1846 - 60 AC to V. N. > Scruggs. > 1848 - 200 AC on JRR (24NE) and 70 AC on Hunts Crook (22E) to Walter L. > Fontaine. 1851 - 6 AC at Hockers Landing (35E) to Robert C. Nicholas, > 1862 - 70 and > 3/4 AC to Edward W. Simms. 1855 - 10 AC adjacent New Canton (25E) to > Francis > Anderson. 1856 - 250 AC on Hunts Creek (20E) to Robert C. Nicholas, > ?bought > from James M. Ford. 1870 - 10 AC to E. R. Evans and Thomas T. Morris. > > There are other references, but maybe these are enough to help some. > > Ruby Talley Smith > > > ==== VABUCKIN Mailing List ==== > To unsubscribe, send ONLY the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the subject line and > message body to: > VABUCKIN-L-request@rootsweb.com for list mode or > VABUCKIN-D-request@rootsweb.com in digest mode > VABUCKIN-D-request@rootsweb.com for digest mode > > ============================== > New! Family Tree Maker 2005. Build your tree and search for your ancestors > at the same time. Share your tree with family and friends. Learn more: > http://landing.ancestry.com/familytreemaker/2005/tour.aspx?sourceid=14599&targetid=5429 > > >

Death Certificate #28080 County of Buckingham District of Slate River Name: John W. Shores Male, White, Married Date of Birth: February 3, 1857 63 years, 9 months, 29 days Occupation: Farmer Birthplace: Buckingham County Father: Thomas C. Shores, Sr. (born Buckingham) Mother: Sarah Williams (born Buckingham) Date of Death: December 2, 1920 Burial: T.C. Shores Residence on 12/3/1920 Thomas C. Shores of Scottsville (informant)

Death Certificate #2795 County of Buckingham District of Slate River Name: Jemima Ellen Proffitt Female, White, Married Wife of O.G. Proffitt Date of Birth: April 15, 1838 89 years, 8 months, 23 days Occupation: Housekeeper Birthplace: Buckingham Father: Joseph S. Moore (born Buckingham) Mother: ________ Davis (born Virginia) Date of Death: 1/7/1928 Burial: Buckingham County on 1/9/1928 W.W. Proffitt of Warren, Va (informant)

Death Certificate #514 County of Buckingham District of James River Name: Lucy F. Taylor Female, White, Widowed Widow of A.H. Taylor No Birthdate listed Abt. 74 years old Occupation: Domestic Birthplace: Virginia Father: John Webb (born Buckingham) Mother: Nancy O'Connor (born Appomattox) Date of Death: January 14, 1923 Burial: Old Taylor Place on 1/16/1923 Family of Norwood, Va (informant)

Death Certificate #1202 County of Buckingham District of Curdsville Name: Lucy Jane Christian Residence: Buckingham Female, White, Widowed Widow of Chas. L. Christian Date of Birth: September 1853 83 years, 4 months ? days Birthplace: Buckingham County Father: Robt. Huddleston (born Buckingham County) Mother: Annie Wheeler (born Buckingham County) Date of Death: January 11, 1937 Burial: Buckingham County, Va on 1/12/1937 F.L. Christian of Dillwyn (informant)

Death Certificate #6286 County of Buckingham District of James River Name: Bettie Susan Kitchen Residence: Buckingham Female, White, Widowed Widow of Benjiman (sic) W. Kitchen Date of Birth: November 5, 1863 75 years, 4 months, 7 days Occupation: Housewife Birthplace: Buckingham County Father: John A. Denton (born England) Mother: Susan Robertson (born Buckingham) Date of Death: March 12, 1939 Burial: Buckingham County on 3/13/1939 W.B (?) Kitchen of Wingina (informant)

Death Certificate #6291 County of Buckingham District of Slate River Name: Lelia May Davis Residence: Arvonia, Va Female, White, Married Wife of Charles Davis Date of Birth: May 31, 1865 73 years, 9 months, 16 days Occupation: Housewife Place of Birth: Brunswick County, Va Father: Robert L. Ayres (born Brunswick County) Mother: India May Clayton (born Virginia) Date of Death: March 16, 1939 Burial: Sharon in Buckingham County on 3/19/1939 (I assume Sharon Church Cemetery) Chas. Davis of Scottsville, Va (informant)

These two people were my wife's great grandparents. What puzzles me is that Malissa Shepherd's father was Thomas H. Word; not Melvin Word, as proven by the Feb. 27, 1846 issue of the Richmond Whig, page 4, column 5 + other records such as census. I know it was confusing when Caroline Word married Thomas H. Word, whose name was the same as Carolyn's father, Thomas H. Word. The person who reported the death of Malissa (below) was Lelia Jane Shepherd (1876-1951). Lelia was sometimes called the beauty queen of Buckingham County, I have pictures of all the people named below, except the mysterious "Melvin" Word. Does anyone have further information on why this error may have occurred. Ancestry.com does not show a Melvin Word in Buckingham County. Wilmer L. Kerns -----Original Message----- From: Kim Shumaker Clark [mailto:kim.clark@adelphia.net] Sent: Wednesday, August 16, 2006 12:09 AM To: VABUCKIN-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [VABUCKIN] Shepherd/Word & Shepherd/Booker - 2 Certificates Certificate #348 County of Buckingham District of Maysville Name: Malissa Shepherd Female, White, Married Wife of Frank Shepherd Date of Birth: July 1, 1849 77 years, 5 months, 6 days Occupation: Housewife Birthplace: Buckingham County Father: Melvin Word Mother: Caroline Word (born Buckingham) Date of Death: January 6, 1927 Burial: Buckingham County on 1/7/1927 P.J. Shepherd of Buckingham (informant) Certificate #350 County of Buckingham District of Maysville Name: Benjamin Franklin Shepherd Male, White, Widowed Widower of Malissa F. Shepherd Date of Birth: October 20, 1840 86 years, 3 months, 3 days Birthplace: Buckingham Father: William Shepherd (born Buckingham) Mother: Martha Booker (born Buckingham) Date of Death: January 23, 1927 Burial: Buckingham County on 1/24/1927 Lelia G. Shepherd of Buckingham (informant) ==== VABUCKIN Mailing List ==== To contact the List Admin off list about any list problem, write to: VABUCKIN-admin@rootsweb.com If it's of general interest to subscribers, simply post it to the list. ============================== View and search Historical Newspapers. Read about your ancestors, find marriage announcements and more. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13969/rd.ashx

I should add that I did not receive any INDEXES however from the interlibrary loan. (I can't recall trying to find if they are loanable, but I suspect they are not) But it is not an impossible job to search through the film looking for a specific name considering it is not all that long and it beats traveling to Richmond. Best regards, Doug Phelps dphelps61@alumni.wfu.edu ----- Original Message ----- From: Kim Shumaker Clark To: VABUCKIN-L@rootsweb.com Sent: Wednesday, August 16, 2006 12:31 AM Subject: [VABUCKIN] Death Certificates I'm sorry, I thought I had sent an email explaining the death certificates. My bad. These death certificates are NOT available online nor through inter-library loan. You have to physically go to the Library of Virginia (Richmond) to search for them. There are 10 reels of indexes divided into 4-5 year segments. For example if you know that your grandfather, John Doe, died sometime between the 1920 census and the 1930 census you would search the index reels that cover that 10 year span. If he is listed, it will show something like this: Doe, John Buckingham July 21, 1928 843-17250 That last number would then point you to the specific reel that contains his death certificate. Once you find it, you can then print it for a cost of 75 cents. The microfilm reels are not an easy read so I suggest taking a good magnifying glass with you and go prepared with a list of people that you want to search, first those with death dates that you know (from tombstones or bible records) and then those that you don't know but have a general idea. I started searching probaby 4 years ago and initially only copied those for my family (passing by hundreds of other Buckingham certificates). As I got more comfortable in searching and could do it faster (and had some spare bucks on my library cards) I would copy the certificates of those found in the Buckingham section on the reel. If you know of someone that can use the information, then by all means share it with them. I would try to scan the boards when I came home to see if I could find matches with any extra certificates I had and did have some luck but not always. Being a fulltime student, my genealogy trips these past couple of years have been fewer and I had to cram as much in on my breaks as possible. I had a few days before starting back to college so I thought I would try to post some of the certificates I had in hopes that it might find a match on the board. Below is the link to the Library of Virginia site on the death certificates. Again, there is a binder with a FEW certificates at Buckingham County House but mostly for 1912-1917 and my understanding is only those where the family bought a copy to the courthouse (meaning not all people that died in that timeframe have a certificate in Buckingham). Hope this helps. http://www.lva.lib.va.us/whatwehave/vital/death-certificates/index.htm -----Original Message----- From: CLGriffinY@aol.com [mailto:CLGriffinY@aol.com] Sent: Tuesday, August 15, 2006 2:10 PM To: VABUCKIN-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [VABUCKIN] Jamerson/Guthrie/LeSueur & Flippen/Jamerson/Guthrie/Harris Someone who would like to have this information is a Jamerson descendant who works at the Jones Memorial Library in Lynchburg, Virginia. I also went on the website, but I only found a listing and not a place where you can place a name and receive a copy of the death record. Carolyn Lucado Griffin (_CLGriffinY@aol.com_ (mailto:CLGriffinY@aol.com) ) ==== VABUCKIN Mailing List ==== To contact the List Admin off list about any list problem, write to: VABUCKIN-admin@rootsweb.com If it's of general interest to subscribers, simply post it to the list. ============================== Census images 1901, 1891, 1881 and 1871, plus so much more. Ancestry.com's United Kingdom & Ireland Collection. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13968/rd.ashx ==== VABUCKIN Mailing List ==== To unsubscribe, send ONLY the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the subject line and message body to: VABUCKIN-L-request@rootsweb.com for list mode or VABUCKIN-D-request@rootsweb.com in digest mode VABUCKIN-D-request@rootsweb.com for digest mode ============================== Census images 1901, 1891, 1881 and 1871, plus so much more. Ancestry.com's United Kingdom & Ireland Collection. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13968/rd.ashx

Something is confusing.. I received just this week at my local library through the inter library loan from Richmond, these microfilms: Deaths Buckingham 1853-1896; Campbell 1853-1859. I also have the births and marriages for very similar dates. Best regards, Doug Phelps dphelps61@alumni.wfu.edu ----- Original Message ----- From: Kim Shumaker Clark To: VABUCKIN-L@rootsweb.com Sent: Wednesday, August 16, 2006 12:31 AM Subject: [VABUCKIN] Death Certificates I'm sorry, I thought I had sent an email explaining the death certificates. My bad. These death certificates are NOT available online nor through inter-library loan. You have to physically go to the Library of Virginia (Richmond) to search for them. There are 10 reels of indexes divided into 4-5 year segments. For example if you know that your grandfather, John Doe, died sometime between the 1920 census and the 1930 census you would search the index reels that cover that 10 year span. If he is listed, it will show something like this: Doe, John Buckingham July 21, 1928 843-17250 That last number would then point you to the specific reel that contains his death certificate. Once you find it, you can then print it for a cost of 75 cents. The microfilm reels are not an easy read so I suggest taking a good magnifying glass with you and go prepared with a list of people that you want to search, first those with death dates that you know (from tombstones or bible records) and then those that you don't know but have a general idea. I started searching probaby 4 years ago and initially only copied those for my family (passing by hundreds of other Buckingham certificates). As I got more comfortable in searching and could do it faster (and had some spare bucks on my library cards) I would copy the certificates of those found in the Buckingham section on the reel. If you know of someone that can use the information, then by all means share it with them. I would try to scan the boards when I came home to see if I could find matches with any extra certificates I had and did have some luck but not always. Being a fulltime student, my genealogy trips these past couple of years have been fewer and I had to cram as much in on my breaks as possible. I had a few days before starting back to college so I thought I would try to post some of the certificates I had in hopes that it might find a match on the board. Below is the link to the Library of Virginia site on the death certificates. Again, there is a binder with a FEW certificates at Buckingham County House but mostly for 1912-1917 and my understanding is only those where the family bought a copy to the courthouse (meaning not all people that died in that timeframe have a certificate in Buckingham). Hope this helps. http://www.lva.lib.va.us/whatwehave/vital/death-certificates/index.htm -----Original Message----- From: CLGriffinY@aol.com [mailto:CLGriffinY@aol.com] Sent: Tuesday, August 15, 2006 2:10 PM To: VABUCKIN-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [VABUCKIN] Jamerson/Guthrie/LeSueur & Flippen/Jamerson/Guthrie/Harris Someone who would like to have this information is a Jamerson descendant who works at the Jones Memorial Library in Lynchburg, Virginia. I also went on the website, but I only found a listing and not a place where you can place a name and receive a copy of the death record. Carolyn Lucado Griffin (_CLGriffinY@aol.com_ (mailto:CLGriffinY@aol.com) ) ==== VABUCKIN Mailing List ==== To contact the List Admin off list about any list problem, write to: VABUCKIN-admin@rootsweb.com If it's of general interest to subscribers, simply post it to the list. ============================== Census images 1901, 1891, 1881 and 1871, plus so much more. Ancestry.com's United Kingdom & Ireland Collection. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13968/rd.ashx ==== VABUCKIN Mailing List ==== To unsubscribe, send ONLY the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the subject line and message body to: VABUCKIN-L-request@rootsweb.com for list mode or VABUCKIN-D-request@rootsweb.com in digest mode VABUCKIN-D-request@rootsweb.com for digest mode ============================== Census images 1901, 1891, 1881 and 1871, plus so much more. Ancestry.com's United Kingdom & Ireland Collection. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13968/rd.ashx

Death Certificate #23612 County of Buckingham District of Maysville Name: Samuel Franklin Spencer Male, White, Married Husband of Eubelia (?) Buchner Spencer Date of Birth: November 13, 1845 77 (?) years, 1 day Birthplace: Buckingham Father: John Spencer (born Buckingham) Mother Elvina (?) Bagby (born Buckingham) Date of Death: November 19, 1922 Burial: Family Cemetery, Buckingham on 11/22/1922 Chas. H. Spencer of Lynchburg (informant) Here is this man's obit. Ruby Talley Smith Mr Samuel Franklin Spencer died at "Dixie", his home, in Buckingham County, VA, Nov 19th 1922 in the 78th year of his age, having passed his seventy seventh anniversary by the period of six days having been born November 13th 1845. He is survived by his widow, one sister Mrs R. W. Spencer of Brierhook, VA and 6 sons, Charles H., Roland M., and John of Lynchburg, VA, Samuel F. Jr of Thaxton, VA \, James G. of Buckingham, VA and Robert B. of Dillwyn, VA. Nine grandchildren also survive him. Mr Spencer was born in Buckingham County and lived there all his life. He served 2 years as a Confederate soldier in the Civil War. He was a member of Co E 3rd VA Reserves. Mr Spencer led a quiet unassuming upright Christian life. He was of that quiet, though firm type, whose good influence will live after he has passed away. Many tears of genuine sorrow were shed when his body was laid to rest in the family burying ground at his home Tuesday Nov 21st. A large company of genuine sympathizers attended his funeral. Truly a good man, citizen, and neighbor has passed to his reward. Peace to his sacred ashes.