Keep reading :) Paula, Thanks for sharing this. I found it very interesting. Dale -------------- Original message ---------------------- From: "William Conner" <wcon@swva.net> > Paula, > Thank you for sending the link. I've read the first 2 chapters and as they > say , "it's hard to put down". I have always been curious about how the > various families of the county became associated with their choice of > political parties. I always figured it was rooted somewhere in the civil war > but after reading the first two chapters I still see no pattern . Maybe > someone else , on the list , has done some research or knows more about it. > Bill > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Paula Kelley Ward" <chachalady@sbcglobal.net> > To: <vafloyd@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Monday, December 31, 2007 12:20 AM > Subject: [VAFLOYD] Floyd County during the Civil War > > > > > > A Va Tech Master's thesis by Paul Randolph Dotson, Jr. has a lot of > > information about Floyd County during the Civil War: > > > > http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-4019122049721391/ > > > > My brother ran across this while searching for information about the > > 54th Va. > > Many Floyd County names are mentioned in Chapter 2. > > > > Paula Kelley Ward > > San Antonio, Texas > > chachalady@sbcglobal.net > > "I love deadlines. I like the whooshing sound they > > make as they fly by." ~ Douglas Adams > > > > > > ********************************** > > Note from List Administrator!!! > > 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 > > ********************************** > > Search this list's archived messages! > > http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > View the Floyd County Virginia Website at: > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~vafloyd/floyd.htm > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > VAFLOYD-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > > -- > > No virus found in this incoming message. > > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > > Version: 7.5.516 / Virus Database: 269.17.12/1203 - Release Date: > > 12/30/2007 11:27 AM > > > > ********************************** > Note from List Administrator!!! > 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 > ********************************** > Search this list's archived messages! > http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > View the Floyd County Virginia Website at: > http://www.rootsweb.com/~vafloyd/floyd.htm > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > VAFLOYD-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in > the subject and the body of the message