This book may or may not be of use to some of you.... VIRGINIA Virginia Counties: Those Resulting from Virginia Legislation - Morgan P. Robinson. Virginia legislation created a total of 172 counties, but only 100 of them exist today. What is a genealogist to do? More than a valuable resource, this work explains the fascinating evolution of today's Virginia counties from the first plantations and "hundreds" which developed around the original Jamestown settlement. This handy reference volume gives reliable data in concise form concerning the dates of formation, the territory from which formed, and the origin of the names of the counties which have resulted from Virginia legislation--with references to the sources upon which these data are based and an enormous bibliography (more than 60 pages long!). The geographical section groups the counties into four divisions: Tidewater, Piedmont, Valley and Trans-Allegheny. The rather whimsically titled "genealogical" section shows how the counties all "descended" from the eight original "parent" shires and the "original county" of Northumberland. (1916) reprint, 284 pp., maps, original subject index, bibli., paper, $24.50 #R511 Pre-Publication price until 31 August 1999--$22.00 Heritage Books, Inc. 1540-E Pointer Ridge Place, Bowie, MD 20716 phone: 1-800-398-7709 fax: 1-800-276-1760 email: heritagebooks@pipeline.com Visit our online catalog at http://www.heritagebooks.com International Callers: please check with your operator for the international dialing code before calling us at 301- 390-7708 or faxing us at 301-390-7153. Candy Parent Tazewell County, VAGenWeb Coordinator http://www.rootsweb.com/~vatazewe USGenWeb Revolutionary War Pension Coordinator for Virginia, Kentucky, Michigan Candy's Clan http://www.htonline.com/~candy candy@htonline.com