Diane is quite right about additional resources for early Hanover Co. record-searching. If you can access the many volumes [now eight] of Cavaliers and Pioneers, possibly the first three at your local library, you may find many clues about your early Hanover Co. people. (But don't overlook adjoining counties, such as Henrico and Goochland and others clustered around the James River). The index has places, watercourses, paths, etc., as well as personal names. Nell Marion Nugent compiled the first three volumes. The later volumes, published and for sale by the Virginia Genealogical Society in Richmond, were compiled by Dennis Ray Hudgins. The indexes are easier to deal with. Diane also mentions the Hanover Co. road orders which are combined with those of New Kent Co., its parent county. (Now that I think about it, I may never have searched that particular report, although I have for other counties, such as Albemarle. (Look in ALL the Virginia counties, says an expert from Salt Lake City, who charges a bundle to find your ancestors.) These road orders which have been compiled by the Virginia Dept of Transportation are online and searchable, but you have to be patient. Click on the PDF icon, when you finally access the road order screen. The index is at the end of the booklet, so you may want to click on the *end of the report* button at the bottom of the screen. _http://vtrc.virginiadot.org/PUBS.aspx_ (http://vtrc.virginiadot.org/PUBS.aspx) (This website may be changed from time to time--I had to search a good deal to find the new updated link.) Thanks, Diane. How about other suggestions from you researchers who have been looking for ancestors in colonial Hanover Co.? E.W.Wallace