Those subscribers who list their surnames without dates are unlikely to get any responses. For example, I search Hanover Co. records [very few remaining] until about 1735, and are familiar with some of the names, as I have at least two main lines [both quite common names, of course], but if your people were there later than that, then I am of no help whatsoever--except to say this: If you are searching antebellum [pre-Civil War] records, you are mostly out of luck because most of Hanover Co. records were destroyed when the Archives at Richmond burned in the *evacuation* fire. The tale is the Confederates set the docks on the James River on fire and the fire [as fires are bound to do] got out of control. The Confederates were evacuating, hence the *evacuation fire*. For some early records, probably one of the best places to start are with the land patents--online at the Library of Virginia website--or in the eight volumes of Cavaliers and Pioneers. I am a book person myself so I cherish C&P volumes. These patents in many cases give the names of the neighbors--and those neighbors may be the wives' families or the grandmothers' families. A few years ago, the Virginia Genealogical Society, Richmond, published in their quarterly some merchants accounts--Partridge was his name, if I remember correctly--and then you may be able to spot some of your colonial Hanover Co. residents--but others from various counties also bought from Partridge. (Red shoes among the ladies seem to have been a popular item.) One noted genealogist of Salt Lake City [a historian as well as a genealogist and lecturer] says in Virginia--search ALL the counties [and I discovered she is right]. She adds, Make a mini-census--that is, gather up the neighbors. And--when I started studying Granville Co., NC, I found a lot of deeds executed by residents of Hanover Co. Therefore, you have to KEEP searching. Another hint: Some of the earliest records of Louisa Co., VA, formed from Hanover Co., contain records of Hanover Co. residents, many of whom were now moving to Louisa Co. or involved with residents of Louisa Co. Some of these records have been transcribed and published by Rosalie Edith Davis, and she has a website. I have about worn out her books which I bought at least a decade ago. Her books are very reasonable in price. Hope this info helps further your research. E.W.Wallace