I know my dad William L. Phelps dad was William M. Phelps and his parents were Theo and Grace Carter and they were french. That is all I know at this time; besides Phelps lived in Richmond, Va. Anything sound familar? Cynthia <font color="#ff80ff"><img src="http://us.i1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/mesg/tsmileys2/30.gif"> </font><font color="#00ffff"> </font><strong><font color="#0000ff" size="5">IN GOD WE TRUST!!!!</font></strong> <font color="#ff80ff"></font> <font color="#ff80ff"></font> <font color="#ff80ff"></font> <font color="#ff80ff">Geneology names: Waddell, Finchum, Sexton, Hammonds, Ramey, Gilmer, Tignor, Litchford, Winston, Davis, Phelps, Carter, Eckfeldt, Carneal, Sprouse, and Sharps at this time.</font> <font color="#bf00bf" size="3">May God Bless you all!!! </font><font color="#bf00bf" size="3">Cynthia Hammonds</font> ----- Original Message ---- From: "valouisa-request@rootsweb.com" <valouisa-request@rootsweb.com> To: valouisa@rootsweb.com Sent: Tuesday, January 8, 2008 3:02:24 AM Subject: VALOUISA Digest, Vol 3, Issue 5 Today's Topics: 1. Re: VALOUISA Digest, Vol 2, Issue 121 (nanleecarter@ntelos.net) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Mon, 7 Jan 2008 20:32:15 -0500 From: <nanleecarter@ntelos.net> Subject: Re: [VALOUISA] VALOUISA Digest, Vol 2, Issue 121 To: <valouisa@rootsweb.com> Message-ID: <DD28A3470DD1461AAFDDC66A22691401@nanleecarter> Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; reply-type=original Which Carter family are you doing genealogy on? Nancy ----- Original Message ----- From: "Cynthia Hammonds" <pinky82746@yahoo.com> To: <valouisa@rootsweb.com> Cc: "Dana McNeil" <mcdana74@verizon.net> Sent: Saturday, January 05, 2008 10:45 PM Subject: Re: [VALOUISA] VALOUISA Digest, Vol 2, Issue 121 > Do any of these books speak of the Davis from Louisa? I am interested in > this. We are from Louisa and originally from Scotland. > Thanks@ > Cynthia > > IN GOD WE TRUST!!!! > <font color="#ff80ff"></font> > <font color="#ff80ff"></font> > <font color="#ff80ff"></font> > <font color="#ff80ff">Geneology names: Waddell, Finchum, Sexton, > Hammonds, Ramey, Gilmer, Tignor, Litchford, Winston, Davis, Phelps, > Carter, Eckfeldt, Carneal, Sprouse, and Sharps at this time.</font> > <font color="#bf00bf" size="3">May God Bless you all!!! </font><font > color="#bf00bf" size="3">Cynthia Hammonds</font> > > > > > ----- Original Message ---- > From: "valouisa-request@rootsweb.com" <valouisa-request@rootsweb.com> > To: valouisa@rootsweb.com > Sent: Sunday, December 2, 2007 3:02:30 AM > Subject: VALOUISA Digest, Vol 2, Issue 121 > > > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. New Louisa County History (James K Brandau) > 2. Louisa County History (James K Brandau) > 3. Re: Louisa County History (Donna Mc R) > 4. Louisa County History (TLuchetta@aol.com) > 5. Re: Louisa County History (James K Brandau) > 6. Re: Louisa County History (Cacmiller517@aol.com) > 7. Re: Louisa County History (Donna Mc R) > 8. Re: Louisa County History (Cacmiller517@aol.com) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Sat, 1 Dec 2007 08:39:10 -0500 (GMT-05:00) > From: James K Brandau <jkbrandau@earthlink.net> > Subject: [VALOUISA] New Louisa County History > To: Louisa Rootsweb <valouisa@rootsweb.com> > Message-ID: > > > <27311975.1196516351117.JavaMail.root@elwamui-little.atl.sa.earthlink.net> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Sat, 1 Dec 2007 08:46:49 -0500 (GMT-05:00) > From: James K Brandau <jkbrandau@earthlink.net> > Subject: [VALOUISA] Louisa County History > To: Louisa Rootsweb <valouisa@rootsweb.com> > Message-ID: > > > <7662966.1196516809898.JavaMail.root@elwamui-little.atl.sa.earthlink.net> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > > New Louisa County History Book Released Today > > Over one hundred families are specifically named in the Louisa County > events chronicled from 1874 to 1914. > > Repressed for nearly a century, the full account of the regional > newspaper sensation that shook the Commonwealth of Virginia can now be > told. > > "Murder At Green Springs: The True Story of the Hall Case, Firestorm of > Prejudices" is now available at all online bookstores. > > Drawings, maps, photographs, endnotes, bibliography and index support > text. > > Sincerely, > > Ken > > > > J. K. Brandau > www.murderatgreensprings.com > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Sat, 1 Dec 2007 09:06:59 -0600 > From: "Donna Mc R" <donna316@tx.rr.com> > Subject: Re: [VALOUISA] Louisa County History > To: "James K Brandau" <jkbrandau@earthlink.net>, > <valouisa@rootsweb.com> > Message-ID: <003201c8342b$d2b5d870$6b02b74c@DonnaDesktop> > Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; > reply-type=original > > Hello---- > > Speaking of Louisa County books, has anyone read the following? (I ask > > because I am considering purchase, not to request lookups.) > > "Patronage and Poverty in the Tobacco South: Louisa County, Virginia > 1869-1900" by C. A. Shifflett > > "Marriages of Louisa County, Virginia, 1766-1815" by Kathleen Booth > Williams > > "Louisa and Louisa County" by Patty G. P. Cooke > > "Louisa County records you probably never saw of 18th century Virginia" > by > John C Bell > > "Louisa County (Virginia publick claims)" by Janice L Abercrombie > > Also have any of you read any of the county books in this eBay store? > These > seem awfully short. I wonder how well they cover the subject. > http://stores.ebay.com/American-History-County-by-County > > > Also, do you know of anyone who will do fee-based genealogy research > for > Louisa County or Culpeper County? > > Warmest Regards, > > Donna > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 4 > Date: Sat, 1 Dec 2007 10:45:50 EST > From: TLuchetta@aol.com > Subject: [VALOUISA] Louisa County History > To: valouisa@rootsweb.com > Message-ID: <d44.189519c1.3482dbae@aol.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" > > > I ordered my book from Amazon "Murder at Green Springs" got it Monday > and > between caring for my family I am reading it and it is very good! > > I have alot of Janice Abercrombie books and I can highly recommend > them. > The same with Rosalie Davis. Patronage and Poverty, is a hard read > but well > researched. The marriage books are always good to have. The book by > John C. > Bell has good records but the way it is indexed it is hard to use. > > > Tiffany > > > > **************************************Check out AOL's list of 2007's > hottest > products. > (http://money.aol.com/special/hot-products-2007?NCID=aoltop00030000000001) > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 5 > Date: Sat, 1 Dec 2007 11:00:44 -0500 (EST) > From: James K Brandau <jkbrandau@earthlink.net> > Subject: Re: [VALOUISA] Louisa County History > To: Donna Mc R <donna316@tx.rr.com>, valouisa@rootsweb.com > Message-ID: > > > <27405695.1196524845036.JavaMail.root@elwamui-little.atl.sa.earthlink.net> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > > Donna: > > Shifflett is detailed and factual. It is an excellent book for > socio-ecconomic-political background on Louisa County. I relied on it > heavily > for culture and ecconomic understanding of the area. > > The book is easy to obtain, but if your local library doesn't have a > copy, I had no trouble borrowing it through interlibrary loan. > > Pattie Cooke's book has a wonderful collection of photographs. It has > so many individuals pictured from the Hall murder trial that I > specifically recommend it as a companion book to mine. > > I have not looked at the other books. I have read other of Janice > Ambercrombie's works. You can bet her research is top notch. > > Ken > > > -----Original Message----- >>From: Donna Mc R <donna316@tx.rr.com> >>Sent: Dec 1, 2007 10:06 AM >>To: James K Brandau <jkbrandau@earthlink.net>, valouisa@rootsweb.com >>Subject: Re: [VALOUISA] Louisa County History >> >>Hello---- >> >>Speaking of Louisa County books, has anyone read the following? (I > ask >>because I am considering purchase, not to request lookups.) >> >>"Patronage and Poverty in the Tobacco South: Louisa County, Virginia >>1869-1900" by C. A. Shifflett >> >>"Marriages of Louisa County, Virginia, 1766-1815" by Kathleen Booth > Williams >> >>"Louisa and Louisa County" by Patty G. P. Cooke >> >>"Louisa County records you probably never saw of 18th century > Virginia" by >>John C Bell >> >>"Louisa County (Virginia publick claims)" by Janice L Abercrombie >> >>Also have any of you read any of the county books in this eBay store? > These >>seem awfully short. I wonder how well they cover the subject. >>http://stores.ebay.com/American-History-County-by-County >> >> >>Also, do you know of anyone who will do fee-based genealogy research > for >>Louisa County or Culpeper County? >> >>Warmest Regards, >> >>Donna >> > > > J. K. Brandau > www.murderatgreensprings.com > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 6 > Date: Sat, 1 Dec 2007 13:25:05 EST > From: Cacmiller517@aol.com > Subject: Re: [VALOUISA] Louisa County History > To: valouisa@rootsweb.com > Message-ID: <d28.1bfdb1fd.34830101@aol.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" > > Donna what names are you looking for in Culpeper Co. > > > > Carolyn Miller > _cacmiller517@aol.com_ (mailto:cacmiller517@aol.com) > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > **************************************Check out AOL's list of 2007's > hottest > products. > (http://money.aol.com/special/hot-products-2007?NCID=aoltop00030000000001) > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 7 > Date: Sat, 1 Dec 2007 13:35:15 -0600 > From: "Donna Mc R" <donna316@tx.rr.com> > Subject: Re: [VALOUISA] Louisa County History > To: <valouisa@rootsweb.com> > Message-ID: <002601c83451$4d9d5110$6b02b74c@DonnaDesktop> > Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; > reply-type=original > > Caroln wrote: > >> Donna what names are you looking for in Culpeper Co. >> > > My 3rd gr grandparents married in Culpeper in 1784. She was Lucy > Colvin and > he was John Henry Buck. After living in Culpeper & Albemarle, they > lived > the remainder of their lives in Louisa Co. > > I am trying to determine the parents and/or siblings of Lucy Colvin. > > Thanks--- > > Donna > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 8 > Date: Sat, 1 Dec 2007 17:37:08 EST > From: Cacmiller517@aol.com > Subject: Re: [VALOUISA] Louisa County History > To: valouisa@rootsweb.com > Message-ID: <ccb.21a01931.34833c14@aol.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" > > > Donna I will look some things I have on those names > and get back to first part of week. > > > > Carolyn Miller > > > > **************************************Check out AOL's list of 2007's > hottest > products. > (http://money.aol.com/special/hot-products-2007?NCID=aoltop00030000000001) > > > ------------------------------ > > To contact the VALOUISA list administrator, send an email to > VALOUISA-admin@rootsweb.com. > > To post a message to the VALOUISA mailing list, send an email to > VALOUISA@rootsweb.com. > > __________________________________________________________ > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > VALOUISA-request@rootsweb.com > with the word "unsubscribe" without the quotes in the subject and the > body of the > email with no additional text. > > > End of VALOUISA Digest, Vol 2, Issue 121 > **************************************** > > > > > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ > Be a better friend, newshound, and > know-it-all with Yahoo! 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