Quite a few queries have appeared in the last few days about various families of Louisa Co.. I do occasional research in colonial [pre-Revolutionary] Louisa Co. and some of its adjoining counties. Suggestion [almost a demand] Give us some dates in your queries. I don't know whether your folks were in Louisa in the 20th century or in the 18th century. I might help with some of the latter folks. Always remember--almost EVERY county in Virginia had a parent county. (Not all-but as you get farther away from the Tideland, then the counties were huge but soon divided as soon as they could get their acts together.) Most the time, the quick way to determine what the parent county is is to go to the Family History Library catalog on _www.familysearch.org_ (http://www.familysearch.org) Type in the county [without the word county] and the State, and there will be about one sentence about the formation of the county. For colonial folks [again, prior to the American Revolution, for the most part], I highly recommend that you go to the Library of Virginia webpage [the one which ends *what we have*] and search for your surnames. Note the neighbors, the date, the watercourse, and any other landmarks. My experience is that these online abstracts sometimes leave out details which may appear in the abstracts found in the eight volumes of Cavaliers and Pioneers. I understand there are some late [1782 or so] tax lists on that same LVA website. Mostly my folks had left Virginia by that time. Thanks for giving us some dates in your queries. E.W.Wallace related to one of the early Harris families of Louisa Co., VA Go to the this weblpage for some lists of book of early abstracts of various records for Louisa Co. They are reasonably priced and may save you a LOT of headaches, if you are serious about this crazy hobby!!! _http://www.angelfire.com/va3/redavis/_ (http://www.angelfire.com/va3/redavis/) ************************************** See what's free at http://www.aol.com.