I do appreciate Pat's generous review of my new book. Indeed, the Hall murder trial in 1914 was the largest public event ever in Louisa County and one of the biggest newspaper sensations ever in the Commonwealth of Virginia! It was front page news for seven months. Emotions ran to such extremes that embarassments in the aftermath repressed details of the event for nearly a century. The repression included a full twenty-five year span of Green Springs Depot history with bootleggings, arsons, murders, a smallpox epidemic and a Virginia Supreme Court case. Those incidents of 1902 and 1905 made front page news throughout the region. Like Pat said, over one hundred Louisa County families are specifically mentioned, also some from Fluvanna and Albemarle. The full title is Murder At Green Springs: The True Story of the Hall Case, Firestorm of Prejudices. Most online bookstores list the book. I know Amazon.com now Murder At Green Springs in stock and is shipping even though the official release date is December 1st. My website www.murderatgreensprings.com is marginally present, but should be fully functional in a couple of weeks. In the meantime check out my blog at murderatgreensprings.blogspot.com Ken Brandau -----Original Message----- >From: Pat Baber <pbaber@gemlink.com> >Sent: Nov 14, 2007 3:11 PM >To: valouisa@rootsweb.com >Subject: Re: [VALOUISA] Cemetery book index > >I'd like to thank Janice for her kind words of support and encouragement. >She certainly deserves all of our support and encouragement, as well, as she >has contributed far more to Louisa county genealogy than any other person I >know, between all the abstracts of wills and deeds she has provided us, for >free, and the books she has compiled, plus the work she has done on the >chancery suits at the courthouse. > >If you read Judith's post about the Register of Free Blacks, don't think >that just because your family roots are white, that your ancestor would not >be in this book. Mine is, as I'm sure many of yours are, too. This is just >one of the valuable court records Janice has compiled that can benefit us >all. > >Janice is not the only other author or compiler on our list. I have just >finished reading an excellent book that contains names of many of the >residents of the area just west of Trevilians, which was called Green >Springs at the time. This book is by James K. Brandau and entitled "Murder >at Green Springs". The murder victim is one of the folks included in our >family graveyard book. It's a good read for a cold winter day. Check it >out at: >http://www.murderatgreensprings.blogspot.com/ > >And we can't forget the contribution Nancy Agee has made in abstracting the >obituaries from The Central Virginian. I use her list almost daily in >conjunction with working on the family graveyards. > >Happy researching! >Pat > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Abercrombie" <jla5@verizon.net> >To: <valouisa@rootsweb.com> >Sent: Wednesday, November 14, 2007 3:36 PM >Subject: [VALOUISA] Cemetery book index > > >> How generous of Pat and Pattie to allow the index of their book to be put >on the Louisa site. Having compiled a number of books myself, I know the >time, energy and money spent doing so. The internet is wonderful for people >sharing and helping but there comes a financial factor when you publish a >book and sales is the answer. What with people being willing to help and do >look-ups it seems one person can buy the book and make it available to the >world! This certainly cuts down on sales. I hope those of you who do find >your names in the index will buy their book so they will have the >encouragement to continue this valuable service to genealogist and to the >history of the county. Janice >> >> ------------------------------- >> 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 message >> >> >> -- >> No virus found in this incoming message. >> Checked by AVG Free Edition. >> Version: 7.5.503 / Virus Database: 269.15.31/1130 - Release Date: 11/14/07 >9:27 AM >> >> > > > >-- >No virus found in this outgoing message. >Checked by AVG Free Edition. >Version: 7.5.503 / Virus Database: 269.15.31/1130 - Release Date: 11/14/07 9:27 AM > > > >------------------------------- >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 message