Since no one else has asked, what the heck is a Chancery Record? James Linda Cram wrote: > We were in the Louisa County Courthouse basement in October this year. > The Chancery Records were there and they (people from Washington I > think)were working on getting ready to put them in a format to access > through the internet. My husband and I looked up one of my ancestors by > name and the folder was over an inch thick with original papers, I was > truly surprised. We had a couple of hours and it would have taken days > to look at it all. The man there working on it all said it would not be > long before it would be available. We decided to wait. > Linda H Cram > Austin TX > > Forrest Fulton wrote: > >> Sally, >> >> Check the Library of VA's web site. An index is there so you you can >> find out whether your ancestor had a Chancery record. The index indicates >> whether the record is filmed or not. The records I wanted to see were not >> filmed. After checking their site for what it would cost to have the >> library >> make the copies, I decided we would arrange to be in Richmond at some >> time. I live in CA so it isn't a short trip. Even then it was not >> inexpensive. >> After you prove you are trustworthy, prove you are you, put anything you >> brought into the room with you in a locker, the help will give you a form. >> Pencil only. You order the file you wish. No more than 3 files at a time. >> If you want a copy, the help makes the copy. These are original papers, >> many over 200 years old. Good luck. >> Irene Fulton >> >> >> >> From: <SallyByers@aol.com> >> To: <valouisa@rootsweb.com> >> Sent: Monday, December 03, 2007 2:14 PM >> Subject: Re: [VALOUISA] New Data on Louisa, Va. Website >> >> >> >> >>> Thank you for all this information. >>> >>> Do you know if there is any way to see a Chancery record without going to >>> the Court House? this is one I will definitely go for. >>> >>> Thanks, >>> >>> Sally Byers >>> >>> >>> >>> **************************************Check out AOL's list of 2007's >>> hottest >>> products. >>> (http://money.aol.com/special/hot-products-2007?NCID=aoltop00030000000001) >>> >>> ------------------------------- >>> 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 >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> ------------------------------- >> 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 >> >> >> > > ------------------------------- > 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 > >

The Library of Virginia explanation: http://64.233.169.104/search?q=cache:aHFardhydj0J:www.lva.lib.va.us/whatwehave/local/chancery/+Chancery+Record&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=1&gl=us ----- Original Message ----- From: "James Stone" <jandsstone@cableone.net> To: <lhcram@swbell.net>; <valouisa@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, December 03, 2007 11:05 PM Subject: Re: [VALOUISA] New Data on Louisa, Va. Website > Since no one else has asked, what the heck is a Chancery Record? > James > > > > Linda Cram wrote: >> We were in the Louisa County Courthouse basement in October this year. >> The Chancery Records were there and they (people from Washington I >> think)were working on getting ready to put them in a format to access >> through the internet. My husband and I looked up one of my ancestors by >> name and the folder was over an inch thick with original papers, I was >> truly surprised. We had a couple of hours and it would have taken days >> to look at it all. The man there working on it all said it would not be >> long before it would be available. We decided to wait. >> Linda H Cram >> Austin TX >> >> Forrest Fulton wrote: >> >>> Sally, >>> >>> Check the Library of VA's web site. An index is there so you you can >>> find out whether your ancestor had a Chancery record. The index >>> indicates >>> whether the record is filmed or not. The records I wanted to see were >>> not >>> filmed. After checking their site for what it would cost to have the >>> library >>> make the copies, I decided we would arrange to be in Richmond at some >>> time. I live in CA so it isn't a short trip. Even then it was not >>> inexpensive. >>> After you prove you are trustworthy, prove you are you, put anything you >>> brought into the room with you in a locker, the help will give you a >>> form. >>> Pencil only. You order the file you wish. No more than 3 files at a >>> time. >>> If you want a copy, the help makes the copy. These are original papers, >>> many over 200 years old. Good luck. >>> Irene Fulton >>> >>> >>> >>> From: <SallyByers@aol.com> >>> To: <valouisa@rootsweb.com> >>> Sent: Monday, December 03, 2007 2:14 PM >>> Subject: Re: [VALOUISA] New Data on Louisa, Va. Website >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>> Thank you for all this information. >>>> >>>> Do you know if there is any way to see a Chancery record without going >>>> to >>>> the Court House? this is one I will definitely go for. >>>> >>>> Thanks, >>>> >>>> Sally Byers >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> **************************************Check out AOL's list of 2007's >>>> hottest >>>> products. >>>> (http://money.aol.com/special/hot-products-2007?NCID=aoltop00030000000001) >>>> >>>> ------------------------------- >>>> 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 >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> ------------------------------- >>> 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 >>> >>> >>> >> >> ------------------------------- >> 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 >> >> > > > ------------------------------- > 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 >