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    1. Re: [VANORTHU-L] Fleeton or Fleet's Point
    2. Patt Roach
    3. Thanks for looking. Must be an incredible book! Patt Roach -----Original Message----- From: Suzy Atwood <satwood@dakotacom.net> To: VANORTHU-L@rootsweb.com <VANORTHU-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Friday, December 26, 2003 11:13 AM Subject: Re: [VANORTHU-L] Fleeton or Fleet's Point >Hi, Both books are just reminiscences, so they are not complete, and there >are no indexes. I have been through both, and only found reference to >Blundon-Hinton store in Reedville. One reference mentions a canning factory >behind it in 1902-03. It goes on to speak of people who worked at >Blundon -Hinton and say: "Measurements were taken and sent to Baltimore for >men's tailor-made clothes. A good line of shoes was carried. Fine laundry, >such as men's white collars and shirts were sent to Chinese laundries in >Baltimore. (The laundry and tailor-made clothes were attended to by most of >the other local stores.)" >I am not sure if this is a description of Blundon-Hinton or not. It is all >I could find. Suzy Atwood > > > >==== VANORTHU Mailing List ==== >Visit the Northunberland County VAGenWeb Page at; >http://www.rootsweb.com/~vanorthu/ > >============================== >To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > >

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