In a message dated 8/25/00 10:02:13 PM Eastern Daylight Time, VAPITTSY-D-request@rootsweb.com writes: << X-Message: #1 Date: Fri, 25 Aug 2000 09:49:35 -0400 From: Mary Leigh Boisseau <deanie@gamewood.net> To: VAPITTSY-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <39A6796F.7FA83FB3@gamewood.net> Subject: Re: [VAPITTSY-L] birth records? Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit There are no birth records kept by the state or county until 1853. There may be some individual churches whose records show baptisms, but you would have to check through the various denominations. LWKoenig@aol.com wrote: > Hi, > > Can anyone tell me how I might find record of an 1820-21 birth in > Pittsylvania County? I'm thinking it was too soon for courthouse records, > but I don't know. If I knew what church this family belonged to, maybe I > could dig up the birth record from its archives, but I think there were > several protestant churches there at the time. Just looking for some ideas, > any help appreciated. > > Thanks, > Linda Koenig > Louisville, KY > g-g-g-granddaughter of Christopher Robertson, b. VA ca. 1821 (believed to be > son of George Johnson Robertson and Elizabeth Coleman Robertson of > Pittsylvania Co., VA) > >> Linda, could you give us your lineage from Christopher? All I have on him is that he had a son, William H Robertson (1841-1861)...so would like to know more about your lineage. Thanks. Nancy in MD