There are three libraries that have genealogy collections in Rockbridge. The Rockbridge Regional Library on Main Street has a good collection including family histories and all the newspapers on microfilm going back to the early 1800s. The Rockbridge Historical Society (located on Washington Street across from the Visitors Center) has some main reference books, copies of their historical journal and publications and copies of the published births, deaths, and marriage collections. They also have several good maps, including the original settlers of the Borden Grant and an 1870 engineering map of the County which includes the names of households and their locations. However, the vast part of their collection is housed in Leyburn Library Special Collections at Washington and Lee University. This include the Diehl Collection, a local genealogist and historian which is a collection of all his notes on the families he researched. On Sunday, May 16, 2004, at 12:00 AM, [email protected] wrote: > Content-Type: text/plain > > VAROCKBR-D Digest Volume 04 : Issue 110 > > Today's Topics: > #1 library ["bugnut" > <[email protected]>] > > Administrivia: > Administrivia: > Please help us support RootsWeb, become a member! > http://www.rootsweb.com/rootsweb/how-to-subscribe.html > > To unsubscribe from VAROCKBR-D, send a message to > [email protected] > that contains in the body of the message the command > unsubscribe > and no other text. No subject line is necessary, but if your software > requires one, just use unsubscribe in the subject, too. > > ______________________________X-Message: #1 > Date: Sat, 15 May 2004 10:03:28 -0400 > From: "bugnut" <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Subject: library > Content-Type: text/plain; > charset="iso-8859-1" > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > > Which library in Rockbridge Co, VA has the largest genealogy & local VA > history collection? > > Thanks! > Sandy > > =============== > Currently researching surnames GILMORE, POLLOCK, REYNOLDS > who lived in > VA (Rockbridge Co, Montgomery Co & Pulaski Co) > WV (Logan Co & Huntington area) > KY (Carter Co, Elliot Co, Greenup Co, & Rowan Co.) > OH (Scioto Co) > NY (NYC area) > NC (Wilkes Co) > > You can always contact me at > [email protected] > ===============