Well, it was a good thought anyway. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Madaline Preston" <theoldconfeds@gmail.com> To: <varockin@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, April 17, 2009 9:17 AM Subject: Re: [VAROCKIN] Rockingham Co map > Good morning, I have tried for years to get someone in Rockingham Co. to > fund a Scheels map. Gene has done maps of many of the nearby counties > including Madison, Culpeper, Fauquier, Frederick and Warren (which may > still > be in the finishing stages.) His list of work is more extensive; his work > is > phenomenal. > > These maps, at one time and depending on the size of the county, ran in > the > low to mid $20k's. Gene rides every road before completing the map, adds > names of places that no longer exist and as well as the names a location > may > have once been called....long lost cemeteries and churches that have > disappeared, etc. (If it wasn't for Gene's map of Frederick I would never > have known about a family graveyard. When we went searching for cemetery, > we > walked within 15 feet of it and didn't see it until a breeze parted the > trees, letting a ray of sunshine peep thru that lit a tombstone. We have > since brought the graveyard back from the wilds and placed a proper fence > around it. Keeping the cemetery clean has become a yearly event that > includes the whole family, grandchildren and all....it has been a bonding > experience.) > > For this kind of money you get a large number of maps to sell. Frederick > Co. map was done in 1974 and has been reprinted twice. For 35 years the > Farmers and Merchant Bank who financed the project has been able to > advertise its goodwill based on the one time outlay. Good deal! > > Oh to find a supporter for a Rockingham map in these economic times! > > Mitzie Preston > > > > > > > > > > > On Thu, Apr 16, 2009 at 7:10 PM, Judith Boyers > <judegirl44@verizon.net>wrote: > >> Can anyone tell me if a map of Rockingham Co (1775 or close to this date) >> exists? I am looking for one similar to the one at the link below. >> >> http://www.loudounhistory.org/history/eugene-scheel.htm >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> VAROCKIN-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 > VAROCKIN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > E-mail message checked by Spyware Doctor (6.0.1.440) > Database version: 6.12190 > http://www.pctools.com/en/spyware-doctor-antivirus/