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
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 >