I am looking for my ancestors from VA, they were from England and their last name was Brown. The only name that I have is William Hiram Brown, his wife was Mattie Elizabeth. Their oldest and only son was born in Birminham Alabama in 1868, they had two girls Alimina Sallie Brown and Rebecca Brown. I am not sure where Sallie was born but it may have been in Aaransas. I 1975 my great Uncle Roosevelt Franklin Brown showed me a book on the family, it had a lot of pictues of Native Americans in it. I did not take much time to look at it because it was during the death of my sister. A couple of years later after my great uncle died no one could find the book. If any one has infrormation about this type of book I would greatly apprecieate it. The book is the same size and color as geneology books that are in the library. The family legand is the the Brown family came from England and married Native Americans. Any and all help would be greatly apprecieated. Looking for a lot of help Dennis Allen

Thank you for the kind offer of a lookup.........could you check and see if you have any ARNEY or DECKARDS in Wythe County? Thanks for any help. Darlene Arney

John Milby to Amy Groten July 5 1784 surety Zorabable Groten that's it Kristina

While in VA last Feb. I copied the following creek info. Typed here as in book I found at Tappahannock Court House. Lucas's Creek, later Blackburne Creek was named after Thomas Lucas, burgess of Old Rappahannock Co. It has several prominent branches. It's most southern and principal branch came to be known as Blackburne Creek. The present state highway 17 crosses it a little distance above Vawter's Church. With this section are associated the HOSKINS or HODKISN, WASHINGTON,GRAY,BLAKBURNE,BROWN,WINSTON,GARNETT,MUSCOE, and other prominent families. On it were the lands of THOMAS PURIFOY,THOMAS FOGG,THOMAS & MARY LUCAS,THOMAS PAGE,CHRISTOPHER BLACKBURNE, & THOMAS VICARS. Cockleshell creek, also called Cock Hill Creek & Cockill creek, is located at latitude 30 6' 30" and longitude 77 4' and flows into Lucas Creek through the lands of RICHARD BAYLOR. One of its branches is now called Baylor's mill Creek. Land owners on Cockleshell Creek were JOHN WASHINGTON, WILLIAM HODGSON,ROBERT PAIN,THOMAS PAGE,ALEXANDER FLEMING, --- BROWN, SIMON MILLER JR, WILLIAM GRAY, & WILLIAM MATHEWS. Peumansend, Powmansend or other similar spellings - even Pawamansee- is a large creek that flows into the Rappahannock River a little over two (2) miles below Port Royal. On this creek near the place known as Pin Hook is a mill known as TALIAFERRO'S MILL. Today this creek is generally called Mill Creek. With this creek were associated the names of FRANCIS TALIAFERRO, WARRICK CAMMACK, JOHN MEADER & SIMON MILLER. Golden Vale has held its name consistently from the beginning of white man's habitation. It flows into the south side of Rappahannock about a mile above the town of Port Royal. At the mouth of this creek, on the river, the REV. WILLIAM WHITE, an early preacher has a patent. Other early settlers on or near were THOMAS BUTTON, WILLIAM WHITE, JOHN GILLETT, COL JOHN CATLETT, RICHARD LONG, ANDREW HARRISON, SAMUEL PROSSER, THOMAS HILLIARD, WILLIAM SMITH, RICHARD BUCKNER, JOHN BUCKNER, MR. STANARD,& JOHN PATTISON. Usensen is the old name of a creek located at latitude 38 degrees 12' & longitude 77 degrees 14', it being the most easterly of several creeks on the south side of the river that flow north into the river on the reach of the river where it is flowing almost east & west & over against the CLEVE farm. Moon Creek now called Mount Creek was named after ABRAHAM MOON.

I would like to find out any information about Sebastian Boston NOSLER, Sr. and Sebastian Boston NAUSLER, Jr. --- *** Sebastian Boston NOSLER, Sr., born about 1735, Germany. He married Sophia UNKNOWN. His first child, Sebastian Boston NAUSLER, Jr., was born 1767, in Virginia. *** Other children I have for Sebastian Sr. are: John, Catherine, Mary, Jane, Conrad, Eva, Molly, Sophia, and James ? *** Sebastian Jr., born 1767, Virginia, married first Roseann SMITH, children Mary, Catherine "Kate," and Adam. Married second Sarah KIRK, children: Hiram (my line), Mehala, Lucinda, Nancy, Lena, Lewis, and Calaway. I don't have much to go on. Any information would be greatly appreciated. Thanks. -- : - ) - Vern Andrews - - - Oregon Trail Descendant * * Please send all attachments to * * < mailto:vjandrews@softcom.net > < mailto:vjafamhist@pacbell.net > For Sending Personal Messages * * * Stop by and visit the Andrews Website * * * * * < http://www.angelfire.com/ca2/VernAndrews/ > * *

Kristina: Thanks so much for the offer. Can you look up the surname MILBY in Accomack County? Hope you feeling better by this time after your accident. Lynne

Some new County Courthouse experiences have been uploaded for your reference. Check them out before you go to that courthouse to do your research. click here http://www.bcpl.net/~dmg/Links.htm and then at the bottom of the page click on the button "Courthouse Experiences" Dave Goodman The GOODMAN Clearinghouse http://www.bcpl.net/~dmg Baltimore PC Users Group http://www.baltimorepcug.org Baltimore County Genealogical Society http://www.serve.com/bcgs/bcgs.html

I too am sorry about your car: however, while you are offering I'm interested in Augusta County marriage records of Henry, McCune, or Lewis surnames. G GHenry01@earthlink.net GeorgHnry@netscape.net ----- Original Message ----- From: <FRMRNYR@aol.com> To: <VAROOTS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, August 01, 2003 7:45 AM Subject: [VAROOTS] Marriage Records avail thus far. look ups free > I figure as along as I am grounded (no car) I might as well do lookups, > something to keep busy with. (I had decided to go up to Richmond for the day (last > friday) to do Museums and maybe a library or two when we had gotten a block > from our destination, stopped at a stop sign, were hit by a DUMP TRUCK coming > down hill at an excelerated speed.) Everyone lived. And everyone is black and > blue, and green and yellow, but no broken bones, thank god. We are just > greatful to be a live. > So my car was absolutely totaled and I am still a little bit shaken up and > can't get in a car again, (I know I have to). > But anyway, like I said, as long as I am sitting here, I can try and help a > few people out, here are the > Current Listing of Counties that I have MARRIAGE records for. > > ACCOMACK 1774 TO 1806 > ALLEGANY 1822 TO 1872 > AMELIA 1735 TO 1815 > AMHERST 1763-1800 > AUGUSTA 1749 TO 1773 > BATH 1853 TO 1860 > BEDFORD 1750-1853 > BRUNSWICK 1730 TO 1852 > CAMPBELL 1800-1810 > CAROLINE 1849-1852 > CHESTERFIELD 1777-1853 > CLARK 1838-1850 > CULPEPPER 1780-1850 > ELIZABETH CITY 1700-1800 > FLUVANNA 1781-1849 > FRANKLIN 1786-1858 > FREDERICK 1772-1850 > GILES 1806-1850 > GLOUCESTER 1850- > GOOCHLAND 1733-1815 > GREENE BEFORE 1850 > GREENSVILLE 1781-1825 > HALIFAX 1753-1800 > HENRICO 1680-1808 > HENRY 1762-1850 > ISLE OF WIGHT 1628-1800 > LEE 1830-1836 > LOUDOUN 1762-1850 > LOUISA 1815-1861 > MADISON 1797-1850 > MECKLENBURG 1765-1810 > NELSON 1820-1850 > NEW KENT 1680-1787 > NORFOLK 1706-1850 > Northumberland all posted > ORANGE 1757-1880 N > PAGE 1831-1850 > PATRICK 1791-1850 > PITTSYLVANIA 1806-1836 > POWHATAN 1779-1850 > PRINCE ED 1754-1810 > PRINCESS ANNE 1728-1828 > PULASKI 1847-1855 > RAPPAHANNOCK 1830-1850 > RICHMOND 1668-1853 > SCOTT 1815-1853 > SHENANDOAH 1772-1850 > SMYTH 1832-1850 > SPOTSYLVANIA 1795-1800 > WARREN 1836-1850 > WYTHE 1790-1850 > > kristina > <A HREF="www.nyvagenealogy.homestead.com">www.nyvagenealogy.homestead.com</A> > > > > ============================== > 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 >

Audrey, Would you be kind enough to see if there are any marriages, deaths, anything for these families in Halifax or Dinwiddy Counties. There may be a Bowen- Glasscock then Glasscock- Rye in Halifax. The Steeres were in Dinwiddy. Thanks Elaine

John Culberson and comfort osborn aug 17 1827 David Culbertson and Phebe livingston march 12 1837 edward d. culbertson and jalsa wolfe sept 151853 james culbertson jr. and winney kilgore dec 20 1842 ___________ There are 8 deaths listed: margaret culbertson oct 10 1859 william culbertson june 17 1864 elmira feb 6 1865 mary e. sept 1 1865 mary culbertson july 18 1868 twins martha and lucinda may 21 1869

I ACTUALLY have a lot of stuff on PAC, cause it's where I live. Archer Davis and Sarah Tooley March 27 1797 Edward DAvis and Elizabeth Land Aug 2 1790 Edward DAvis and FAnny Kays June 19 1800 Ezekiel Davis and Elizabeth Veale march 22 1820 Henry DAvis and Peggy Burgess Oct 1 1790 Hillary Davis and frances WAkefield nov 15 1786 Horatio DAvis and Nancy Nimmo FEb 10 1792 Horatio Davis and Mary Land sept 16 1795 David Davis and franky quick may 8 1826 _____________________- PAC wills are around 1739-1760. Probate 1691-1755 But I'd need a time frame to search as these records go by date. Kristina <A HREF="www.nyvagenealogy.homestead.com">www.nyvagenealogy.homestead.com</A>

Bartlett L. Williams and Sophia O haden nov 8 1816 Charles williams nancy champion june 2 1829 john williams jr. unity stanley feb 10 1797 richard williams and maria bullock oct 8 1801 kristina

Hi Bev, English Common Law, 18th Century Virginia: http://www.usgenweb.org/researchers/misc.html Bill Allen <misterbill@pdq.net> Ms2001@aol.com wrote: > This is something that comes up every now and then. I did not compile this > information myself but saved it when it was posted by someone else. I wish I > had saved the name of the person so I could give them credit! > > Bev > > According to George Webb, The Office and Authority of a Justice of Peace > (Williamsburg, 1736)a person was considered "of age" under different > circumstances. On page 188 he wrote: > > "At Common Law, every Person under the Age of One and Twenty Years is an > Infact; but this holds only in Civil Causes, for in Criminal Matters the > Law regards the Age of Discretion, which is 14 Years. Co. Lit.1.3. f.405 > > "And in Cases Civil there are several Exceptions, as, The Age for a Man to > marry, is 14, and for a Woman 12. Hob.225. > > "An Infant of 17, shall take Administation, or prove a Will, in his own > Right; for then the Power of Administrator, or Executor, during Minority, > ceaseth. Vaughn, 93. > > "And whatever Act he doth, which was his Duty to do, as giving Release upon > receiving all Money due, Paiment of just Debts, &c. shall bind him. Co. 5. > Rep.27. > > "Above 18, may bequeath Slaves, by Will in Writing. 1 Geo. 2. cap. 11. > > "And in divers other Cases, whereby by Special Law, or Custom, an Infant > shall be bound, as tho' he were of full Age. > > "Surety of the Peace is grantable to or against an Infant, tho' under 14 > Years of Age. Dalt. 269. > > "An Infant of 14 Years may commit Forcible Entry, or Detainer, for which he > may be fined; and he shall find Sureties for his Good-behaviour; But he > shall suffer no Imprisonment, nor Corporal Pains, for Breach of any Penal > Law, wherein an Infant is not expressly named; yet, he shall forfeit the > Penalty of a Penal Law, and so may lose his Goods. Doct. & Stud. p. 147, > 148. > > "An Infant above 18, may be a Disseisor with Force, and may be imprisoned > for the same. 22 Edw. 4, cap. 9. > > "In all Cases of Treason, or Felony, Infancy is no Plea, but the Offender, > tho' under 14, shall be liable to the Punishments by Law inflicted for such > Offence, if it appear that he had Knowledge of Good and Evil. Dalt. 350." > > There are other circumstances when a person is considered "of age", for > example, orphan boys were appearenticed until age 21 and girls to age 18. > If I remember correctly, anyone 14 or older could witness legal documents. > (Saved from another list.) > > Appointment of a legal guardian was not nessicarily related to who raised a > child or where he or she lived. > > A legal guardian was either named or chosen for an entirely differnt reason: > to protect the child's right to his or her inheritance. > > Typically, when a father or mother died, the children continued to live with > the surviving parent, or perhaps with grandparents or other relatives, and > no legal action was deemed necessary. > > Guardians for the children were thus not named or chosen until some > "triggering" event. For example, suppose the widow decided to remarry. Under > typical laws, she was entitled to her "dower right" (usually one-third), and > the children were entitled to the remainder of their father's estate. In > view of the impending marriage, it was usually deemed necessary for the > under-age children to have guardians to see to it that their property rights > were protected. > > The other common "triggering" event was the death of a grandparent. Suppose > the children's mother had previously died and the children were living with > the father. Later, the mother's father died intestate. In this case, her > children would be entitled to their mother's share of the grandfather's > estate, thus make it necessary that the children have a legal guardian. (In > a case such as this, it might well be that the father of the children was > named their guardian.) > > The appointment of a guardian by the court or the choosing of one by someone > at least 14 years old contains some hidden messages for genealogists: > > First, as noted, it says that those who chose guardians were at least age > 14. > > Secondly, it tells you to look for some event that made the appointment of > choice of the guardian necessary - usually the remarriage of the mother or > the death of a grandparent. > > What it does not tell you is when the parent (or parents) may have died. Nor > does it tell you anything about who actually was rearing the children. IOW, > the guardians were for strictly legal purposes, not for the purpose of > saying who should be responsible for raising the child. > > It is true, however, that totally orphaned (both parents dead) were often > raised by an uncle or other close relative, who was also their guardian. > Said uncle would, of course, exact the costs of keeping and schooling the > children from their inheritances!

Bev, Thank you for all the notes with those wonderful handy little tips. Charmaine On Fri, 1 Aug 2003 22:03:10 EDT Ms2001@aol.com writes: > This is something that comes up every now and then. I did not > compile this > information myself but saved it when it was posted by someone else. > I wish I > had saved the name of the person so I could give them credit! > > Bev > > According to George Webb, The Office and Authority of a Justice of > Peace > (Williamsburg, 1736)a person was considered "of age" under > different > circumstances. On page 188 he wrote: > > "At Common Law, every Person under the Age of One and Twenty Years > is an > Infact; but this holds only in Civil Causes, for in Criminal Matters > the > Law regards the Age of Discretion, which is 14 Years. Co. Lit.1.3. > f.405 > > "And in Cases Civil there are several Exceptions, as, The Age for a > Man to > marry, is 14, and for a Woman 12. Hob.225. > > "An Infant of 17, shall take Administation, or prove a Will, in his > own > Right; for then the Power of Administrator, or Executor, during > Minority, > ceaseth. Vaughn, 93. > > "And whatever Act he doth, which was his Duty to do, as giving > Release upon > receiving all Money due, Paiment of just Debts, &c. shall bind him. > Co. 5. > Rep.27. > > "Above 18, may bequeath Slaves, by Will in Writing. 1 Geo. 2. cap. > 11. > > "And in divers other Cases, whereby by Special Law, or Custom, an > Infant > shall be bound, as tho' he were of full Age. > > "Surety of the Peace is grantable to or against an Infant, tho' > under 14 > Years of Age. Dalt. 269. > > "An Infant of 14 Years may commit Forcible Entry, or Detainer, for > which he > may be fined; and he shall find Sureties for his Good-behaviour; But > he > shall suffer no Imprisonment, nor Corporal Pains, for Breach of any > Penal > Law, wherein an Infant is not expressly named; yet, he shall forfeit > the > Penalty of a Penal Law, and so may lose his Goods. Doct. & Stud. p. > 147, > 148. > > "An Infant above 18, may be a Disseisor with Force, and may be > imprisoned > for the same. 22 Edw. 4, cap. 9. > > "In all Cases of Treason, or Felony, Infancy is no Plea, but the > Offender, > tho' under 14, shall be liable to the Punishments by Law inflicted > for such > Offence, if it appear that he had Knowledge of Good and Evil. Dalt. > 350." > > There are other circumstances when a person is considered "of age", > for > example, orphan boys were appearenticed until age 21 and girls to > age 18. > If I remember correctly, anyone 14 or older could witness legal > documents. > (Saved from another list.) > > Appointment of a legal guardian was not nessicarily related to who > raised a > child or where he or she lived. > > A legal guardian was either named or chosen for an entirely differnt > reason: > to protect the child's right to his or her inheritance. > > Typically, when a father or mother died, the children continued to > live with > the surviving parent, or perhaps with grandparents or other > relatives, and > no legal action was deemed necessary. > > Guardians for the children were thus not named or chosen until some > "triggering" event. For example, suppose the widow decided to > remarry. Under > typical laws, she was entitled to her "dower right" (usually > one-third), and > the children were entitled to the remainder of their father's > estate. In > view of the impending marriage, it was usually deemed necessary for > the > under-age children to have guardians to see to it that their > property rights > were protected. > > The other common "triggering" event was the death of a grandparent. > Suppose > the children's mother had previously died and the children were > living with > the father. Later, the mother's father died intestate. In this case, > her > children would be entitled to their mother's share of the > grandfather's > estate, thus make it necessary that the children have a legal > guardian. (In > a case such as this, it might well be that the father of the > children was > named their guardian.) > > The appointment of a guardian by the court or the choosing of one by > someone > at least 14 years old contains some hidden messages for > genealogists: > > First, as noted, it says that those who chose guardians were at > least age > 14. > > Secondly, it tells you to look for some event that made the > appointment of > choice of the guardian necessary - usually the remarriage of the > mother or > the death of a grandparent. > > What it does not tell you is when the parent (or parents) may have > died. Nor > does it tell you anything about who actually was rearing the > children. IOW, > the guardians were for strictly legal purposes, not for the purpose > of > saying who should be responsible for raising the child. > > It is true, however, that totally orphaned (both parents dead) were > often > raised by an uncle or other close relative, who was also their > guardian. > Said uncle would, of course, exact the costs of keeping and > schooling the > children from their inheritances! > > > ============================== > 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 > > >

DO=ditto Some census takers used this instead of the ditto marks which were most often used. A=Aunt AdD=Adopted Daughter AdS=Adopted Son At=Attendant Bo=Boarder B=Brother BL=Brother-in-law C=Cousin D=Daughter DL=Daughter-in-law F=Father FB=Foster brother FF=Foster father FL=Father-in-law FM=Foster mother FSi=Foster sister GA=Great aunt GD=Granddaughter GF=Grandfather GGF=Great grandfather GGGF=Great Great Grandfather GGGM=Great Great Grandmother GGM=Great Grandmother GM=Grandmother GNi=Grandniece GS=Grandson GU=Great uncle Hh=Hired hand I=Inmate L=Lodger M=Mother ML=Mother-in-law N=Nephew Ni=Niece Nu=Nurse O=Officer P=Patient Pr=Prisoner Pri-Principal Pu=Pupil R=Roomer Se=Servant Si=Sister S=Son SB=Stepbrother SBL=Stepbrother-in-law SF=Stepfather SFL=Stepfather-in-law SiL=Sister-in-law SL=Son-in-law SM=Stepmother SML=Stepmother-in-law SS=Stepson SSi=Stepsister SSiL=Stepsister-in-law SSL=Stepson-in-law Su=Superintendent U=Uncle Wa=Warden W=Wife

This is something that comes up every now and then. I did not compile this information myself but saved it when it was posted by someone else. I wish I had saved the name of the person so I could give them credit! Bev According to George Webb, The Office and Authority of a Justice of Peace (Williamsburg, 1736)a person was considered "of age" under different circumstances. On page 188 he wrote: "At Common Law, every Person under the Age of One and Twenty Years is an Infact; but this holds only in Civil Causes, for in Criminal Matters the Law regards the Age of Discretion, which is 14 Years. Co. Lit.1.3. f.405 "And in Cases Civil there are several Exceptions, as, The Age for a Man to marry, is 14, and for a Woman 12. Hob.225. "An Infant of 17, shall take Administation, or prove a Will, in his own Right; for then the Power of Administrator, or Executor, during Minority, ceaseth. Vaughn, 93. "And whatever Act he doth, which was his Duty to do, as giving Release upon receiving all Money due, Paiment of just Debts, &c. shall bind him. Co. 5. Rep.27. "Above 18, may bequeath Slaves, by Will in Writing. 1 Geo. 2. cap. 11. "And in divers other Cases, whereby by Special Law, or Custom, an Infant shall be bound, as tho' he were of full Age. "Surety of the Peace is grantable to or against an Infant, tho' under 14 Years of Age. Dalt. 269. "An Infant of 14 Years may commit Forcible Entry, or Detainer, for which he may be fined; and he shall find Sureties for his Good-behaviour; But he shall suffer no Imprisonment, nor Corporal Pains, for Breach of any Penal Law, wherein an Infant is not expressly named; yet, he shall forfeit the Penalty of a Penal Law, and so may lose his Goods. Doct. & Stud. p. 147, 148. "An Infant above 18, may be a Disseisor with Force, and may be imprisoned for the same. 22 Edw. 4, cap. 9. "In all Cases of Treason, or Felony, Infancy is no Plea, but the Offender, tho' under 14, shall be liable to the Punishments by Law inflicted for such Offence, if it appear that he had Knowledge of Good and Evil. Dalt. 350." There are other circumstances when a person is considered "of age", for example, orphan boys were appearenticed until age 21 and girls to age 18. If I remember correctly, anyone 14 or older could witness legal documents. (Saved from another list.) Appointment of a legal guardian was not nessicarily related to who raised a child or where he or she lived. A legal guardian was either named or chosen for an entirely differnt reason: to protect the child's right to his or her inheritance. Typically, when a father or mother died, the children continued to live with the surviving parent, or perhaps with grandparents or other relatives, and no legal action was deemed necessary. Guardians for the children were thus not named or chosen until some "triggering" event. For example, suppose the widow decided to remarry. Under typical laws, she was entitled to her "dower right" (usually one-third), and the children were entitled to the remainder of their father's estate. In view of the impending marriage, it was usually deemed necessary for the under-age children to have guardians to see to it that their property rights were protected. The other common "triggering" event was the death of a grandparent. Suppose the children's mother had previously died and the children were living with the father. Later, the mother's father died intestate. In this case, her children would be entitled to their mother's share of the grandfather's estate, thus make it necessary that the children have a legal guardian. (In a case such as this, it might well be that the father of the children was named their guardian.) The appointment of a guardian by the court or the choosing of one by someone at least 14 years old contains some hidden messages for genealogists: First, as noted, it says that those who chose guardians were at least age 14. Secondly, it tells you to look for some event that made the appointment of choice of the guardian necessary - usually the remarriage of the mother or the death of a grandparent. What it does not tell you is when the parent (or parents) may have died. Nor does it tell you anything about who actually was rearing the children. IOW, the guardians were for strictly legal purposes, not for the purpose of saying who should be responsible for raising the child. It is true, however, that totally orphaned (both parents dead) were often raised by an uncle or other close relative, who was also their guardian. Said uncle would, of course, exact the costs of keeping and schooling the children from their inheritances!

Initials after your ancestor's names may provide useful information that you'd not expected. The following list includes initials you may come across when reading old wills or other documents. a.a.s. died in the year of his/her age (anno aetitis suae) ( 86 y/o died in year 86) d.s.p. died without issue (decessit sine prole legitima) d.s.p.l. died without legitimate issue (decessit sine prole mascula supesita) d.s.p.m.s. died without surviving male issue (decessit sine prole mascula supersita) d.s.p.s died without surviving issue (decessit sine prole supersita) d.unm died unmarried d.v.p. died in the lifetime of his father (decessit vita patris) d.v.m. died in the lifetime of his mother (decessit vita matris) Et al and others (et alia) Inst present month (instans) Liber book or volume Nepos grandson Nunc Nuncapative will, an oral will, written by a witness Ob he/she died (obit) Relict widow or widower (relicta/relictus) Sic so or thus, exact copy as written Testes witnesses Utl late (ultimo) Ux or vs wife (uxor) Viz namely (videlicet)

This is my attempt at explaining what I refer to as "That Cousin Stuff" which confuses a lot of people. If you are not one of them, feel free to delete this and mush on to the next e-mail burning a hole in your basket. Bev There are 2 rules - 1. First, second, third, etc cousins refer to generations from the common ancestor. 2. "Removes" are used when the number of generations from the common ancestor are not even. Which means that your first cousin's child is your first cousin once removed. Here is a family example - Abe and Betty are married and have 2 kids - Charlie and Donna - who are of course brother and sister. Charlie has George Donna has Hazel Charlie is uncle Hazel and of course Donna is George's aunt - that's the easy part. George and Hazel are first cousins and their spouses are also first cousins (none of the once removed stuff yet). Let's jump down one more generation. George has a son, Igor, and Hazel has a son, Jack. Now here goes the seconds and removes - Jack and Igor are second cousins. George and Jack and first cousins once removed. So are Hazel and Igor The first, second, third etc relationships show the same number of generations down from the common ancestor (good ole Abe and Betty). When the number of generations from the common ancestor are different, the 'removes' kick in. So we have: Abe/Betty - Charlie - George - Igor Abe/Betty - Donna - Hazel - Jack Adding another generation - Abe/Betty - Charlie - George - Igor - Lee Abe/Betty - Donna - Hazel - Jack - Mary which gives us - Common Ancestor - siblings - first cousins - second cousins - third cousins The relationship between a first cousin and a second cousin is a first cousin once removed. The relationship between a first cousin and a third cousin is a first cousin twice removed. The relationship between a second cousin and a third cousin is second cousin once removed. The 'removes' simply mean that the generations are not even from the common ancestor. I hope this helps you make some sense of all those things great Aunt Betty told you. .....

-----Original Message----- From: Michelle Campbell [mailto:mikey21528@comcast.net] Sent: Friday, August 01, 2003 2:43 PM To: VAROOTS-L@rootsweb.com Subject: {not a subscriber} Re: [VAROOTS] Marriage Records avail thus far. look ups free Could you do a lookup if I do not know the county? Thanks ~ Michelle A Campbell http://home.attbi.com/~macgen/ ----- Original Message ----- From: <FRMRNYR@aol.com> To: <VAROOTS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, August 01, 2003 8:45 AM Subject: [VAROOTS] Marriage Records avail thus far. look ups free > I figure as along as I am grounded (no car) I might as well do lookups, > something to keep busy with. (I had decided to go up to Richmond for the day (last > friday) to do Museums and maybe a library or two when we had gotten a block > from our destination, stopped at a stop sign, were hit by a DUMP TRUCK coming > down hill at an excelerated speed.) Everyone lived. And everyone is black and > blue, and green and yellow, but no broken bones, thank god. We are just > greatful to be a live. > So my car was absolutely totaled and I am still a little bit shaken up and > can't get in a car again, (I know I have to). > But anyway, like I said, as long as I am sitting here, I can try and help a > few people out, here are the > Current Listing of Counties that I have MARRIAGE records for. > > ACCOMACK 1774 TO 1806 > ALLEGANY 1822 TO 1872 > AMELIA 1735 TO 1815 > AMHERST 1763-1800 > AUGUSTA 1749 TO 1773 > BATH 1853 TO 1860 > BEDFORD 1750-1853 > BRUNSWICK 1730 TO 1852 > CAMPBELL 1800-1810 > CAROLINE 1849-1852 > CHESTERFIELD 1777-1853 > CLARK 1838-1850 > CULPEPPER 1780-1850 > ELIZABETH CITY 1700-1800 > FLUVANNA 1781-1849 > FRANKLIN 1786-1858 > FREDERICK 1772-1850 > GILES 1806-1850 > GLOUCESTER 1850- > GOOCHLAND 1733-1815 > GREENE BEFORE 1850 > GREENSVILLE 1781-1825 > HALIFAX 1753-1800 > HENRICO 1680-1808 > HENRY 1762-1850 > ISLE OF WIGHT 1628-1800 > LEE 1830-1836 > LOUDOUN 1762-1850 > LOUISA 1815-1861 > MADISON 1797-1850 > MECKLENBURG 1765-1810 > NELSON 1820-1850 > NEW KENT 1680-1787 > NORFOLK 1706-1850 > Northumberland all posted > ORANGE 1757-1880 N > PAGE 1831-1850 > PATRICK 1791-1850 > PITTSYLVANIA 1806-1836 > POWHATAN 1779-1850 > PRINCE ED 1754-1810 > PRINCESS ANNE 1728-1828 > PULASKI 1847-1855 > RAPPAHANNOCK 1830-1850 > RICHMOND 1668-1853 > SCOTT 1815-1853 > SHENANDOAH 1772-1850 > SMYTH 1832-1850 > SPOTSYLVANIA 1795-1800 > WARREN 1836-1850 > WYTHE 1790-1850 > > kristina > <A HREF="www.nyvagenealogy.homestead.com">www.nyvagenealogy.homestead.com</A> > > > > ============================== > 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 > >

Would appreciate marriages for Culbertson, Scott Co VA Thanks, Y. B. FRMRNYR@aol.com wrote: >I figure as along as I am grounded (no car) I might as well do lookups, >something to keep busy with. (I had decided to go up to Richmond for the day (last >friday) to do Museums and maybe a library or two when we had gotten a block >from our destination, stopped at a stop sign, were hit by a DUMP TRUCK coming >down hill at an excelerated speed.) Everyone lived. And everyone is black and >blue, and green and yellow, but no broken bones, thank god. We are just >greatful to be a live. >So my car was absolutely totaled and I am still a little bit shaken up and >can't get in a car again, (I know I have to). >But anyway, like I said, as long as I am sitting here, I can try and help a >few people out, here are the >Current Listing of Counties that I have MARRIAGE records for. > >ACCOMACK 1774 TO 1806 >ALLEGANY 1822 TO 1872 >AMELIA 1735 TO 1815 >AMHERST 1763-1800 >AUGUSTA 1749 TO 1773 >BATH 1853 TO 1860 >BEDFORD 1750-1853 >BRUNSWICK 1730 TO 1852 >CAMPBELL 1800-1810 >CAROLINE 1849-1852 >CHESTERFIELD 1777-1853 >CLARK 1838-1850 >CULPEPPER 1780-1850 >ELIZABETH CITY 1700-1800 >FLUVANNA 1781-1849 >FRANKLIN 1786-1858 >FREDERICK 1772-1850 >GILES 1806-1850 >GLOUCESTER 1850- >GOOCHLAND 1733-1815 >GREENE BEFORE 1850 >GREENSVILLE 1781-1825 >HALIFAX 1753-1800 >HENRICO 1680-1808 >HENRY 1762-1850 >ISLE OF WIGHT 1628-1800 >LEE 1830-1836 >LOUDOUN 1762-1850 >LOUISA 1815-1861 >MADISON 1797-1850 >MECKLENBURG 1765-1810 >NELSON 1820-1850 >NEW KENT 1680-1787 >NORFOLK 1706-1850 >Northumberland all posted >ORANGE 1757-1880 N >PAGE 1831-1850 >PATRICK 1791-1850 >PITTSYLVANIA 1806-1836 >POWHATAN 1779-1850 >PRINCE ED 1754-1810 >PRINCESS ANNE 1728-1828 >PULASKI 1847-1855 >RAPPAHANNOCK 1830-1850 >RICHMOND 1668-1853 >SCOTT 1815-1853 >SHENANDOAH 1772-1850 >SMYTH 1832-1850 >SPOTSYLVANIA 1795-1800 >WARREN 1836-1850 >WYTHE 1790-1850 > >kristina ><A HREF="www.nyvagenealogy.homestead.com">www.nyvagenealogy.homestead.com</A> > > > >============================== >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 > > > > >