As you all know I have been on a little crusade lately trying to find some black history information for both norfolk and pac (va beach). Plus i know the bulk of it is probably in NORFOLK, and my butt's just too lazy to go into norfolk at this time............. But anyway, I want to recommend three books (none are mine, and no affiliation with any) 2 i'm going to summarize and pick out some good info to put on the websites. I recommend an interlibrary loan. these are very good books. The 3rd. well even attempting an index could take years, ( i know the book already has an index, but what i mean is just picking out the Virginia names, as the book covers several states) And even attempting that could take years.... 1. Free Blacks in Norfolk VA 1790-1800 by Tommy L. Bogger 2. Black History our Heritage PAC, Va Beach, VA by Edna Hawkins Hendrix. Now this third book, must have taken years to compile.....he did what i would call an alex haley, for literally hundreds of people.& several generations... the genealogy is amazing and not only that.... what really impressed me was when he said "a married b" he also stated where the info came from, right then and there (no ibid) or anything... so in his listing... it would be "a married b" jan 1. 1800 (see pac mb book 1, page 300) and it's just incredible the amount of work these books must have taken (2 vol. set) and they are both close to 1000 pages.... . 3. Free African Americans of NC,VA AND SC, from the colonial period to 1820 by Paul Heinegg. Oh and for the rest of the world, I'm in the process of getting neck strain, ( the best printer, attached to the best microfische machine which sits higher than the chair and you have to lookup to view the newspaper aka neck strain... but i am gathering, birth,death, marriage, and other "note worthy info" from the va pilot ( or back then "norfolk virginian") starting in 1869 (posted those yesterday) and later today will post 1871. on my site _www.nyvagenealogy.homestead.com_ (http://www.nyvagenealogy.homestead.com) or _www.nyvagenealogy.homestead.com/mva1869.html_ (http://www.nyvagenealogy.homestead.com/mva1869.html) oh and copied lunenburg county wills 1846-1851 hope to have an index for u later.... later kristina _Princess Anne County, VAGenWeb_ (http://www.rootsweb.com/~vaprinc2/) _Norfolk Co, VA, Homepage_ (http://www.rootsweb.com/~vanorfol/) ************************************** See what's free at http://www.aol.com.