My Sapp family came in the 1700's I believe late 1700's but I can't find much on them earlier than 1799 in VA. It can really be frustrating when you know they came on a ship, unless they were extremely strong swimmers, and there is no record of them. Of course knowing a first name might also be helpful. (big grin) Pat Mims > Hi all and thanks Doug. > I am surprised by the number of descendants who had ancestors in Virginia. > For those of us who's ancestors came to the Virginia Colony around 1700, > or perhaps even earlier, records repositories having been burned twice > find records extant to settlement times extreamly hard to come by. My > Kelly settled in King and Queen County so if any of you run across any > kind of records for that county before 1750, please let me know where they > are. I am from Alaska and now live in Oregon. > Have a great holiday all. > Don Kelly > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, November 25, 2005 7:24 AM > Subject: [VAROOTS] Thanksgiving Started When? > > >>I love this list. It is amazing how one statement of what we think is >>fact >> can bring out so many additional pieces of history. We, from childhood, >> have >> been taught "the facts" about things as other people want them to be. >> The >> beauty of genealogy which translates, if you having fun doing it, to >> history of >> your family and where it lived is learning how things really were. >> I must admit that being a native Virginian I do chuckle about 1619 vs >> 1621--especially since our daughter is engaged to a young lad from Mass. >> But..at the end of the day what truly counts is how we enjoy each our >> other, >> our family and our church. History is History--no more no less. As usual >> this >> Virginian will spend part of Christmas in Va with family, as we have done >> for >> 42 years since the Air Force brought me to Florida. >> Genealogy is a Blast!! >> Thanks and Happy Holidays >> Doug >> >> >> ============================== >> Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the >> last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: >> http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx >> > > > ============================== > Jumpstart your genealogy with OneWorldTree. Search not only for > ancestors, but entire generations. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13972/rd.ashx