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 >

I am stuck on my brick wall. Does anyone have a good suggestion? My main line Im searching I only have back to 1868 with a marriage license/certificate having them married in Norfolk, VA. I find them on the 1870 census in Norfolk, VA and then find wife on 1900 census after her husband supposedly died. I cannot find them in the 1880 census anywhere. I have tried various spellings. He supposedly died about 1888, that is all I know. I have his parents names also according to the certificate but not found him either. Thanks, christy thanks, christy