If legitimate, authentic and original, this cache could be worth millions. Even tintype copies made a hundred years after the fact would be valuable. What do y'all think? Don Kelly ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dorothy C. White" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, October 15, 2005 1:36 PM Subject: FW: [VAROOTS] slave,confederate and union documents just fyi, > This sounds like a rip off to me. The only way this sort of document > could > have survived burned courthouses would either to have been in private > hands > meaning they had not gone through the courts or authentic copies and > should > be certified or that they had been sent to the state capitol before that > county courthouse was burned. In case of having been sent to the state > capitol they are available for a very nominal fee. > > Once in a while something rare is found but not whole batches of old > records. Of course, anything can happen but this looks like a rip off to > me. > > Dorothy C. White > [email protected] > 804.795.4296 > > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Don Kelly [mailto:[email protected]] >> Sent: Saturday, October 15, 2005 3:29 PM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: Re: [VAROOTS] slave,confederate and union documents just fyi, >> >> >> Records that survived the burning practices of the >> Revolutionary war, War of >> 1812 and the Civil War are indeed precious. >> >> I heard the British burned records in Ireland and America >> because the King >> owned all the land anyway, and to prevent land ownership >> after the war from >> being proved. >> >> There must be more motives than that of course, and how much >> can we believe >> of what we hear? >> >> I would dearly love to peek at those records. >> >> Don Kelly, descendent of Kelly of King and Queen County, >> Virginia, era 1700. >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: <[email protected]> >> To: <[email protected]> >> Sent: Saturday, October 15, 2005 12:03 PM >> Subject: [VAROOTS] slave,confederate and union documents just fyi, >> >> >> > this is an ad from the virginian pilot classifieds, i am >> not affliated >> > in any way, >> > >> > i can't believe they are not giving these to libraries or >> something. >> > but here goes: >> > >> > AN HISTORICAL DOCUMENT, PHOTOGRAPH AND ARTIFACT SALE; >> > Slave, Confederate and union documents, princess Anne >> County, Norfolk, >> > military items 1700-1940's, DAGUERREO TYPES, AMBRO TYPES, >> TIN TYPES, >> > NOV 4,5, 6TH 3900 BONNEY ROAD VIRGINIA BEACH VA 757 581 7200 >> > >> > I can't wait, i've got to go see what this is all about, i probably >> > won't >> > be >> > to afford anything, but i can go and see anyway. >> > good luck! >> > kristina >> > >> > >> > ============================== >> > Find your ancestors in the Birth, Marriage and Death Records. New >> > content added every business day. Learn more: >> > http://www.ancestry.com/s13964/rd.ashx >> > >> >> >> ============================== >> Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your >> family and the areas they lived. Over 85 million names added >> in the last 12 months. Learn more: >> http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx >> >> > > > > > ============================== > 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 >