Since Virginia did not require birth and death records from 1896 - 1912, one of the easiest ways to locate a family around the turn of the century is the census. It's time-consuming but you have to check each family with your surname and see which ones have children that match your children's names and ages. Bev ========Original Message======== Subj: [VASHENAN] Suggestions for begining researchers Date: 1/25/2004 6:13:19 PM Eastern Standard Time From: pangeaao@hotmail.com Reply-to: VASHENAN-L@rootsweb.com To: VASHENAN-L@rootsweb.com Sent from the Internet (Details) Listers, I am forwarding the below reply to a fellow lister on to my lists. I believe that it is appropriate, as I have seen several similar questions from begining researchers and hope that the suggestions will benefit many new listers. I also can not emphasize enough: Please include as much info in your postings as possible. We are researching a spectrum of times and locations in history. It is essential to include, in addition to names, locations (state, county, town, etc.) and dates to the best of your knowledge (at least century, early, mid, late century is better, and decades are ever better). Good luck to all in your research. Chris I have been tracing my Robinson line for just over a year now and believe I have established connections back to Christopher of Hewick in the 1600s. This Robinson line (of Scotish descent) came over from Northern England. They settled in VA and most appear to have remained in this area until the late 1700's, early 1800's. There is a history that reports that two brothers to my, gggg-father, John T. Robinson, moved to TN abt. 1800. Also find other Robinsons that made their way to TN, KY, and probably NC area. Sorry, I can not be of more help, but keep up the search and if you can get back a generation or two, you might be able to connect to another line. That was my break. Keep posting, make sure to include locations (state, county, town, etc.) and dates to the best of your knowledge. There are alot of free records at the public library, indexed in ways that you couldn't even imagine. (Birth records indexed by both child,s name and mother's maiden name, etc.) Also, LDS (Later Day Saints) may be a good source if you have one locally. They sould have alot of local records and can order most other records (census, birth, death, marriage, property, etc.) in their circulation. Every state has different records, but in my experience most states were listing birth places of parents (at least state) on children's birth certificates by the 1900s. If you can obtain a birth certificate of one of Annie Lee's children, either, probably on microfilm at the library for the early 1900s, or from the state (probably only cost a couple of dollars), I think you would be on your way to locating the birth place of your Annie Lee. Hopefully, you will also get a county of birth for her, as you may find that her birth record in the 1800s is on file with the county rather than state. Also can check marriage records on file with the county. Again, don't know about NC records, so you might get more help from someone that has worked with these. Check out www.lds.org for access to 1880 census online, also limited marriage records, etc. Also, check out www.genweb.com and links to states and counties for look ups and fellow researchers. Hope this helps. Get in touch if you need anything else. Good luck, Chris P.S. Hope you don't mind if I forward these suggestions on to my lists in case they can be of help to others. _________________________________________________________________ Find high-speed ‘net deals — comparison-shop your local providers here. https://broadband.msn.com ==== VASHENAN Mailing List ==== To unsubscribe, send a msg. to VASHENAN-L-request@rootsweb.com or VASHENAN-D-request@rootsweb.com with the word unsubscribe.