From World Place Finder: Tunis, Rockingham County, Virginia, United States Walt At 11:27 PM 31/08/2003, Norman Runyon wrote: >Hi Dell, > If I am reading my DeLorme Street Atlas correctly, Tunis is just barely >in Shenandoah County on the south side. It appears to be located along >Runion Creek on the west side of Supin Lick Mountain. I doubt that it is >much of a village but I have never been there. From Rockingham Co., you can >get there by going northwest from Broadway, on highway 259 (following the >North Fork of the Shenandoah River), through Cootes Store to the Chimney >Rock Legion Post - which is where Runion Creek empties into the river.. Turn >right (north) at the chimney rock and follow the road along Runion Creek >until it forks at the south end of Supin Lick Mountain, then take the left >(west) fork and follow that to Tunis. Just north of Tunis is an airfield >called Sager Field. If you continue along that road, it looks like the 1st >real town is Orkney Springs. It is possible that Tunis might be in >Rockingham County. > I believe that Tunis is a Holland Dutch surname and I am curious as to >whom it was named after. >Norman > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "DELLIEMER QUICK" <jddquick@msn.com> >To: <VASHENAN-L@rootsweb.com> >Sent: Sunday, August 31, 2003 1:46 PM >Subject: [VASHENAN] Thanks Chocy for PPTLs + PS re Tunis > > > > Chocy, > > > > Thanks very much for the exciting information on my Quick family >ancestors! Now I know some more of them were in Shenandoah County than I >knew before! Your help is much appreciated. > > > > Yours truly, > > Dell Quick > > > > P.S. to Norman Runyon: No, I do not know about the village of Tunis, or >how it got its name. Where is it? > > > > > > ==== VASHENAN Mailing List ==== > > Shenandoah Co VAGenWeb > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~vashenan/vashenan.html > > > > > > >==== VASHENAN Mailing List ==== >Shenandoah Co VAGenWeb >http://www.rootsweb.com/~vashenan/vashenan.html