Dear Malinda, So you are planning a trip to Virginia--to Northern Neck. Congratulations. May I suggest that you try to find some copies of the early records of Stafford Co. which have been abstracted by Ruth & Sam Sparacio of McLean, VA? A list of their books is included in their online catalog www.antientpress.com Also, I assume you have searched the early land grants in both Cavaliers and Pioneers and in the supplement done by Nell Marion Nugent of Northern Neck land grants. Later, when Lord Fairfax and heirs came into the proprietorship, other land patents appear in Gertrude E. Gray's Virginia's Northern Neck Land Grants (4 volumes, published by Genealogical Publ. Co.) Also, Peggy Shomo Joyner has abstracted the warrants and surveys for Northern Neck, said warrants and surveys preceding in time the land patents. These books are at the Library of Virginia in Richmond and at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City, and, if you are lucky, they are at a library near your home. My experience with graveyards--the older the graveyard, the more eroded the tombstones are, so that there are no more legible engravings. And DO NOT use shaving cream in an attempt to get a reading!!! Get some expert advice on trying to make legible whatever engravings there may be. Rain, snow, and other elements (like acid rain and auto exhausts) do nasty things to headstones. You have a lot of information. I hope you enjoy your visit. I like to go to Virginia frequently, and always find some time to get to the Library of VA or to the Swem Library at William and Mary!! Even the small public libaries have lots of great material, particularly pertaining to their county. E.W.Wallace who has many colonial Virginia roots