Database including patents and grants from the crown and commonwealth from 1623 to 1992 and database of grants in the Northern Neck Proprietary from 1692 to 1862: http://www.lva.lib.va.us/whatwehave/land/index.htm Scroll down to: "Virginia Land Office Patents and Grants/Northern Neck Grants and Surveys" which will take you to a search page. Also, ran across the very interesting "Life in Old Virginia;" a book pub. in 1907; online at: http://www.ls.net/~newriver/va/lova1.htm Nancy Rootsweb List Administrator: Carmichael; Cates; Dromgoole; Fairley; Godbold; Liddell; McBride; McLeod; McNair; Oldwest-Cowboys-IndianScouts; Surgenor; USCW-Battle_of_Seven_Pines; Sevens Pines Site: www.thepastwhispers.com/Battle_of_Seven_Pines Visit the family! www.geocities.com/twincousin2334