Thanks anyway Bob. Do you know if these deed books are available for purchase or where else they may be located? Linda > > Sorry Linda, but I don't really want to spend time on individual requests > (outside the WC site) as that would cut badly into the time I spend on my > own > research and my wife's research. > > John Hockett's deed books are very useful, but they have a major problem > in > that they have a minimal index. He used the index that was in each deed > book > instead of doing a more thorough one. The index is for Grantees in order > by > the first letter of the surname only. For Grantors, one must look > throught the > entire Grantee index. For others not Grantees or Grantors, one must look > page by page. Thus the search process is very time consuming. > > << PS. I've never been able to actually locate "Little River." >> > > Go to http://www.topozone.com/viewmaps.asp > > and type in "Little River" (without the quotes) and select "VA" > > There are 8 of them in VA now, but some of these streams get renamed over > the years. > > Bob >