The Taking of Via Mountain was written by Robert Yingst. Email me at jvia@comcast.net and I will provide you a contact to obtain it. Jeff Via -----Original Message----- From: William B. Kelley [mailto:wbkelley@earthlink.net] Sent: Thursday, July 07, 2005 8:55 PM To: VIA-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [VIA-L] The Taking of Via Mountain Can't find any library catalog entry for "The Taking of Via Mountain" or a similar title. However, the following works are reported to be in the following libraries: Adams, Lela C. The Lela C. Adams collection, volume 17: Notes on the Hylton/Hilton family. [Bassett, Va.]: L. C. Adams, 1970---1979? 145 leaves. Blue Ridge Regional Library. Pilson, O. E. (compiler). Via family (Fannie Pilson): Pilsons in Ohio. [Bassett, Va.: Bassett Historical Center, 1999.] 66 leaves. Blue Ridge Regional Library. Pons, Judy Maupin. Micajah Via Sr. of Albemarle County, Virginia and his descendants, 1740---1900. [S.l.]: The author, 1999. vii, 219 p. Virginia Historical Society Library. Roland, Nina Lou Via. Via family. Eden, N.C.: N. L. V. Roland, 1981. 15 leaves. Blue Ridge Regional Library. - Via, George W., b. 1850. Partial genealogy of the Via, DeHart and other families. Floyd, Va.: Floyd Press Print, 1926. 15 p. Blue Ridge Regional Library; The Library of Virginia; Virginia Historical Society Library. Via, John W. Genealogy of the Via family. Huntingdon Valley, Pa.: J. W. Via, 1989. 9 leaves. Blue Ridge Regional Library. Via, Michael M. (co-chairman, Via Genealogical Committee). The Via family in early America. [Waynesboro? Va.], 1973. 11 leaves. Blue Ridge Regional Library; The Library of Virginia; University of Virginia Library. Other books have been mentioned on the list. There may be other libraries where Via books are located, and some of them may still be available from their publishers. The Blue Ridge Regional Library's main branch is at 310 E. Church St. (P.O. Box 5264), Martinsville, Va. 24115-5264, telephone (276) 403-5430, http://www.brrl.lib.va.us/location_martinsville.html. The Library of Virginia is at 800 E. Broad St., Richmond, Va. 23219-8000, telephone (804) 692-3500, http://www.lva.lib.va.us/. The University of Virginia Library is in various buildings in Charlottesville (P.O. Box 400113, Charlottesville, Va. 22904-4113), telephone (434) 924-3021, http://www.lib.virginia.edu/. The Virginia Historical Society Library is at 428 North Boulevard (P.O. Box 7311), Richmond, Va. 23221-0311, telephone (804) 358-4901, http://www.vahistorical.org/research/main.htm. Bill Kelley, Chicago M.V.Gibson wrote: >Can anyone tell me where I can find a copy of "The Taking of Via >Mountain"? Also any other books about the Via family in Virginia. > >Thank you. >Mary > > > >