I found a number of my ancestors under this site http://image.vtls.com/collections/NN.html, it's the lib. of Virginia and is listed under Northern Neck Land Grants. Just click on the name closest to the one your looking for and page through the card file, then you can retrieve the paper work to read online. Some early records of Hardy/Hampshire counties will be found here. Barbara ----- Original Message ----- From: Brian D Core <greenhouseguy@juno.com> To: <WVHARDY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, February 26, 2000 2:51 PM Subject: South Branch Manor/South Branch Valley > I did a search for South Branch Manor on the google.com search engine, > and came up with the following: > > West Virginia State Archives Manuscript Collections > Ms79-198 South Branch Valley Collection > > http://www.wvculture.org/history/ms79-198.html > > The manuscript collection has LOTS of personal notes and letters from the > late 1700's through the mid-1800's, many original deeds, receipts, > affidavits, depositions, papers from court cases, real estate disputes, > etcetera. I don't know how to accessthese records short of driving to > Charleston, but locating the records is certainly a start. > > The reason that I got South Branch Valley Collection with a search for > South Branch Manor is that an 1801 Rental Roll for South Branch Manor is > in the collection. If they have any earlier rental rolls, they're not in > this particular collection. > > Brian > > Brian D. Core > P.O. Box 1166 > Brighton, CO 80601 > Greenhouseguy@Juno.com Web Page: http://pages.prodigy.net/greenhouseguy > For attachments, use: Greenhouseguy@prodigy.net > > ________________________________________________________________ > YOU'RE PAYING TOO MUCH FOR THE INTERNET! > Juno now offers FREE Internet Access! > Try it today - there's no risk! For your FREE software, visit: > http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj. >