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Subject:
Reliquary's ninth issue has been posted.
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"Wilson, Donald L" <[log in to unmask]>
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Fri, 30 Jan 2004 16:29:46 -0500
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> You are invited to view and download  the latest edition of Prince
> William Reliquary, a quarterly genealogical and historical magazine
> for Prince William County, Virginia.   To view it requires version 5.0
> of Adobe Acrobat, available as a free download.  
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http://www.pwcgov.org/default.aspx?topic=040034001060001600 
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> Contents of the January 2004 issue include:
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> *     Buckland: A Virginia Time Capsule, by David William Blake.  This
> town on Prince William's western border looks much as it did two
> hundred years ago.  Mr. Blake presents highlights of its considerable
> history.
*       Revolutionary War Affidavits.  Two applications for
Revolutionary War pensions were found among the court house loose
papers.  Both affidavits were filed in 1820 in Prince William, one
representing a free African American soldier.
*       Index to the Agricultural Schedule for Prince William County,
1880 (Dumfries, Coles, and Occoquan Districts).  Includes names of
farmers, type of tenure, acreage, and census page reference.
*       Dumfries District Court Land Causes, 1793-1811 (continued).
Cases identify heirs, name slaves, determine property boundaries.
*       Annual Report of the Superintendent of the Poor, 1890, listing
persons maintained by the County.
*       Loudoun County Death Records that identify Prince William
natives, 1856-1896.
*       Postcard of the Manassas Industrial School for Colored Youth,
ca. 1910.
*       Freedmen's Bureau list of "loyal men" in Prince William County,
1867.
*       Hollywood Out of Prince William.  The Prince William lineage of
a current Hollywood star.
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> You may use Control+F to search the text for keywords of interest to
> you.
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> We invite your comments and submissions.
>  
> Donald L. Wilson, Virginiana Librarian
> Ruth E. Lloyd Information Center (RELIC)
>  for Genealogy and Local History
> Bull Run Regional Library
> 8051 Ashton Avenue
> Manassas, Virginia  20109
> (703) 792-4540
> (703) 792-4520 (fax)
>  www.pwcgov.org/library/
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