> 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.
>
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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> 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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