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I will be sending you a review copy in the next couple of days

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On Sep 12, 2013, at 11:59 AM, "Barbara Vines Little, CG, FNGS, FVGS" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> Glad to see that you got it in print.
> 
> Barbara Vines Little, CG, FNGS, FVGS
> 
> PO Box 1273
> Orange, VA 22960
> [log in to unmask]
> 540-832-3473
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> CG, Certified Genealogist, is a service mark of the Board for Certification of Genealogists, used under license by board certified genealogists after periodic evaluation, and the board name is registered in the US Patent & Trademark Office.
> 
> On 9/6/2013 10:31 AM, Wesley Pippenger wrote:
>> Suzanne P. Derieux and Wesley E. Pippenger announce publication of two
>> volumes of marriage records for King and Queen County, Virginia.
>> Researchers may be aware that the public records for King and Queen County
>> were in most part destroyed by fires in April 1828 and 1864.  The earliest
>> marriage record at the courthouse is from 1858, only a few are from the war
>> years, and the general run there begins in 1866.  In contrast, the Auditor
>> of Public Accounts copy at the Library of Virginia is more complete and
>> begins with one marriage for 1853 and continues from 1854.  The compilers
>> collected data from six main sources: (1) a modern typewritten index to
>> marriages, (2) bound Certificates to Obtain a Marriage License that begin in
>> September 1867; (3) a bound register of marriages that begins in 1872 (in
>> the Circuit Court Clerk's office); (4) loose register pages from the Auditor
>> of Public Accounts (at the Library of Virginia); (5) loose marriage licenses
>> that begin in 1858; and (6) records from local area churches.  The compilers
>> have consulted numerous other sources to insert in brackets information
>> missing in the original marriage record.  For example, maiden names or names
>> of parents that are blank in one marriage and may be present in another, or
>> complete names may be inscribed on a cemetery tombstone.   These types of
>> additions are inserted in brackets in these publications.  Also included in
>> each volume is a list of abbreviations, list of ministers and their
>> denominations and church associations (if known), and a transcription of
>> applicable laws affecting marriages or the keeping of marriage records.
>> 
>>  
>> Titles: King and Queen County, Virginia Marriage Records: Transcripts of
>> Consents, Affidavits, Minister Returns, and Marriage Licenses, Volume 1:
>> 1853-1874 and Volume 2: 1875-1886.    Volume 1, 383 pages, includes 1,019
>> marriages, and Volume 2, 361 pages, includes 922 marriages.   $45 each
>> postpaid.  Libraries may send a purchase order by mail or email.
>> 
>>  
>> Wesley E. Pippenger
>> 
>> Little Egypt
>> 
>> P.O. Box 309
>> 
>> 515 Faulconer Circle
>> 
>> Tappahannock, VA 22560
>> 
>> (804) 443-3482 home
>> 
>> (202) 550-6788 cell
>> 
>> http://www.wesleypippenger.org
>> 
>>  
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