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I agree (see below); however, I have found them very willing to make
corrections when provided with source-cited material that defines the
needed corrections. They did so with the King George - Stafford
boundaries (depicted incorrectly in a number of other sources) and I am
hopeful that we will see such a correction with New Kent- James City and
any others that are brought to their attention.
Barbara Vines Little, CG, FVGS
PO Box 1273
Orange, VA 22960
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540-832-3473
On 7/19/2010 4:28 PM, Jim Glanville wrote:
> .........
> However, on the basis of the one example I have examined, Virginia
> users of the data base should be aware that while the Atlas makes
> reasonable interpretations of historical evidence, the shown county
> boundaries are just an interpretation, and that for early Virginia the
> mere availability of lines does not call for suspension of our
> judgment and appropriate skepticism.
>
> Jim Glanville
> Blacksburg-in-former-Fincastle-County (I think)
>
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