Glad you asked Craig. Thanks to a very generous donation from the Virginia Daughters of The American Revolution (see first link below) through the Library's Adopt Virginia History program, the volume has been conserved, scanned, and the images are currently being converted to microfilm.
Also, given Stafford's status as a "lost records" county, digital images of the book have been added to the Library's Lost Records Localities Database on Virginia Memory (second link below). The Order Book is item number 47 under Stafford County. Happy researching!
Carl
http://www.lva.virginia.gov/involved/adopt-info.asp?id=15
http://www.virginiamemory.com/collections/collections_a_to_z
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Subject: [VA-HIST] Stafford County Order Book, Update
About a year ago, the newly-found (returned) Stafford County Order Book for some time in the 1700s was announced as returned to the Stafford County Clerk, who gave it over to the LVA for restoration.
With the recent news about the newly discovered Lancaster County plats--which I was quick to forward to the Northern Neck of Virginia rootsweb research list last week when the news hit the Rappahannock County Record, I have been asked about an update on this Stafford County Order Book.
Probably Carl Childs knows the answer to the status of researchers being able to access the contents of this book. Last I recall, it was being preserved and scanned and I don't remember where it's final destination was supposed to be. (The mind is a terrible thing!)
Any information on just where this book is, and when it might be (or is) available to use, will be greatly appreciated.
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Craig Kilby
Lancaster County, Virginia
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