There is something not working correctly with the recent additions to  
the chancery suit data base on line.

For example, in Madison County (which I was thrilled to learn about)  
I typed in the surname "Towles" in the surname box and only one hit  
came up, and it was not the one I was expecting, which I know is  
there, and it is the well known Clark's Administrators vs. Towles  
Executors. It did not show up.

Another Madison County suit of Jackson vs Jackson yeiled two results,  
but not the suit I know is there. It brought up two more, however, I  
can't wait to read.

For Orange County, I could not a find a suit I was looking for. I  
typed in  "SMITH" into the search box and received ZERO hits. That's  
impossible.

I will try using an LVA case number to see what I get, but something  
is not right with the database. Has anyone had a similar problem? I  
am using Safari for Mac if that is of any importance.

Craig Kilby

On Jul 7, 2009, at 11:19 AM, Brooks, Vincent (LVA) wrote:

> The Library of Virginia (LVA) is pleased to announce the completion of
> another digital scanning project. The processing, indexing, and  
> digital
> reformatting of the Madison County chancery causes is now  
> complete.  The
> images have been added to the existing index on the newly redesigned
> Chancery Records Index <http://beta.lva.virginia.gov/chancery/>  (CRI)
> which is now located on the Library's home for digital collections,
> Virginia Memory <http://www.virginiamemory.com/> .  The Madison County
> chancery index covers the years 1801 through 1881. This locality joins
> twenty-two counties and cities whose chancery causes have been  
> digitally
> reformatted and made available through the Library's innovative  
> Circuit
> Court Records Preservation Program, which seeks to preserve the  
> historic
> records of Virginia's Circuit Courts.
>
>
>
> To date, The Library of Virginia has posted over 2.2 million digital
> chancery images. Sixteen localities are presently being scanned and  
> will
> be posted in the coming months. Please see the Chancery Records Index
> for a listing of the available locality chancery collections.
>
>
>
> Chancery causes are cases that are decided on the basis of equity and
> fairness as opposed to the strictly formulated rules of common law
> cases.  Chancery cases are especially useful when researching local
> history, genealogical information, and land or estate divisions.  They
> are a valuable source of local, state, social, and legal history and
> serve as a primary source for understanding a locality's history.
> Chancery causes often contain correspondence; property lists,  
> including
> slaves; lists of heirs; and vital statistics, along with many other
> records.  Some of the more common types of chancery causes involve
> divisions of the estate of a person who died intestate (without a  
> will);
> divorces; settlements of dissolved business partnerships; and
> resolutions of land disputes.
>
>
>
> If you have any comments, questions, or corrections regarding the  
> CRI or
> scanned images, please contact [log in to unmask]
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