Reliquary's twenty-seventh issue has been posted.
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 7.0 of
Adobe Acrobat, available as a free download.
http://www.pwcgov.org/library/relic/reliquary.htm
Contents of the July 2008 issue include:
* Crummett's Store, by Marlyn V. McClure. History of a general
store on Vint Hill Road, 1914-2004.
* A Clarke-Gossom Family Register. Transcript of the Bible
record maintained by John C. Gossom and his wife Mary F. Clarke (married
1867). Entries are dated 1796-1956. Other surnames: BULLOCK, DAVIS,
COULTER, SINCLAIR.
* Deeds of Emancipation, 1800-1850, by Charlotte Cain. Freed
persons did not all have surnames. Those whose surnames are identified
include BARNARD, BOWLES, BURROUGHS, CURTIS, DUNCAN, FAUNTLEROY, FRANCIS,
HARRIS, HARRISON, HAYES, HEDGES, JACKSON, MONTGOMERY, MUNROW, NIGHT,
PATTERSON, PHILLIPS, WEST, WHARTON. Two men acknowledged freeing their
own children: Nathaniel HARRIS (1827) and Charles CURTIS (1828).
* Dumfries District Court Land Causes (cont.), by William
Balderson. The lawsuit HOOMES v. RENOE includes the lost will of
William FRENCH (1792, Stafford County), and depositions regarding
HOOMES, RENO and FRENCH family connections.
You may use Control+F to search the text for keywords of interest to
you. Backfiles can be searched on Google using keyword(s) plus
'Reliquary.' Name indexes to volumes 1, 2, 3 and 4 are now posted
online, as well as a topical guide to the first 26 issues.
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
www.pwcgov.org/library/
<http://mydesktop/adminapps/enotifications/www.pwcgov.org/library/>
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