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 5.0 of Adobe Acrobat, available as a free download.

 

http://www.pwcgov.org/docLibrary/PDF/003733.pdf

 

Contents of the July 2005 issue include:

 

· Milford Mills, by Charlotte Cain.  The history of the mill through its various owners, the Peytons, Ewells, Fosters, Weirs, Hornbakers, Meetzes, Wissler and Drumheller, Aylors, Robertsons, Fauquier National Bank and finally the Hursts.

 

·Report of Committee appointed to examine County Clerks Office 1870 June 7th, transcribed by Ronald R. Turner.  An inventory of the records that survived the Civil War and their condition. 


·Death Records from Prince William County Estate Files, ca. 1913-1938, by Ronald R. Turner.  Part two, surnames Hammerle - Schrader.

 

·Dumfries District Court Land Causes, 1793-1811 (continued), by William M. Balderson Jr.  Cases involving Purcell vs. Ross and Lithgow vs. Carrs Trustees.

 

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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

(703) 792-4520 (fax)

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