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/library/relic, click on Prince William Reliquary.
Contents of the October 2005 issue include:
* Moor Green: a Prince William Landmark Reveals Its Origins, by
Darlene L. Hunter, CG. The history of a plantation near Brentsville
that dates to a 1711 land grant. Families associated with the property
include the names CHEVALLE, RENO, BRONAUGH, HOOE, REID, FOSTER,
THORNTON, FLETCHER, and COX.
* Petition to Have a Thanksgiving. In 1850, seventy-nine Prince
William residents lobbied the Virginia General Assembly to authorize an
annual day of Thanksgiving each November.
* Death Records from Prince William County Estate Files, ca.
1913-1938, by Ronald R. Turner. Part three, surnames Schrader - Zunada.
* Cedar Run Relocation Burials. A list of family and community
graveyards vacated on Quantico Marine Corps Base by 1945, and of the
bodies moved to the consolidated white cemetery at Cedar Run.
* Dumfries District Court Land Causes, 1793-1811 (continued), by
William M. Balderson Jr. LITHGOW vs. CARR's trustees (concl.).
Nathaniel CHAPMAN's Administrator vs. Robert GRAHAM, a lawsuit growing
out of a 1757 land transaction.
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 and 2 are now posted online, as
well as a topical guide to the first fifteen 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
(703) 792-4520 (fax)
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