Well, I agree with you too Paul, but all state and county websites are
certainly not created equal.  I neglected to mention the importance of the
LVA online databases, and other state archive databases as well. But, you
could do an awful lot of googling and still not find ALL of the *original
images* of the VA tax lists that were on that site, and ALL of the
information found in the TLC Genealogy publications. ;-)

Joy

----- Original Message -----
From: "Paul Drake" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Wednesday, July 14, 2004 10:10 AM
Subject: Re: Missing those Tax Lists


Such losses are substantial, however ALL should remember that thousands of
the counties have fine websites, and those will take you as close as you can
get to local records.  Find those sites through Google (search, per e.g.,
"Southampton Co, VA genealogy"), join the local societies (they cost only a
very few dollars), post queries and local "chats", avail yourselves of
EVERYTHING there offered, and try one day to visit the counties most
important to your personal research.

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