Good morning Sam,

I thank you for the descendants of this Taylor family for buying the book at the auction. I know others do this too. They buy pictures and Bibles and other treasurers and try to find the owners. 

I am sure by now you have seen the message from the LVA wanting you to send them a copy of the pages rather than the actual book. I am guessing space is partly the issue here. 

This is the information that was posted:

John Metz
Director of Archives, Records, and Collections
(804) 692-3607
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However, if you want to really know where these people were and who they were, if you can get to Ancestry.com or if there is someone on this list who has it at home [most libraries have free access for you to search] you can do an easy search.

You have some names to enter and find. You probably should begin with the 1870 census in VA as you would get all of the children on the list. Maybe Mr. Metz can search this for you to place the family in the right county. Once you know who they and where they were, maybe the Historical Society of that county would like the actual book. Just an idea.

As we all know, part of the fun is the search!

Gale Fuller
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-----Original Message----- 
From: S. M. Lantz 
Sent: Monday, December 17, 2012 9:01 AM 
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Subject: Re: VA-ROOTS Digest - 14 Dec 2012 to 15 Dec 2012 (#2012-167) 

Hello Ms. Fuller:

I too agree that this kind of information should go to a place where it will be protected.  Although I ended up with this book in an auction, there is no indication that the original owner was from Virginia.  There is a name in the front of the book that I took to be one of the prior owners.  It has an Elkton, Virginia address.  It also appears to be old.  Probably written in the 1950-60 time period.  I did not try to find this address as the name indicated was not Taylor or Via.

I have only been to LVA one time several years ago.  If you have a name of a person where I can send the book, I will see that it goes there.  I would appreciate the information. 

I appreciate the responses I received to this posting.  I also agree with the many posts about this forum.  It is the best I have come across in my several years of research.

Best regards and thanks to everyone.  Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

Sam Lantz
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