Additional info re parishes, thanks to Barb in CA
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From: Barb Marshall 
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Sent: Monday, July 04, 2005 3:35 PM
Subject: [DRAKE] Re: VA Vestry records


Thanks Paul. Sometimes a parish used 2 vestry books 
for the same time period. One told to whom the church 
paid money and for what and when. The other told who 
paid what, why and when to the church. Not every 
vestry book is available. Court order books were also 
copied for some of the counties. 

Check the LDS site familysearch.org and click 
on "catalog". You then have the option to type in each 
state and county and see what is available. Some of 
the records are in book form, others are on microfilm 
which can be rented from your local FHC. Check the 
yellow pages for 1 near you. Major genealogy libraries 
have some of them, which can be borrowed on 
interlibrary loan.

These books sometimes explain the divisions of the 
parish and tell when they occured and what areas the 
parish covered during what time period. 

No one book or even library has everything for every 
county in every state. Once you locate your ancestor 
with in a county, a combintion of court records, tax 
records, vestry books, and maps are very helpful. 
Example:

An ancestor was located on a headright list in Orange 
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