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Moonlightgems <[log in to unmask]>
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Research and writing about Virginia genealogy and family history." <[log in to unmask]>
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I've actually found several Virginia marriages listed as "Greenbriar"
not only at Ancestry, but other lists and books as well - and then I
found the original marriage bonds in the "Goochland" Circuit
Courthouse...   No one seems to have an idea how that got started.

Was there ever a connection between Greenbriar (which is in West VA)
and Goochland?

On 5/21/10, Westview <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> I don't want to get into the whole bashing Ancestry.com discussion but I
> have to add one of my more startling experiences using their census indexes
> -- a whole Virginia section where people who put "Prince Edward Co." as
> their birthplace are listed in the index as being born in Nova Scotia
> (obviously referring to Prince Edward Island)!  It's been years since I
> looked at it, so please don't ask me which year's census but given my
> research focus it was likely Prince Edward or Charlotte Counties.
> Hopefully, most people will realize it's incorrect but a newbie who doesn't
> know anything about Virginia counties might not catch it.  By the by, I did
> contact Ancestry about it (as I said, years ago) but I don't know if they
> ever corrected it.
>
> Kathy
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