In addition, the parish of Albemarle in Surry & Sussex Counties have been 
confused with Albemarle County.  There were Gilliams in both and they have 
been attached to each other in a careless and inaccurate way.
Bonnie
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From: "Carolyn Bruce" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Friday, May 21, 2010 2:31 PM
Subject: Re: [VA-ROOTS] Ancestry Family Trees


> The only connection COULD HAVE BEEN that the two counties both start with 
> "G" and perhaps an abbreviation confused the two.
>
> In Virginia, there is a Franklin County, and a City of Franklin which is 
> located within the boundaries of Southampton County. I have seen several 
> instances in which the county and city were confused, leading to a search 
> error of a couple of hundred miles. One such misinterpretation is on 
> Familysearch, if I remember correctly. It's not hard to see how the 
> mistake occurred; if one just says "in Franklin, VA" which is meant? The 
> lesson is... neither add to nor subtract from brief information before 
> checking it out. It's better to put it down verbatim and let the next 
> researcher decide for him/her self.
>
> Also, on Google Earth, a photo showing the famous Biltmore Mansion near 
> the mountain city of Asheville, NC, is displayed as being in Tidewater, 
> VA! I don't know how to get that corrected.
>
> Carolyn HALE BRUCE
> Virginia Beach, VA
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