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Re: Phebis/ Fort Monroe area
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[log in to unmask][log in to unmask], 27 Feb 2004 16:58:23 EST636_US-ASCII Janet, in Virginia, as far as baptismal ages go- most folks in colonial times
were in the Church of England (Episcopal) and baptism (christening) can (and
usually did) take place anytime from a few months (six months for example) old
upward. Usually there is a later confirmation process when the child is age
12 or so. Lutheran, Presbyterians, Catholics also practice infant baptism.
Baptists , of course, do not have infant baptism and wait for baptism until the
child or adult can speak for themselves as to their belief.
The groups that were known as Anabaptists, such as Mennonite, Brethren,
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The area in question is Hampton/Newport News Area.
The Fort Monroe base is located in Hampton.
Phoebus is the Neighborhood Just over the Bridge from both the southside and
from a bridge from the Base. It is also very near Hampton University.
You might want to try the Elizabeth City Records which was absorbed by
Hampton in July 1952. Hampton Records, York County and Gloucester.
The county clerk is
Hampton Clerk
22 Lincoln St.
Hampton Va 23669
Phone 757 727 6000
Kristina
www.nyvagenealogy.homestead.com

n a message dated 2/3/2004 2:46:12 PM Eastern Standard Time, [log in to unmask]
writes:
Would anyone know where to start searching for information for a place called
Phebis which was close to Fortress Monroe? Phebis was incorporated into
something else and I need information from the 1880s.

Also, there was a post Civil War school called Hampton School. Does anyone
know where I could find information about the people that worked there in the
1880s?

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