Anita, and Va-histers. My website, "The Geography of Slavery in Virginia" contains runaway ads for slaves and servants in 18th-century Virginia. To date, we have ads from 1736 to 1797 with more on the way. The URL is http://www.vcdh.virginia.edu/gos. We have tried to be as comprehensive as we can, with ads from as many Virginia papers as we could track down. This is a project of the Virginia Center for Digital History, supported by an NEH grant. Dan Meaders who published the volume of ads from 1801-1820 that Henry mentioned also has a volume of runaway servant ads from Philadelphia newspapers, 18th-early 19th century, I believe. Tom Costa UVA-Wise Wise, Va. [log in to unmask] To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe, please see the instructions at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-hist.html