You are invited to view and download the latest edition of Prince William Reliquary, a quarterly genealogical and historical magazine for Prince William County, Virginia. To view it requires version 5.0 of Adobe Acrobat, available as a free download. http://www.pwcgov.org/library/relic, click on Prince William Reliquary. Contents of the October 2005 issue include: * Moor Green: a Prince William Landmark Reveals Its Origins, by Darlene L. Hunter, CG. The history of a plantation near Brentsville that dates to a 1711 land grant. Families associated with the property include the names CHEVALLE, RENO, BRONAUGH, HOOE, REID, FOSTER, THORNTON, FLETCHER, and COX. * Petition to Have a Thanksgiving. In 1850, seventy-nine Prince William residents lobbied the Virginia General Assembly to authorize an annual day of Thanksgiving each November. * Death Records from Prince William County Estate Files, ca. 1913-1938, by Ronald R. Turner. Part three, surnames Schrader - Zunada. * Cedar Run Relocation Burials. A list of family and community graveyards vacated on Quantico Marine Corps Base by 1945, and of the bodies moved to the consolidated white cemetery at Cedar Run. * Dumfries District Court Land Causes, 1793-1811 (continued), by William M. Balderson Jr. LITHGOW vs. CARR's trustees (concl.). Nathaniel CHAPMAN's Administrator vs. Robert GRAHAM, a lawsuit growing out of a 1757 land transaction. You may use Control+F to search the text for keywords of interest to you. Backfiles can be searched on Google using keyword(s) plus "Reliquary." Name indexes to volumes 1 and 2 are now posted online, as well as a topical guide to the first fifteen issues. We invite your comments and submissions. Donald L. Wilson, Virginiana Librarian Ruth E. Lloyd Information Center (RELIC) for Genealogy and Local History Bull Run Regional Library 8051 Ashton Avenue Manassas, Virginia 20109 (703) 792-4540 (703) 792-4520 (fax) www.pwcgov.org/library/ <http://mydesktop/adminapps/enotifications/www.pwcgov.org/library/> relic To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe, please see the instructions at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-hist.html