Glad to see that you got it in print. Barbara Vines Little, CG, FNGS, FVGS PO Box 1273 Orange, VA 22960 [log in to unmask] 540-832-3473 CG, Certified Genealogist, is a service mark of the Board for Certification of Genealogists, used under license by board certified genealogists after periodic evaluation, and the board name is registered in the US Patent & Trademark Office. On 9/6/2013 10:31 AM, Wesley Pippenger wrote: > Suzanne P. Derieux and Wesley E. Pippenger announce publication of two > volumes of marriage records for King and Queen County, Virginia. > Researchers may be aware that the public records for King and Queen County > were in most part destroyed by fires in April 1828 and 1864. The earliest > marriage record at the courthouse is from 1858, only a few are from the war > years, and the general run there begins in 1866. In contrast, the Auditor > of Public Accounts copy at the Library of Virginia is more complete and > begins with one marriage for 1853 and continues from 1854. The compilers > collected data from six main sources: (1) a modern typewritten index to > marriages, (2) bound Certificates to Obtain a Marriage License that begin in > September 1867; (3) a bound register of marriages that begins in 1872 (in > the Circuit Court Clerk's office); (4) loose register pages from the Auditor > of Public Accounts (at the Library of Virginia); (5) loose marriage licenses > that begin in 1858; and (6) records from local area churches. The compilers > have consulted numerous other sources to insert in brackets information > missing in the original marriage record. For example, maiden names or names > of parents that are blank in one marriage and may be present in another, or > complete names may be inscribed on a cemetery tombstone. These types of > additions are inserted in brackets in these publications. Also included in > each volume is a list of abbreviations, list of ministers and their > denominations and church associations (if known), and a transcription of > applicable laws affecting marriages or the keeping of marriage records. > > > > Titles: King and Queen County, Virginia Marriage Records: Transcripts of > Consents, Affidavits, Minister Returns, and Marriage Licenses, Volume 1: > 1853-1874 and Volume 2: 1875-1886. Volume 1, 383 pages, includes 1,019 > marriages, and Volume 2, 361 pages, includes 922 marriages. $45 each > postpaid. Libraries may send a purchase order by mail or email. > > > > Wesley E. Pippenger > > Little Egypt > > P.O. Box 309 > > 515 Faulconer Circle > > Tappahannock, VA 22560 > > (804) 443-3482 home > > (202) 550-6788 cell > > http://www.wesleypippenger.org > > > > > ______________________________________ > To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe please see the instructions at > http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-hist.html > > ______________________________________ To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe please see the instructions at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-hist.html