All, I am pleased to announce the publication of a new book, abstracts from Westmoreland County, Virginia Deeds & Wills No. 7; 1711; 1719-1720. The actual name of the record book is Deeds & Wills No. 7, 1720-1722, which is misleading. This book fills an important gap in the published materials for Westmoreland County. John Frederick Dorman stopped with Deeds & Wills No. 6, and the Sparacios picked up with Deeds & Wills No. 8. The only widely published material from Deeds & Wills No. 7 to date has been the woefully lacking 1925 book by Augusta B. Fothergill, "Wills of Westmoreland County 1654-1800. I was stunned to learn just how lacking that book is after I finished abstracting this book and discovered she had completely omitted 29% of the decedents. I have added a new feature to the index of this book, which I hope readers will find useful. In addition to names and the page number, each entry includes just what that person is doing in a given record: i.e., grantor, grantor, witness, neighbor, testator, legatee and so on. This I hope will save researchers a lot of time. In addition, all slaves are indexed as are all place names under the uncrreative heading of "slaves" and "place names." Bequests and devises in wills, and legal descriptions in deeds, are more or less given verbatim. The book will be available for purchase this coming Friday from John Vogt at New Papyrus Publishing Co. http://www.genealogyresources.org/. The price is $22. A complimentary copy will be sent to the Library of Virginia. Craig Kilby -------------------------------------------------------------------- mail2web.com - Microsoft® Exchange solutions from a leading provider - http://link.mail2web.com/Business/Exchange ______________________________________ To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe please see the instructions at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-hist.html