I have been requested to advise the many subscribers to Va-Hist and Va-Roots of the death this week of historian and archivist, Dr. John S. Hopewell, a colleague well known to many researchers at the Library of Virginia. There is an obituary in the Richmond Times-Dispatch of 9 January 2004, which may be viewed at http://www.legacy.com/TimesDispatch/LegacySubPage2.asp?Page=LifeStory&Pe rsonId=1781267 Brent Tarter The Library of Virginia [log in to unmask] Visit the Library of Virginia's web site at http://www.lva.lib.va.us To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe please see the instructions at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-roots.html