The area in question is Hampton/Newport News Area. The Fort Monroe base is located in Hampton. Phoebus is the Neighborhood Just over the Bridge from both the southside and from a bridge from the Base. It is also very near Hampton University. You might want to try the Elizabeth City Records which was absorbed by Hampton in July 1952. Hampton Records, York County and Gloucester. The county clerk is Hampton Clerk 22 Lincoln St. Hampton Va 23669 Phone 757 727 6000 Kristina www.nyvagenealogy.homestead.com n a message dated 2/3/2004 2:46:12 PM Eastern Standard Time, [log in to unmask] writes: Would anyone know where to start searching for information for a place called Phebis which was close to Fortress Monroe? Phebis was incorporated into something else and I need information from the 1880s. Also, there was a post Civil War school called Hampton School. Does anyone know where I could find information about the people that worked there in the 1880s? To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe please see the instructions at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-roots.html