>....... >I've had mixed success in borrowing the tax lists on interlibrary >loan. I believe I was told that they were only available on ILL for >the burned record counties. I was told I had to go to Richmond to >see the rest. Using ILL, I've borrowed those of Prince William Co., a burned county, and those of Fauquier, emphatically not a burned county, with no problem. Of course I gave my local library explicit directions including PoC's. >I have gotten a lot a valuable information checking multiple >consecutive years of tax lists. You can tell when a male child >turns 16, because there is an extra tithable listed, and sometimes >the name of the child. The order in which the names are listed >gives you some information about the nearest neighbors, .... > In my opinion, county/state tax lists are a major under-utilized resource. They are an extremely valuable source of info even though they seldom provide the level of genealogical info some are seeking. They provide a unique context for other data. -- Pat Oliver (Willis P. Oliver) [log in to unmask] ************************************************************* * * * Proud to sponsor these Western Kentucky Genealogy Pages: * * * * http://home.hiwaay.net/~woliver/caldwell.html * * http://home.hiwaay.net/~woliver/crittenden.html * * http://home.hiwaay.net/~woliver/livingston.html * * http://home.hiwaay.net/~woliver/lyon.html * * http://home.hiwaay.net/~woliver/marshall.html * * http://fly.hiwaay.net/~woliver/Oliver_YDNA.html * * http://fly.hiwaay.net/~woliver/McCracken_YDNA.html * * * ************************************************************* To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe please see the instructions at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-roots.html