Lindsey, I am so glad that you found my site. AND, I, too, would like anyone who has the book to check on the marriage I cited for Catherine > DeLaFayette (Richards) Voss to Lawson Barnett on 22 Feb 1822. "Perseverance is a great element of success. If you only knock long enough and loud enough at the gate, you are sure to wake up somebody." Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Deb Koplen http://home.swbell.net/koplend/ [log in to unmask] Grand Prairie, TX MSN Instant Messenger: Freckles6932 "Right Smak dab between Dallas & Fort Worth" > -----Original Message----- > From: Research and writing about Virginia genealogy and family history. > [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of Lindsey Bourne > Sent: Saturday, March 12, 2005 10:31 PM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Marriage Lookup Request > > > Does anyone on the list have a hard copy of Jordan R. Dodd's _Early > American Marriages: Virginia to 1850_ who would be willing to lookup a > marriage for me? I found in Ancestry.com's "Virginia Marriages, > 1740-1859" database, which cites Dodd as the source, a listing for the > following marriage: > > James F. Dean to Mary J.E. Lee, 12 August 1845, Chesterfield County > > I was at the LVa this afternoon, and was unable to find this marriage in > the six sets of microfilmed marriage records for Chesterfield County for > this period that I searched. Moreover, it is not listed in the > Chesterfield Historical Society's _Marriages of Chesterfield County, > Virginia, abstracted from microfilm, 1771-1854_, nor is it in _Marriage > Bonds and Ministers' Returns of Chesterfield County, Virginia, > 1816-1853_, compiled by Benjamin B. Weisiger, III. > > This evening, I found in a web search a descendancy narrative for > Captain Symon Miller (http://home.swbell.net/koplend/miller_b1.htm) > citing this same Ancestry.com database for the marriage of Catherine > Delafayette (Richards) Voss to Lawson Barnett on 22 Feb 1822. The > footnote for this entry says that the database gives Chesterfield County > as the place of the marriage, but the author finds this highly unlikely, > and speculates that there has been a transcription error--that the > correct county is actually Culpeper. > > After my fruitless search for the cited Dean-Lee marriage record this > afternoon, I, too, am wondering if there has been a transcription error, > most likely on Ancestry.com's part, and I would very much like to know > what Dodd's book actually says. If someone with access to this would be > good enough to check that for me, I would be most grateful. > > Lindsey Bourne > > To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe please see the > instructions at > http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-roots.html > To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe please see the instructions at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-roots.html