Many men looked for wives close to where they lived for marriage in the 1700/1800s. If you have (or even don't have) the wife's maiden name, there are ways to find her family. Personal Property and Land Tax lists many times give the dates the tax accessor visited people, indicating they lived close to each other. Census records, if not alphabetical, list homes visited by household #, indicating the persons lived close to each other. With a list of neighbors, one can go to rootsweb/lds/etc. and search for various families that lived close to the husband. Another way to locate neighbors, and also give you the location in the County where your Family lived, is in the County Road Order Books. There is a searchable (look for the binocular icon) listing for Albemarle Co. from 1786 - 1816 online at http:// www. virginiadot.org/VTRC/main/online_reports/pdf/76-r27.pdf (if you copy and paste this link, close the gap between // and www). After finding the name of a creek, mountain, trail, etc. and a list of the families in the vicinity, go to http:// satelliteviews.com (close the gap between // and satelliteviews) and locate the feature there on a interactive google map/satellite view. Best wishes, Tim Spradling To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe please see the instructions at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-roots.html