Thank you all for your replies. Basically I find there is no town called Yak. But the "colloquialism" explanation could be the most plausible. Steve and Bunny Binns Genealogy CD Series http://www.BinnsGenealogy.com/ ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dorothy C. White" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Sunday, January 14, 2007 10:51 AM Subject: [VAROOTS] FW: Virgina town question > The native tidewater Virgians do have their own colloquialism. Not quite > as > thick as the Georgetown, SC area but similar. House was "Huse" About was > "aboot? And it was like Boston with aunt - "Awnt". I lived in Newport > News > when Herbert Hoover was president (yes, that long ago)> He gave the > address > at Yorktown's sesquicentennial celebration. Before you got used to it you > had a hard time understanding a lot of the words they spoke. However, the > school system was superb (in that area, anyway.) Very advanced to much of > the south at that time. > > Dorothy C. White > [log in to unmask] > 804.795.4296 > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [log in to unmask] [mailto:[log in to unmask]] > On > Behalf Of herb_316 > Sent: Sunday, January 14, 2007 10:12 AM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: [VAROOTS] Virgina town question > > > Dear Steve and Bunny, > > I( lived in VA about 42 yeqrs and the old times said "Yak" VA when they > were > talking about York, Virginia where Cornwallis surrendered at the mouth of > the "Yak", York River, > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Yvonne and Steve > To: [log in to unmask] ; [log in to unmask] > Sent: Sunday, January 14, 2007 9:55 AM > Subject: Re: [VAROOTS] Virgina town question > > > I received this email and do not know the answer. Does anyone know? And > what search tool do you use to find out about old towns in Virginia? > > Steve and Bunny > Binns Genealogy CD Series > http://www.BinnsGenealogy.com/ > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Pat Brown > To: [log in to unmask] > Sent: Sunday, January 14, 2007 3:05 AM > Subject: Virgina > > > Dear Sir, > > I am resending this email. I was not sure if my email address was > listed. > > Was there ever a town called Yak Virgina? > > Thank you in advance for your time. > > Pat Brown > [log in to unmask] To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe please see the instructions at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-roots.html