There is listing in Campbell County, Virginia Courthouse of all free African American men living in the county in 1850(52, I think) in the courthouse. Please do not call them as I do not think they are allowed to look this up for genealogical purposes, but did want to make this known in case it could help someone. Frank Murray ----- Original Message ----- From: "Leslie Morales" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Tuesday, October 09, 2007 6:14 PM Subject: FYI: Va Slave Births Index > Researchers might be interested to know that another volume is available. > Thank you for sharing this information with our colleagues ... LAM > > <>Virginia Slave Births Index, 1853-1865, Volume 5, S-Z > Alexandria Library, Local History/Special Collections > Leslie Anderson Morales, Editor > Beverly Pierce, Assistant Editor > ISBN 978-0-7884-4496-4 > $50.00 plus shipping/handling > Available from Heritage Books at www.HeritageBooks.com > <http://www.HeritageBooks.com> or 1-800-876-6103 > In 1853, the Commonwealth of Virginia began an annual registration of > births and deaths. The Birth Index of Slaves, 1853-1865 was later > transcribed by the Works Project Administration (WPA) and recorded on > microfilm. While the information -- name of slave owner, infant's name, > mother's name, birth date, place of birth -- is of immense value to > genealogists, working with the microfilm can be problematic. Hence the > creation of this multi-volume reference work, Virginia Slave Births Index, > 1853-1865. > > In 2003, staff and volunteers with Local History/Special Collections, > Alexandria Library began to transcribe the WPA microfilm, enter data into > spreadsheets, and sort the information by slave owner's surname and given > name. Entries include single births, multiple births, and stillbirths. > Occasionally, both parents of an enslaved infant are identified. In rare > instances, the name of a freeborn infant appears. Independent city and > couty names are spelled out. Data not reported in the microfilm is > denoted by "----." Illegible text in the microfilm is denoted by "####." > This index includes more than 130,000 entries. > > Leslie Anderson Morales > Reference Librarian > Local History/Special Collections > Alexandria Library > 717 Queen Street > Alexandria, VA 22314-2420 > (703) 838-4577 x213 > http://www.alexandria.lib.va.us/branches/lhsc.html