Ms. Little has also a great lecture on taxes and how to milk them for all they are worth. I learned a lot from her lecture and now know to also check the statutes and the county laws as they changed regarding taxes. The rules and regulations were not stagnant. Poldi On Tue, Aug 18, 2009 at 5:32 PM, James Burnett <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > If she comes somewhere near you Barbara Vines-Little has several great > lectures on this topic. Barbara is located in Virginia and speaks around > the state as well as nationally quite a bit. > Douglas Burnett > Satellite Beach > FL > > On Tue, Aug 18, 2009 at 8:37 AM, Metz, John (LVA) < > [log in to unmask]> wrote: > > > > > In Virginia the law of entail was abolished in 1776 and primogeniture > > was eliminated in 1785. After 1785, the VA law provided for equal > > sharing of real property among all the heirs - both male and female. An > > excellent source for this is C. Ray Keim, Primogeniture and Entail in > > Colonial Virginia, William and Mary Quarterly, Volume XXV, No. 4 > > (October 1968), Pages 550-551. The article may be accessed via JSTOR on > > site at the Library of Virginia. > > > > ____________________________________ > > John D. Metz, Director > > Collection Management Services > > The Library of Virginia > > 800 East Broad Street > > Richmond, VA 23219 > > > > Phone: (804) 692-3607 > > Fax: (804) 692-2277 > > [log in to unmask] > > > > > > > > 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 > > > > To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe, please see the instructions > at > http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-roots.html > -- "She is insane, of course. The family history has become a mania for her." Hercule Poirot http://www.FrontPorchRockerNews.blogspot.com http://www.familytreedna.com/public/Langford This project includes Lankford spelling also. "Truth and reason are eternal. They have prevailed. And they will eternally prevail; however, in times and places they may be overborne for a while by violence, military, civil, or ecclesiastical." --Thomas Jefferson Thomas Jefferson, 1810 To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe, please see the instructions at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-roots.html