Ann - I will be reviewing Chesterfield County wills and deeds microfilm from the LoV this week..Frankly, can't remember which ones I ordered; but if you give me the name, I can look for you.. Shirley On Mon, Feb 8, 2010 at 12:06 PM, Ann Avery Hunter <[log in to unmask]>wrote: > I spent the better part of a year reading through all of the Chesterfield > Co. will, deed, and order books page by page. I didn't find the parents of > the wife I was looking for but did find two others as well as a good bit of > information about my families there that wasn't indexed under their names > but under the names of previously unknown siblings or in-laws. It is very > time consuming but well worth the effort. > > Ann > --- > Ann Avery Hunter > Winston-Salem, NC > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bonnie Flythe" <[log in to unmask]> > > To: <[log in to unmask]> > Sent: Monday, February 08, 2010 9:53 AM > > Subject: Re: [VA-ROOTS] Albemarle County Formation > > > I have found a few marriages in Goochland & other counties by reading >> court order books (estate records) and deed books (deeds of gift). In cases >> where the Rev. Douglas did not record a marriage or the bride's father did >> not mention her in his will, this is a time consuming way of trying to >> indentify the bride & does not always yield results. Worth trying though in >> most counties with those records available. >> Bonnie >> > > To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe, please see the instructions > at > http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-roots.html > -- Shirley Cox Schroeder To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe, please see the instructions at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-roots.html