This area covers: Franklin city/Southampton, Suffolk city/old Nansemond and Isle of Wight Counties of Virginia. BRANTLEY - COURTHOUSE PROJECT We recently digitized all of the Southampton Courthouse books from 1749 - 1880 and indexed them with every man, woman, child and place. This was done by Ken Brantley of the Georgia Brantley Association with help from local friends of genealogy. www.brantleyassociation.com Ken will be moving this to Family.link if all goes well - I'll keep you posted. It will also remain FREE to us through the Southampton County website. http://www.southamptoncounty.org/ Bruce Saunders [log in to unmask] <mailto:Bs4403%40verizon.net> 562-4403 Monitor of the Southampton Group's website and cemetery recorder. THIS IS IF I DON'T ALREADY HAVE IT. If you don't mind I'd like to get your name and address for my personal records only and any updates on email addresses and Surnames you're working on in this area. I will post your name and email address only on our Surname list (located under "files" on the Southampton Yahoo Group Website) Our cemeteries, and CSA records are listed on-line: This also includes Suffolk/ old Nansemond County cemeteries as well and some bordering North Carolina cemeteries. Additions welcome. http://www.rootsweb.com/~vaschs/ I'LL BE GLAD TO SEND YOU ANY RECORDS NOT WORKING. We have a genealogy website with over 300 members, you can post pictures, questions and more. I also post new sources for the area and when we're going to have genealogy meetings, both beginner and advanced. There's quite a bit of information posted to this site under files and pictures with years of post. There is a Surname list with who is working on what families - great place to find distant cousins and share genealogy. FREE always. Http://groups.yahoo.com/group/southamptonhistory/ I've started putting old obituaries on-line, so far 1906 - 1927 and some of the 1930's and 1950's from the Tidewater News (Franklin's hometown newspaper) also 1980. I've been asked not to post anything newer than 1990. We have over 2000 posted. This is an on-going project. Southampton Co. A http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits.htm Ba-Be http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits_b.htm Bi-By http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits_bi.htm C-D http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits_c.htm E-F http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits_e.htm GHI http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits_g.htm JKL http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits_j.htm MNO http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits_m.htm PQRS http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits_p.htm TUV http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits_t.htm WXYZ http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits_w.htm ALSO MANY DONATED OBITS FROM THE SUFFOLK AREA. Nansemond Co. A http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/obituaries.htm B http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/obits_b.htm C-D http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/obits_cd.htm E-G http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/obits_eg.htm H-K http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/obits_hk.htm L-P http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/obits_lp.htm Q-Z http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/obits_qz.htm It's best if you don't bookmark those pages, since they are subject to change. It would be better to bookmark the state or county sites: http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/vafiles2.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond.htm ISLE OF WIGHT COUNTY http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/isleofwight.htm Some of the obits have spilled into other areas: Surry County, Virginia http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/surry.htm Sussex County, Virginia http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/sussex.htm Greensville County, Virginia http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/greensville.htm Newport News, Virginia http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/newportnews.htm Our webmaster, Cliff Hedgepeth also has a website with old Quaker records, military links and other helpful links. http://www.rootsweb.com/~vaschs/cah1.htm Southampton Marriage Registers Book 7 (1890-93) Book 8 (1893-96) Book 9 (1896-99) Book 10 (1899-1902) Book 11 (1902-04). {#11 is not available at the Library of Virginia}. Book 12 (1904-07) http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/vitals.htm Isle of Wight cemetery records and more are on-line http://www.iwchs.com/ Suffolk Nansemond Historical Society also have a website. http://www.suffolkhistory.org Email: [log in to unmask] <mailto:snhs%40verizon.net> I've put over 250 Bible records on-line as well at the Library of Virginia. They also have the Southampton County Death records, census and CSA military cards. http://www.LVA.virginia.gov/ I'm trying to identify everyone in our cemeteries with Full names, Parents and Spouses Full Names, if you can help with even one at the time I would appreciate it. I've concentrated more about who is in our cemeteries and not what's on the stone. I also collect Bible records for this area (Southampton County/ Franklin, Suffolk, old Nansemond County-now part of Suffolk, and Isle of Wight County) Let me know if I can help you and please send me you name and address and who you're working on. Thanks, Bruce Saunders [log in to unmask] <mailto:Bs4403%40verizon.net> To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe, please see the instructions at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-roots.html