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Sally Phillips <[log in to unmask]>
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Research and writing about Virginia genealogy and family history." <[log in to unmask]>
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Tue, 30 Apr 2019 11:31:59 -0400
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Thank you all.  Good idea, good approaches.  I never thought of the local
library.

On Tue, Apr 30, 2019, 8:06 AM <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> > I am looking for recent information on Broaddus Flats, in the Old Church
> > area, below the Pamunkey.  My husband's immigrant ancestor, George
> > Phillips, settled there in the late 1600s, along with David Crafford
> > (Crawford), one of the Meriwethers, a Page (I think) and lots of other
> > illustrious people.
> >
> > When I search the LVA catalog, I find nothing on Broaddus Flats.  I find
> > it
> > hard to believe that LVA doesn't have anything on the area.  There's a
> > short, old book about it.  There was a fairly recent archaeological dig.
> > I
> > must be searching wrong.
> >
> > How can I find information on Broaddus Flats, back in the 1600s, 1700s,
> > and
> > 1800s?  (I'm not interested in the solar farm proposed for the area.)
> >
> > Thank you.
> >
> > Sally Phillips
> >
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> I went to one of the maps online and ask a question and they answered:It
> is located in the Pamunkey River along Norman's Bridge in Hanover
> County,then they said this site does not reference Broaddus Flats
>
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