You can get to the Virginia Heritage Project from the same Library of VA link you listed above: http://www.lva.virginia.gov/

Barbara

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Thank You,

Douglas Frank

Frame entries are Thomas 77; James 440 and map; John, Mary, William, Esther, Jennet, Elisabeth all on page 474.

No Kramer entries.

On page 477 are David, Mary, Felix, James, Martha, and Eleanor Kennedy. And David 443, George S. and Arabella B. 469.

If you will send your postal address by email (arlene@arleneeakle.com), I will be happy to photocopy these pages for you. Arlene Eakle

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“Having researched extensively in the Northern Neck (Old Prince William) for the last 18 years, I see variations in land laws among the 5 jurisdictions. There’s more to be said about changing the names on the leases, when & why this was done, and how to find the information.

Leases for lives were not always for 3 lives. I’ve seen 2, and even 5 lives on leases. To say the lives were “usually” the wife and oldest son will lead people astray. I don’t find that to be true. Fauquier folks were much better at recording their leases than those in Loudoun. There are very few original leases recorded in the Loudoun county records.”

Ms. Marty Hiatt, CG
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This is a good example of what I called English Law with an American Accent. In the British Isles, especially in Ireland, the lease for three lives
was for three lives for the most part. Sometimes only two lives are specified in writing. I have never seen one for 5 lives–WOW, what a genealogy find that would be. Many thanks to Marty Hiatt for her comments. Arlene Eakle

I hope you include information on precincts, as described in the tithables. In those areas that did not have any organized towns these descriptions may be the only location names more specific than county. They are critical for common surnames.

I wish I had a list of the surviving tithable lists for each county in Virginia and where they might be found. The Family History Library has three volumes of Norfolk County Tithables, from originals that languished in a shed undiscovered for many years. (I would like to buy copies of these books.) Some counties may have tithables online and some counties may not have any records like these that survive.