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This website is intended to share with others my research on families and individuals, not all of them in my own family tree.   Most of the "Family Files" on the left include several detailed research papers, complete with footnoted references, for families of the southern colonies and states.   Altogether there are nearly 2,000 printed pages on the site, including several downloadable e-books.  

The purpose of this site is to make information available to others.  I have been helped enormously over the years by many gracious researchers who shared their information with me, so it only seems fair to do the same myself.  Feel free to use whatever you find for your personal genealogy efforts.  However, please do not publish anything you find here without permission. Please see About This Website for more information. And see About Bob for more about me.


Interpreting Colonial Records: Legal and Other Helpful Hints

(For Genealogists Researching Virginia and the Southern Colonies)

Some Basic Topics

Wills, Probate, Succession, and Inheritance

Headrights

Taxes & Tithables

Parish Records

Names & Naming Practices