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From: "Richard Pence" <>
Subject: Re: [APG] Patron's question re early WV/VA records
Date: Wed, 16 Nov 2005 00:36:40 -0500
References: <HFEMIBNCGHDHLOEBFIFPIEJHDKAA.tomm@cclib.org>


Tom:

I've been gone the past 10 days so perhaps you already have this
straightened out.

First, Hardy County was not created from Prince William County. It was
created from a portion of Hampshire County, VA, in 1786.

It was Hardy County, Virginia, until the Civil War, then Hardy County, West
Virginia.

Prince William County is a neighbor to Fairfax County and a long way from
West Virginia!

Ancestry's Redbook says the county has birth and death records from 1853 and
marriage records from 1795. There are land, probate and court records from
the inception of the county in the county.

Generally speaking there were no birth or death records recorded statewide
until after 1900.

Richard
Fairfax, VA

----- Original Message -----
From: "Tom Mueller" <>
To: <>
Sent: Tuesday, November 08, 2005 8:44 AM
Subject: [APG] Patron's question re early WV/VA records


> I'm hoping this is an appropriate question for this list.
>
> I notified a genealogy patron of the West Virginia vital records online
<http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_select.aspx>;
> He has an ancestor who was in Prince William co., VA, which became Hardy
Co., WV. from 1808 to 1832.
> He asked me to find out if BMD records of that time would have been turned
over to West Virginia or were they retained by Virginia?
> It would appreciated if one of you could tell me where to find the answer
to this.
>
>
> Thank you,
>
> Tom Mueller, Librarian I
> Lakes Region Library
> 1511 Druid Rd.
> Inverness, FL 34452
>
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> ph: 352 726-2357
> fx/tdd: 352 726-2814
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