About this site
Webmaster notes (Julie): We will share links to records in FamilySearch wherever possible, because their records are free. You will need to be logged in to see the images. Blue words are hyperlinks. If you’d like to see an example of some family pages with text, see Alexander Newman and Hannah Halbert in Essex. Doll is an example of an enslaved individual page linked. Please refrain from sharing screen shots and instead share links to a page, so that everyone can have the latest updates and the direct links to records.
This search bar will do key word searches (like surnames or occupations) and display results from anywhere on this website. A search bar is located at the top and bottom of every webpage on this site.
Meet the Newman researchers:
About Wade Newman
Wade Newman is the baby. Four generations of Newmans, in Orange County, VA
I grew up “back East. “ Since the early seventies the rural four-corners region of the United States of America has been my home. This is an area rich in archaeology. After many years being surrounded by a community immersed in the study of the historical past I began to inquire about the roots of my own family in North America. The records compiled here trace the history of my Newman clan of Virginia as I can best interpret it. Your questions and suggestions are most welcome. Those of you skilled in writing and logic are encouraged to bring more clarity to these files. Julie has set this web page so that all the files can be easily copied by you and revised by us.
Wade Newman. The backdrop here is an eight hundred year old cliff dwelling.
About Anne Willson
I started researching my family when my grandmother started telling me stories about her family. I was 14. I loved the stories! I started keeping track of family records and especially remembering the stories. At 16 I spent 3 months collecting stories from all four of my grandparents; recording them on cassettes and then typing them.
I went on to study Family History at Brigham Young University. That launched more than 25 years of responding to “Can you help me find my family?” questions as well as researching my own family. The best part of helping people was telling them a story about their ancestor–from the records that we found together–and then, like Sherlock Holmes, explaining how the information in the record told the story.
Working with Julie Cabitto and Wade Newman has been so much fun. We all ask questions about the records. Why did they build that? Is that a normal cost for buying a horse? What event were they commemorating when they took that photograph? All of which lead to new discoveries and new conclusions.
About Julie Cabitto
I’ve read through many deed, will and order books to piece together early Virginia families. I’ve studied neighbors listed on deeds and looked at groups of men that repeatedly witnessed or signed records together. I’ve also discovered the names of slaves in deeds, wills, tax records and chancery cases. This site is a huge work in progress where I am gradually uploading and sharing my research. I live in the state of Virginia, so I visit places my ancestors lived and walk the places they walked.
I also work on a website about Mecklenburg County, Virginia family history, the place where Martha Newman raised her 15 children. This other website I’ve created has pictures, stories, a cemetery project, and a map project. (With old plats drawn in, & old houses and cemeteries marked.)
We acknowledge and have tremendous appreciation for the help our family gives us. They listen to us explain our research, then look to see if we communicated what we were trying to explain. Anne’s dad, Victor, helps brainstorm ways to chart and visually display information. Julie’s husband, Aaron, helps with the photography for this website. Julie’s parents, Jay and Anita Nielsen, are sounding boards for our logic, and formatting options. They all give us a lot of great feedback, before you see the final results on this site.
Newman Virginia Roots 