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Old Rappahannock, the earliest settlers
Big research projects take awhile to do well and as accurately as possible. So here’s a brief update to let you know what we’re working on getting ready to share. This past year Wade, Anne and I have done a lot of research on the first immigrating families, with land patents beginning a few years…
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Richmond: city or county?
Virginia historical societies, voting districts, newspapers, land and court records often refer to regional names in Virginia. However none of them use the same boundaries for those same regions, so we made a map to define the boundaries we will use to organize information on this website. Before 1790, Virginia also included present day Kentucky…
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The Virginia marriage study is ready to share!
We’re excited to share the results of our marriage study 1630-1830. We were surprised that the earliest marriage that fit our criteria was 1711. Over 2,000 Bibles were ruled out because the bride or groom was born in Europe or the birth date was not listed for one of them. The majority of the Bibles…
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Introducing a Newman Community!
We’ve been pondering what else could help with our Newman research and we believe a Newman community is what we need. Existing published research about the 1820’s-1830’s can sometimes be a bit hazy. It’s important to our efforts to fix errors we find in existing research from this time period, when many people left Virginia…
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Gee’s Tavern
William Newman and Ann Finnell’s daughter, Sarah Newman, married Joseph Gee and moved to Davidson County, Tennessee. Her brother Charles Newman and a few nieces and nephews also moved to the area. A large number of Elias Newman’s grandchildren began moving west in the early 1800’s. Some of the men went to Kentucky soon after…
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Fredericksburg, Virginia
Founding Fathers frequently visited Fredericksburg. It’s survived a number of fires and battles. So much has been written about Fredericksburg, which was founded almost 300 years ago. This new page includes a few highlights of Colonial Fredericksburg. My husband Aaron took all these pictures. -Julie Annual Luminera Event. Every Memorial Day, ten thousand of candles…
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Culpeper Pictures added
My husband and I went to Culpeper to take some pictures. There was a James Newman who was a trustee of Jeffersonton. This James was a large land owner (3,000 acres) in Culpeper’s earliest days. I’m not sure where he fits in with the Newman’s yet. Unfortunately many early Culpeper wills have been lost from…
Newman Virginia Roots 