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To: KLP who wrote (719)	3/4/2001 12:15:14 AM
From: Ilaine	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 6901

I have seen a really cool resource for the Leesburg area for the pre-Revolutionary War era, but I have no idea whether it is available on-line. Loudoun County government is remodeling or renovating the entire county complex, and a few months ago when I needed to look at something in the Circuit Court records, they was temporarily out of the Courthouse down in the Land Records. I was waiting for someone to help me, and idly opened a file cabinet in the public area, and saw a multivolume set reproducing tithing records. Prior to the Revolution in Virginia residents had to pay a tithe to the Church of England no matter whether they were part of the congregation, or Catholic, or Jewish, or whatever. These may be a little known resource, I don't know, it was one I had never seen before.

To: KLP who wrote (719)	3/4/2001 10:31:45 AM
From: PMS Witch	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 6901

...genealogy is in the Top 5 hobbies... I received a phone call last weekend from a cousin I didn't know I had. It seems like he was surveying his family tree and I'm one of the branches. Stranger still, even though my family settled on east coast of Canada after leaving Ireland, I have a number of relatives within a half-hour drive, and a couple within ten miles. Before his phone call, I didn't know any of them existed. My cousin discovered all this from the Internet and started phoning for birth and death dates, marriages, and family history. It makes interesting reading. My The Commander wanted to trace his roots in Ireland. He has no information about his family whatsoever. After travelling around the Green Island for a few days, he picked a pretty spot and had a local snap a picture of us. Whenever he shows the family photo album, he now points out where we originated. He says it's not really fibbing because his grandparents were from Ireland, and that's where the picture was taken. Cheers, PW.