Quote Originally Posted by long_hand View Post
EagleJCS,

In Washington County during the middle or late 1700's there was a rather disastrous fire that consumed a public records building that housed the majority of Virginia records. This is why anyone whose ancestors came through and lived in Va are typically hard to find.
Huh? This has not been my experience at all. Virginia has some of the most complete records of any of the southeastern US states. And the importance of some to be descended from FFV's has insured that Virginia's records are accessible and well preserved.