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| The Virginia Genealogist, April-June 1983 |
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Preface for Book 3
TOMBSTONE INSCRIPTIONS
Toms Brook and Vicinity Shenandoah County, Virginia |
This compilation is being published for posterity, and as another tool for family genealogists, historians, researchers, and others, who have a sincere insterst in their ancestors, and a deep respect for the deceased, and their final resting places, as it is all too common for individuals to forget their ancestors, and the memory seems to dull with each succeeding generation.
It is very difficult to keep this type of a publication error free, as each name is handled at least three times, first in copying the tombstone inscription, then typing of the manuscript, and lastly, to collate the index. It is hoped that errors of perception, and transcription are minimal, as they are not intentional, however they do represent the frailties of man.
This volume is the third of a series of volumes by this compiler. The previous two volumes were: Tombstone inscriptions, Toms Brook, and vicinity, Shenandoah County, Virginia, and Tombstone inscriptions, Strasburg, and vicinity, Shenandoah County, Virginia. A fourth volume, Tombstone inscriptions, Woodstock, and vicinity, Shenandoah County, Virginia, will be published in February or March of 1983. The first two volumes were published in early 1982.
This volume contains tombstone inscriptions that were copied from two hundred and forty eight (248) burial grounds. One hundred and eighty six (186) of these cemeteries are located in Shenandoah County, Virginia, with eighty eight (88) of the one hundred and eighty six (l86), located in the Fort Valley vicinity of Shenandoah County, Virginia; forty two (42) from Page county, Virginia; ten (10) from Warren County, Virginia; six (6) from Frederick County, Virginia; and four (4) from Hardy County, West Virginia. Page, Warren, and Frederick County, Virginia , and Hardy County, West Virginia, all lie adjacent to the boundaries of Shenandoah County, Virginia. Most of the two hundred and forty eight (248) cemeteries, are of the family, or private category, and the residue are Church and Community.
There are several Revolutionary War soldiers listed in this volume, and possibly several more that have not heretofore been recorded by patriotic organizations.
The index contains 9,152 names, more or less, and quite a number of the burials occured in the 1700's, a very large number in the 1800's, and also quite a number in the 1900's.
The supplemental index contains surnames that are collation errors, and those marked with an asterisk, have lost their identity with any particular page number of this volume .
The National Archives building in Washington, D. C., has the following inscribed thereon: "What is past is prologue - study the past." |
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