The Lower Norfolk County Virginia Antiquary (Classic Reprint) PDF Download

Author: Edward Wilson James
Publisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9780332960531
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 182

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Excerpt from The Lower Norfolk County Virginia Antiquary Two volumes of the Lower Norfolk County Virginia Anti quary have been given to the public and favorably received, and the Editor is emboldened to hope for as favorable a recep tion for the third volume, of which this is the first part. Not withstanding the Editor announced in the introduction to No. 1, Part 1, that he would answer no questions, he is in the constant receipt of letters and visits, is stopped in the streets, and has been followed into places of business where he has gone to make purchases. The Editor is engaged in this work for his own pleasure and in the future he will not answer1 any letters or questions about genealogical or historical matters. This may appear selfish, but he, as all others who are engaged in this kind of work, has seen enough to be convinced of the impossibility of pleasing everybody. People generally have high notions about their ancestors, and are almost always dis appointed2 and offended when told that there is no evidence and no good reason for believing that they are descended from the important European families whose names they happen to bear, and that remote traditions are almost always misleading and unreliable. Comparatively few of our Colonial American families are able to connect3 with any one on the other side. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.