Is your family part of Virginia History? Please post here to join us in the Virginia Project. [closed]

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The Virginia Project covers the people, places, and events through time in the geographic region that we know today as Virginia. See the Virginia Project page for information on our scope of activity and some related projects.

If you are a WikiTree member who would like to help improve profiles and other WikiTree content in Virginia, please:

1. Log In and introduce yourself by answering this post. (Please post an answer, not a comment.) Tell us about your interests in Virginia — and how you intend to contribute — and we will get you a US History badge.
2. Add virginia to your followed tags.
3. Apply to join our discussion email list and optionally join our project profile feed.
4. Create a member entry for yourself on our project page.

Please be sure to check out our project page for links to the various related-projects you might want to join.  Note that several other specialized US-related projects, such as US Southern Colonies, US Presidents, and the 1776 Project, have their own badges separate from this one.  You don't also need to join the Virginia project to participate in one of those projects, but most of us work on multiple topics and may want to be in more than one project.

Thank you!

Please post your request to join us as an answer, not a comment.

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Please provide an 'answer' instead of a 'comment'.

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Hello. I added a lot of profiles of my distant cousins on Ancestry. One group is the Cuffee family of Chesapeake, VA. They do historical stuff in a Facebook group and claim Ancestry back to the 1600s of a guy from Ghana whose son had a ship in Massachusetts. I’m just maybe a 3rd or 4th cousin -but they told me, and I just wrote it down so I wouldn’t forget. Another different family line I was trying to type was some folks on ‘Finding your Roots’ on PBS. I don’t know any of them. I match a black distant cousin’s family on AncestryDNA or 23andme. But that got me to try the GEDcom upload a few months back. That’s why I was asking about the African American sticker. We live in the Hampton Roads area of Virginia.

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hello my son is related to the Cuffee and I also will be working on adding that family and information to their trees.

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Hi.  That’s great. I also added a few more profiles to the tree during the July connect-athon that WikiTree had.  Thank you. 

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I ask to join this group as both my paternal (John Stevenson, 1618 (?) Great Britain- 1677 Lancaster, VA ) and maternal (James Mackgayhee (alias MacGregor) 1618 Scotland-1675 King William, VA) families originate from colonial Virgina. I hope I can find more earlier connections to John Stevenson as he is my brick wall back to GB. I have trees on Wikitree on both these families

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Hi Don! The Virginia Project doesn't cover colonial Virginia - it picks up at 4 July 1776. Check out the US Southern Colonies Project - see its project page & welcome message.

If you'd like to join the Virginia Project also, could you post an answer (instead of a comment)?

Cheers, Liz

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I live in Suffolk, VA and most of my father's family is buried at Holy Neck Christian Church (founded 1747) in the Holland area.

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We've got you added, you should have received an email with further instructions about Virginia.

Answer 2

I would like to join the Virginia project.  My husband has a family line of Quakers named Horn from Nansemond County.

Answer 3

I would like to join the Project.

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You are in!

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ANSWER: Interested in multiple counties. Will add sources in select counties (Prince William, Henrico) as needed.

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Thanks for volunteering to pitch in for those counties!

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I would like to join the Virginia project as I have several ancestral members who were born in VA or migrated from Maryland to Virgina, migrated through the Cumberland gap on into Kentucky. Thank you for your consideration.

 Jewell-2433

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Great to have your help!

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I'd like to join the Virginia Project. I have multiple ancestors from Colonial Virginia but am particularly intesrested at present in collaborating on the protected profile for my sixth gg-grandmother, Mary Madeleine Hardin [[Unknown-8463]]. (My mother was a Hardin.) Results from DNA tests I've taken have given me leads about her possible maiden name, but I want to collaborate with others interested in that profile to help clarify her identity. Thanks!

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Looking forward to your contributions to Mary Madeleine Hardin.

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Thanks, William, for your prompt and very helpful facilitation for me joining the Virginia Project!

Your mentorship is much, much appreciated, and I look forward to contributing!

Cheers,
Mark

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I would like to join the Virginia project. I have lines on my mom's sides (Harris/Isle of Wight) and my dad's (Hagemeyer/Northern VA).

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Doug, Isle of Wight and Harris help would be great.

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I would also like to join the Virginia Project! I have numerous ancestors from early Virginia counties: Stafford, Westmoreland, Fairfax, Loudoun, Madison, Culpeper. Many came 1717-1725 as a part of the Germanna Settlement. Still trying to locate my earliest Whaley immigrant before 1700.

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Help with Germanna Settlement would be great!

Answer 9

I would like to join the Virginia Project.  Looking into Tabors, Stovalls, and Womacks.  Thanks!

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Hi Tabor, Those surnames are not presently covered, so great to have your help!

Answer 10

Hello, my name is De Anna Overcast. I would like to join the Virginia Project. I was born in Sullivan County, Tennessee, all of my mother"s people came from Virginia and the southern part of West Virginia. I am interested in sharing my research and help contribute to documenting early families of Virginia and of (my) special interest Southwest Virginia. I have trace some of my family back to the 1600's in Virginia. I have been doing my family research for about 30 years. I am not an expert, but I do have some background in diagnosing documents for family research. I also understand when I am in over my head and when to seek out an ear. My goal is to locate and document the facts of my family's timeline in Virginia, as well as other areas.

I thank you for your consideration.

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Hi De Anna, your 30 years experience in Southwestern Virginia will be a great addition!

Answer 11

Following Virginia project. Maternal family lineage shows ancestors in VA around mid-1600's to late-1700's. 

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I'll take this as a request to join, thanks.

Answer 12

I would like to join the Virginia project. I have a number of ancestors that came to Virginia in the late 1600s.

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I'll get you added.

Answer 13

I would love to join this project

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Sorry for the delay.  I'll add you now.

Answer 14

Please add me to Virginia Project.  My grandparents are from there and I still have family there

Thank you Linda

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Thanks for reposting as an answer.  I'll get you added.

Answer 15

My grandfather's Lee line goes back to the 1600's in Virginia.  I would like to join The Virginia Project WikiTree.

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Great, I'll add you now!

Answer 16

I would like to join this project. Several of my lines are in Virginia back to early 18th century.

Thank you

Answer 17

Please include me in the Virginia Project, if I'm not already there. I have ancestors among the first Jamestown settlers (and rescuers). I'm looking for info on Skelton and Banister, among others.

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I'll get you added, you may also be interested in the Jamestown project.

Answer 18

 My family line and research focuses  kennon/Lewis/Warner/Reade family lines. includes all families that married into these lines. thank you.

i would like to help with your project, thank you for the badge, i will look around and see if i spot families that i have research documents for and attach them to the people i have researched.thank you

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Thanks Wendy, great to have help with those surnames in Virginia.

Answer 19

Yes, I believe so as I have a Colby in my direct line and keep coming up with dead ends. A few people suggested I look in Virginia. Thank you.

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I'll get you added to the Virginia Project team.

Answer 20

My ancestry goes back to John Gaween how was one of the first Africans to come to America in 1619. They landed at Fort Monroe and settled in and around Jamestown. I would like to be included in your Virginia project

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Great to get your help with Africans.