Introduction REACH has adopted the 7 tenets of the History Relevance value statement. One core value is engaged citizens. As we discover "brick walls" in our research or hear from other individuals or organizations with an unsolved research interest in the three rivers region, we will share them as a history mystery. Okay local… Continue reading Three Rivers History Mystery: West Point Antiques, 706 Main Street (Lot 432), West Point, VA
Ann Cunningham seems to disappear from the record after 1883. To date, we have not located a will, death certificate or any deeds in the King William County "burned" records showing how her properties were transferred. Given the fact this was a female property owner beginning in 1863 without any mention of her husband or a trustee, why is there no local record of who she was? Did she die in 1883? Move?
Digitized archival records provide a phenomenal portal to the past allowing us to time travel with an expanded itinerary. Inclusive storytelling requires that every note in the composition of our collective song is heard. As our access to documents increases via technology, we have the opportunity to restore the missing pages of the score. A community’s history is its soundtrack with many songs and composers, but ultimately one shared story.
If you are new to this series and would like to learn more, click here to read the introduction. One of the services offered by REACH Consulting is the preparation of a house history. The following short preview of the type of information we research features a beautiful historic home in West Point, VA which… Continue reading This Old House Series: Lot 281, 516 Main Street, West Point, VA–a Snapshot of the Early Years 1865-1907
History is a symphony of echoes heard and unheard. It is a poem with events as verses. ~Charles Angoff The purpose of this series is to document West Point, Virginia’s long, complex and significant multicultural history for hundreds of years as a port of entry, port of delivery and port of departure. Along these… Continue reading Introduction: the Forgotten Port Series West Point,Virginia
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