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The 10,000 name petition (dated 16 October 1776) has been digitized at the [http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/ampage?collId=relpet&fileName=000/013/013page.db&recNum=0 Library of Congress website]. It was signed by people from all over Virginia who wanted an end to persecution of Baptists by the Established Church. Baptists and Baptist sympathizers alike signed the petition. To find your ancestor in this record, first check Hall's transcription in the ''Magazine of Virginia Genealogy'' (Vols. 36-38, with annotations in Vol. 39), which is available online at [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=6131 Ancestry] ($). It is also available in book form at the Family History Library: {{FHL|478773|item|disp=FHL Book 975.5 B2vs v. 36-39}}.
* '''1776''' Petition of Baptists (10,000 names!) and sympathizers from all over Virginia, dated 16 October 1776, asking for an end to persecution of Baptists by the established church. After locating your ancestor, view the digital copies.<br> – Digital copies at [https://www.loc.gov/item/mtjbib000229/ Library of Congress]; also at [https://www.virginiamemory.com/collections/ Library of Virginia] <br> – Hall, Jean Pickett. "Legislative Petitions: the 10,000 name petition" transcription in the ''Magazine of Virginia Genealogy,'' Vols. 35-38, with annotations in Vol. 39, (Richmond, Virginia: Virginia Genealogical Society, 1983-) online at [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/6131/ Ancestry] ($) and in book form at various libraries. <br><noinclude>[[Category:Templates for VA pages]]</noinclude>
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