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=== History === | === History === | ||
Truro Parish has served [[Prince William County, Virginia|Prince William]], [[Loudoun County, Virginia|Loudoun]] and [[Fairfax County, Virginia|Fairfax]] counties. Pohick Church fell within the bounds of Truro Parish.<ref>Wikipedia Contributors, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pohick_Church "Pohick Church,"] ''Wikipedia,'' accessed 1 February 2011.</ref> The Falls Church fell within the bounds of Truro Parish for a time during the eighteenth century, before it became a part of [[Fairfax Parish, Virginia|Fairfax Parish]].<ref>[http://www.dhr.virginia.gov/registers/Cities/FallsChurch/110-0001_Falls_Church_1970_Final_Nomination.pdf "The Falls Church,"] in ''National Register of Historic Places Inventory,'' p. 8, accessed 17 February 2011.</ref> Goose Creek Chapel (built 1736) served parishioners as a chapel of ease.<ref>[http://www.hmdb.org/marker.asp?marker=1213 "Goose Creek Chapel"], The Historical Marker Database.</ref><br> | Truro Parish has served [[Prince William County, Virginia|Prince William]], [[Loudoun County, Virginia|Loudoun]] and [[Fairfax County, Virginia|Fairfax]] counties. Pohick Church fell within the bounds of Truro Parish.<ref>Wikipedia Contributors, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pohick_Church "Pohick Church,"] ''Wikipedia,'' accessed 1 February 2011.</ref> The Falls Church fell within the bounds of Truro Parish for a time during the eighteenth century, before it became a part of [[Fairfax Parish, Virginia|Fairfax Parish]].<ref>[http://www.dhr.virginia.gov/registers/Cities/FallsChurch/110-0001_Falls_Church_1970_Final_Nomination.pdf "The Falls Church,"] in ''National Register of Historic Places Inventory,'' p. 8, accessed 17 February 2011.</ref> Goose Creek Chapel (built 1736) served parishioners as a chapel of ease.<ref>[http://www.hmdb.org/marker.asp?marker=1213 "Goose Creek Chapel"], The Historical Marker Database.</ref><br> | ||
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*Slaughter, Philip and Edward Lewis Goodwin. ''History of Truro Parish in Virginia.'' Philadelphia, PA: George W. Jacobs, 1907. Available at {{FHL|92766|title-id|disp=FHL}}. Digital versions available at [http://search.ancestryinstitution.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=25534 Ancestry] ($); [http://contentdm.lib.byu.edu/cdm4/document.php?CISOROOT=/FH27&CISOPTR=44523 Family History Archives]; [http://books.google.com/books?id=izkSAAAAYAAJ Google Books] (full-view); and [http://www.worldvitalrecords.com/indexinfo.aspx?ix=gpc0806346019_philipslaughter1907 World Vital Records] ($). | *Slaughter, Philip and Edward Lewis Goodwin. ''History of Truro Parish in Virginia.'' Philadelphia, PA: George W. Jacobs, 1907. Available at {{FHL|92766|title-id|disp=FHL}}. Digital versions available at [http://search.ancestryinstitution.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=25534 Ancestry] ($); [http://contentdm.lib.byu.edu/cdm4/document.php?CISOROOT=/FH27&CISOPTR=44523 Family History Archives]; [http://books.google.com/books?id=izkSAAAAYAAJ Google Books] (full-view); and [http://www.worldvitalrecords.com/indexinfo.aspx?ix=gpc0806346019_philipslaughter1907 World Vital Records] ($). | ||
Rev. Samuel A. Wallis's history of Pohick Church, Truro Parish, Fairfax County, Virginia (1907) has been digitized by [http://books.google.com/books?id=TSISAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA122&lpg=PA122 Google Books].<ref>''Colonial Churches: A Series of Sketches of Churches in the Original Colony of Virginia'' (Richmond, Va.: Southern Churchman Co., 1907), 122-128.</ref> | Rev. Samuel A. Wallis's history of Pohick Church, Truro Parish, Fairfax County, Virginia (1907) has been digitized by [http://books.google.com/books?id=TSISAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA122&lpg=PA122 Google Books].<ref>''Colonial Churches: A Series of Sketches of Churches in the Original Colony of Virginia'' (Richmond, Va.: Southern Churchman Co., 1907), 122-128.</ref> | ||
Rev. George S. Somerville's history of The Old Falls Church, Fairfax County, Virginia (1907) has been digitized by [http://books.google.com/books?id=TSISAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA129&lpg=PA129 Google Books].<ref>''Colonial Churches: A Series of Sketches of Churches in the Original Colony of Virginia'' (Richmond, Va.: Southern Churchman Co., 1907), 129-133.</ref> | |||
==== Parish Records ==== | ==== Parish Records ==== | ||
===== Parish Registers ===== | ===== Parish Registers ===== | ||
Some births in the parish between 1730 and 1737 were recorded in the vestry book. Abstracts: | Some births in the parish between 1730 and 1737 were recorded in the vestry book. Abstracts: | ||
*Lee, Ida J. "Births from the Truro Parish Vestry Book," ''The William and Mary Quarterly'', Vol. 10, No. 2 (Apr. 1930):190. {{FHL|248629|item|disp=FHL Book 973 H25w}}; digital version at [http://www.jstor.org/stable/1921129 JSTOR] ($). | *Lee, Ida J. "Births from the Truro Parish Vestry Book," ''The William and Mary Quarterly'', Vol. 10, No. 2 (Apr. 1930):190. {{FHL|248629|item|disp=FHL Book 973 H25w}}; digital version at [http://www.jstor.org/stable/1921129 JSTOR] ($). | ||