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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] ($). It is also available in book form at the Family History Library: {{FHL|478773|item|disp=FHL Book 975.5 B2vs v. 36-39}}. | The 10,000 name petition (dated 16 October 1776) has been digitized at the [http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/ampage?collId=relpet&fileName=000/013/013page.db&recNum=0 Library of Congress website]. It was signed by people from all over Virginia who wanted an end to persecution of Baptists by the Established Church. Baptists and Baptist sympathizers alike signed the petition. To find your ancestor in this record, first check Hall's transcription in the ''Magazine of Virginia Genealogy'' (Vols. 36-38, with annotations in Vol. 39), which is available online at [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=6131 Ancestry] ($). It is also available in book form at the Family History Library: {{FHL|478773|item|disp=FHL Book 975.5 B2vs v. 36-39}}. | ||
Digital versions of many Virginia Baptists histories, such as ''The History of Virginia Baptists'' (1848), ''Correspondence between Early Virginia Baptists and President George Washington in 1789'' (1894), ''Persecution of Baptists in Early Virginia History'' (1808) are available for free online at the [http://baptisthistoryhomepage.com/va.hist.index.html Baptist History Homepage]. | Digital versions of many Virginia Baptists histories, such as ''The History of Virginia Baptists'' (1848), ''Correspondence between Early Virginia Baptists and President George Washington in 1789'' (1894), ''Persecution of Baptists in Early Virginia History'' (1808) are available for free online at the [http://baptisthistoryhomepage.com/va.hist.index.html Baptist History Homepage]. | ||
[http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/collections/petitions/ Early Virginia Religious Petitions], digitized by the Library of Congress, include many petitions from Virginia congregations that identify inhabitants who belonged to their faiths. | |||
*Semple, Robert Baylor and George William Beale. ''A History of the Rise and Progress of the Baptists in Virginia''. 1810; reprint, Richmond, Va.: Pitt and Dickinson, 1894. Digital | |||
An excellent early history of Virginia Baptists, which identifies the various churches established and their ministiers is: | |||
*Semple, Robert Baylor and George William Beale. ''A History of the Rise and Progress of the Baptists in Virginia''. 1810; reprint, Richmond, Va.: Pitt and Dickinson, 1894. Digital version at [http://books.google.com/books?id=t6RhTC8ziQQC Google Books] - free. | |||
*Howell, Robert Boyte Crawford and American Baptist Historical Society. ''The Early Baptists of Virginia: An Address, Delivered in New York, Before the American Baptist Historical Society, May 10th, 1856''. Press of the Society, 1867. Digital version at [http://books.google.com/books?id=t0bSAAAAMAAJ Google Books] - free. | |||
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