The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-02-14
THE T1MEs-R1CHMOND VA. SUNDAY. FEBRUARY H. 1897.

any OF the ladies or from George III.
Vests bookstore. AS the number Is
limited It is unwise TO postpone getting
your ticket. Trere will be absolutely no
tickets sold at the club. and no admit
lance except by ticket. The complete
programme and names Of reception com
mttee will appear In papers during the
week and on next Sunday.
a meeting OF the Virginia Society OF
Colonial Danes was held in the parlots
OF the Y. NJ. g. a on wednesday AFTER
noon at O'Clock. Mrs. Russell Robinson;
president OF the society, presided, ana
there was a particularly large ATTENDANCE
Those present were Mrs. James Lyons,
Mrs. NJ +. Peasants Mrs. Herbert Clai-
| orne. Mrs. Lucy Trent. Mrs. Philip \.
I truce. Mrs william II. Robins. Mrs.
Il ebert a. Lancaster, Mrs. William u.
II homas, Miss Annie Rose Walker. Mrs.
O. A. Davenport, Mrs. Thomas q. Peyton,
NJ rs. Woodward, Mrs. Landonla Dashiel.
NJ rs. Parke c. Bagby, Mrs. Emma Read
~ II. Mrs. /. y. Jones, Mrs. Hunter Nc
CT ire. Mrs William Writ Henry. Mrs.
Uo ward Hoge, Mrs. Charles Blanton. Mrs.
on aries Selden. Mrs. George Mayo. Mrs.
A. Langstaff Johnston. Mrs. Louise -.
Car sozo. Mrs Reginald Gillian, Mrs. VIII
liaul II. Perkins. Mrs. Moncure Perkins.
Mr.i. Henrietta Lee Coulling, Mrs Mere
dith, Montague.
Mich business was transacted. Mrs.
Tire MT reported 1902 subscriptions 10 the
ATiddlesex Register. which the society
verg earnestly hope 10 be able 10 nave
published More subscriptions are needed
10 ts able 10 accomplish II. the fonow-
ing paper was read 10 show the import
ance of the work.
The copying Of old parish registers by
the Colonial Danes OF the State of Viz
ginia IS a creditabe work. and one tnat
has been pressed forward by the Oldest
historical and genealogical societies IN
this country and I'm England.
Persons actively interested in practical
historical work within this state and out
OF f. have expressed themselves as
deeply interested I'm this work. Mr.. Tyler,
Mr. Brock. Mr. Bruce. Mr.. Traylor MI
James. and W. G. Stanard have urged
the Danes to continue the work, for the
Old registers are the foundation for any
correct family history I'm Virginia, and. as
Virginians are scattered all over the
United states, the need or the registers
IS widespread. Mr. G.. ". Montague, n
welf-known gencalogist. Of Massachusetts.
says i'm q late publication: Families had
not 20 any extent moved prior 10 ITO
from original hOmestcads. the generations
had lived and died in the same neigh
borhoOd. and each generation seemed 10
hsrve horne the same names OF william,
Thomas. Peter. Elizabeth, Caroline, and
Frances. II IS almost impossible to sepa-
rate one from the other. Even when
the record OF all the counties were in
hard Ii w=is found impossible 10 form
a connected pedigree. It is only when
the vcstry books Of Christ church. Mid
dlcsex are used in connection with the
various county records that light began
10 dawn" Horace T.. Hayden. the we'll
known genallogist, makes constant use OF
this old register
ANY oficiaf record Of births deaths. and
maria gcs is compelled to be indispensable
i'm true family history and the Christ
Church Register. OF Middesex. and the
Kingston Register. OF Gloucester being
the Oldest In Virginia, and OF most inn
portance. were, Of course, first copied by
the Colonial Danes.
Every one, Of the forty or fifty volumes
of the New England Genealogical His
torical Regi ster, the veteran OF genealogi-
cal magazines, contain publications Of
various parish registers The English
Public Record Society, which IS OF the
highest stand ing in England and through
out the wor Il. publishes each year IN
handsome ami carefully-edited editions
copies OF parish registers So the action
OF the Colonial Danes IS sustained by the
most ancient nd honorable societies
The value of the few remaining Nir-
= -
10y the destruction of so many OF our
other public records. II the object Of the
Colonial Danes IN the State of Virginia
is 10 preserve authentic data In regard
20 its people the first and best thing they
can do 20 favor this object is 10 preserve
the parish registers, many Of which are
so old that as one turns the leaves bits
OF them fly Off. ald the pen marks, too.
are gradually becoining ilegible.
4 letter from Mrs. Gale chairman OF
the Colonial Danes Of America. resident
I'm Tennessee. was rpad-requesting a loan
Of Colonial relics for the Tennessee Cen
tennal.
Tire folloyfng members were elected:
Mr.. Maria Brooke Armat Washington.
u. c.. Mrs. Ida Lee Rust Folett. Gin
cinnat o.: Miss Virginia Bell Helm,
Covington. Ky; Mrs Elizabeth Mcdowell
WEIGH Dallas Tex: Miss Florence BOYLE.
ST. Louis. Mo: Mrs. John l.. Currie.
Dallas Tex: Mrs. Richard -. Smith.
Richmond; Miss Emile Wood Reich.
Rockville. Md: Mrs. -. John Boyle,
Louisville. Ky; Miss Cannie Webb Ford.
Coving7on. Ky; Mrs Lulie Harrison
Rucker. Richmond, Va: Mrs. Belle Clay
Lyons. Louisville Ky. Mrs. Mary Al
friend Lanerty. Richmond; Mrs. Mary
Chambers Woodbridge. Louisville. Ky.
Miss Belle Brent Palmer. Louisville Ky:
Miss Eugenia Young Danvllc. Ky. Mrs.
Mary Atkinson Cunr ngham, henderson,
Ky; Miss Maria Louisa Darby. Louis
Vile Ky: Mrs. Jane Young rutherford,
Paris. Ky.
After the meeting in the presence OF ths
society and a few invited guests. very
br chit and charming sketch of Colonial
yfe in Virginia was read by Mr. James
Lyons. Tho paper was written by Miss
Annie Mayo. and won the prize G. twenty
dollar gold piece. offered by the Virginia
Danes for the best essay upon a. Colonial
subject by a pupil OF the schools Of the
state.
The party being organized by Mrs.
Caskie CabelI 10 the CITY OF Mexico next
month. promises success. The number
will be limited 10 the capacity OF one
Pullman car. The programme IS 10 spend
a day and night in New Orleans during
the Mardi-Gras. thence direct 10 the city
or Mexico. via Eagle Pass. where side
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