{"id":1669,"date":"2020-12-22T08:17:21","date_gmt":"2020-12-22T13:17:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cvga.avenue.org\/?p=1669"},"modified":"2020-12-23T23:36:43","modified_gmt":"2020-12-24T04:36:43","slug":"central-virginia-heritage-winter-2020-v-36-no-4-now-available","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cvga.avenue.org\/?p=1669","title":{"rendered":"Central Virginia Heritage Winter 2020 (v.36, no.4) now Available!"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\" Don\u2019t Discard That Receipt: The Use of Ephemera in Genealogical Research, by Andi Cumbo-Floyd<\/strong>: “When I first began researching the people who were enslaved at the Bremo Plantations in Fluvanna County, I found myself buried in tiny slips of paper. Those little pieces of ephemera\u2014a receipt from that trip to buy seed from that man in Tidewater, that ledger page from the store in Scottsville, the random notes about the cost of burlap\u2014were everywhere in the 195 boxes of the Cocke Family Papers at the Small Special Collections Library.<\/p>\n

My first instinct was to dismiss these pieces in the interest of efficiency and because, honestly, I didn\u2019t care one hoot how much burlap cost. But when I began looking more closely, I started to find names of enslaved people on some of these pages. I learned that Phil and Billy were the postilions who traveled with their master most everywhere. I saw on a list of charges from the doctor that Champion was treated for \u201crheumatism\u201d on more than one occasion. I see that Letty was put under the charge of the master\u2019s gardener…”<\/p>\n

To see the rest of this article,\u00a0CVGA members should go to\u00a0\u201cMembers Only\u201d<\/strong>\u00a0on the menu bar above, and choose\u00a0\u201cCentral Virginia Heritage \u2014 Current Issue.\u201d<\/strong>\u00a0(Note: You have to be logged in to this website in order to see \u201cMembers Only.\u201d)<\/p>\n

If you have trouble logging in to the site to download your copy, please contact me at the webmaster link at the bottom of this page.<\/strong><\/p>\n

For those who are not members of CVGA<\/strong>, we offer the opportunity to purchase a printed copy of each issue. The Winter 2020 issue is available from Amazon.com at https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Central-Virginia-Heritage-Winter-2020\/dp\/B08QKY2YD7<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0for $6.50. Click on the Amazon.com link above or search for \u201cCentral Virginia Heritage\u201d on Amazon.com.<\/p>\n

Contents of the Winter 2020 issue:<\/p>\n