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This collection consists of ca. 2,500 items, ca. 1904-1944, and n.d., compiled by Virginia Strickler Milbourne, and includes genealogical and historical information about Page County, Virginia. The historical information includes Indian settlement and archaeology in the area at the time of the first settlers, Governor Spottswood's expedition into the Valley, the Revolutionary War Period, and information on Page when it was part of other counties-- Augusta, Frederick, Orange, and SpotsylvaniaCounties--mostly in deed and will books. There is also information on the period of the Civil War, and the late nineteenth and early twentieth century periods: particularly notable is the information on the industry in the area, such as forges and mining. There is also information on the Shenandoah National Park, the Shenandoah Valley Railroad(S. V. R. R.), history of utilities in the Valley, area post office and road history, area property and railroad assessments, and the area's national and state politicians and late eighteenth-early nineteenth century area censuses. The genealogical information includes family histories, with some genealogical charts, of Shenandoah Valley families, particularly the German settlers. Information on area parishes emphasizes those of Baptist or Mennonite origins, as many early German settlers were of these denominations.