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Of course, www.Rootsweb.com is THE free genealogy web site, which has been a widely used resource to many folks over the recent years. It is possible to find a lot of information there, some of which will conflict with what you know to be true.

A very thorough examination of the early records about Mizells in Surry County Virginia (and early North Carolina) has been developed by Robert W. Baird at http://www.genfiles.com/mizell/Mizellsurry.htm. He offers interpretation about each record which should be helpful to all of us trying to understand the events of those early days.

In September 2004, the web site for soldiers in the Civil War was posted at www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/info.htm which provides records on 6.3 million soldiers. There were, of course, Mizells who fought on both sides of this conflict. There are several hundred Mizells who fought for the Confederacy, listed under many different spellings besides "Mizell" (see "What's in a Name"). And there are several dozen Mizells, again under many spellings, who fought for the Union side.

There is a Learning Center at homepages.rootsweb.com/~haas/learningcenter.html which has been posted by Linda Haas Davenport that provides an excellent tutorial for those interested in researching their family tree.

If you are interested in researching state land records for your ancestors, and don’t have a lot of experience doing it, an excellent primer on this world has been prepared by Linda Haas Davenport at: homepages.rootsweb.com/~haas/land/statelandstates02.html

Linda Haas Davenport has another excellent posting that provides wonderful guidelines about going to your favorite courthouse (or what you hope will be your favorite resource!) to find information about ancestors. See: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~haas/learningcenter/courthouseresearch.html

John R. Mizell is a Vietnam Veteran who was forced into permanent disability through exposure to chemical agents from that era. He compiled an amazing amount of information about the Mizell family history which he posted at: http://www.angelfire.com/ut/geneology12/genealogy.html I first visited his site in 1999, and found it to be an good window to the broad family tree. His site was among a few sources which I used to develop my first Family Tree Maker® file on the Mizells. We should all be grateful to John for his service to our country and for his efforts to advance our understanding of the Mizell history.

A book entitled The Formation of the North Carolina Counties 1663-1943, by David Leroy Corbitt, first published in 1950 by the North Carolina Department of Archives and History, is an outstanding explanation on this subject. The Sixth printing occurred in 2000 and can be ordered at: www.ah.dcr.state.nc.us/sections/hp/catalog/county.htm. Portions of this document are found at: www.rootsweb.com/~nccatawb/countyfm.htm

The Bertie County North Carolina web site at www.rootsweb.com/~ncbertie/ is another good starting point for those interested in the early Mizell history.

You can learn more about Vinegar Bend Mizell at www.baseball-almanac.com/players/player.php?p=mizelvi01 who pitched for the St Louis Cardinals, Pittsburgh Pirates and New York Mets in the 1950s and early 1960s. Or visit www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0775387.html

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