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    <unittitle>Buena Vista Presbyterian Church Register</unittitle>
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      <corpname rules="aacr" source="lcnaf">Buena Vista Presybterian Church (Buena Vista, Va.)</corpname>
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    <unitdate calendar="gregorian" datechar="creation" era="ce" normal="1908/1926" type="inclusive">Inclusive 1908-1926</unitdate>
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      <language langcode="eng">English</language>
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<p>The materials from Washington and Lee University Special Collections are made available for use in research, teaching, and private study, pursuant to U.S. Copyright law.  The user assumes full responsibility for any use of the materials, including but not limited to, infringement of copyright and publication rights of reproduced materials.  Any materials used should be fully credited with the source.  Permission for publication of this material, in part or in full, must be secured with the Head of Special Collections.</p>  </userestrict>
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    <head>Preferred Citation</head>
<p>Preferred citation: [Identification of item], Buena Vista Presbyterian Church Register, WLU Coll. 0295, Special Collections and Archives, James G. Leyburn Library, Washington and Lee University, Lexington, VA. <p>In some cases the citation format may vary. Please contact Special Collections staff to verify the appropriate format.</p></p>  </prefercite>
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<p>Blue sheet prepared by Betty Kondayan (5/16/07)</p>  </processinfo>
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<p>This register of the Presbyterian Church of Buena Vista, Virginia was prepared during the pastorates of Reverend A.C. Hopkins and Reverend J.S. Montgomery, 1908-1926. It includes records of pastors, 1890-1924; elders, 1890-1925; deacons, 1912-1925; communicants, 1902-1926; baptisms, 1908-1924; marriages, 1925-1926; deaths, 1925-1926.</p>  </scopecontent>
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    <subject source="fast">Account books</subject>
    <subject source="fast">Records</subject>
    <subject source="fast">Church history</subject>
    <geogname source="fast">Virginia -- Buena Vista</geogname>
    <subject source="fast">Genealogy</subject>
    <corpname rules="aacr" source="lcnaf">Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A.</corpname>
    <persname rules="aacr" source="lcnaf">Hopkins, A. C.</persname>
    <persname rules="aacr" source="lcnaf">Montgomery, J. S.</persname>
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