What's New?

 

* updates to the 'Families and Individuals' section are made too frequently to list. See 'What's New' in that section for details.

* 9/19/2008: completely revamped the 'Avent Surname Distribution' page to show the distribution of the surname throughout the world, and not just the US.

* 2/1/2008: added a picture to the 'Avent Ferry' page (click on 'Avent-related Photographs, Scans, Documents, etc.' to see) of a colonial-era ferry, likely identical to the one used by John Avent when the ferry was founded.

* 8/2/2007: added a pdf file of a fascinating narrative by a Dempsey Pitts, who had been a slave in the household of Benjamin W. Avent, of NC and MS, to the 'African-American Avents' page.

* 6/19/2007: added pdf files of original 1772 Mims-Avent land sale of Avent's Ferry property to Avent Ferry page.

* 3/9/2007: updated the 'Avent Migration Patterns' page.

* 2/19/2007: added a new page on African-American Avents.

* 12/4/2006:  added an Adobe .pdf file of the regimental history of the 5th NC Cavalry to Henry Evans Avent's civil war page. See  http://www.aventfamily.org/heacw.htm

* 6/19/2006: updated the Avent Ferry page with updates concerning the replacement of the Avent Ferry historical marker.

* 4/6/2006: added page on TN Avents under "Branches of the Family".

* 4/6/2006: uploaded cemetery transcriptions from the Avent/Marshall cemetery and David McKinnie cemetery in Hardeman Co., TN to the 'Histories' section under 'Families and Individuals'.

* 3/14/2006: added additional information on the "North Carolina" page under "Branches of the Family" about Peter Avent and his descendants.

* 3/3/2006: updated the An old Avent home site near Emporia, VA link on the 

 Avent-related Photographs, Scans, Documents, etc. page with new information on an old Avent house near Emporia, VA.

* 2/15/2006: added information to the "Where did he live?" page under "Col. Thomas Avent, of Sussex Co., VA " showing the location of early royal land patents of Col. Thomas Avent.

* 1/23/2006: added new area to website: "Families and Individuals" showing detailed information about Avent individuals and families.

* 1/23/2006: uploaded notes on 'Avents in 1850 VA census', 'Greensville Co., VA Notes' and 'Militia Records of Greensville co., VA' to the 'Histories' section under 'Families and Individuals'.

* 1/17/2006: added page on MS Avents under "Branches of the Family"