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By Sallie Morgan
Rappahannock News Writer
On Friday, Nov. 10 at 8 p.m., RAAC will host the second of its Friday at the Library series, welcoming writer Laura Matthews ("A Ramble through Rappahannock") and Wayne Baldwin, who has probably collected more genealogical information and more stories about Rappahannock residents than any other one individual. Laura and Wayne will share two very different perspectives on Rappahannock history.
Wayne Baldwin has Rappahannock roots that run as deep as an oak tree's and as broad as a maple's. At age 16 his history teacher at the local high school started him on what can only properly be called a career in exploring those roots. A class assignment to find out something about an ancestor who fought in the civil war inspired Baldwin to start tracking down family members as far back as he could go and to begin collecting stories about their lives.
He had the privilege of knowing all his grandparents, three of his great grandparents, and one step grandmother, who provided much of the initial information he gathered.
From there he began to write to other relatives, and he discovered that a wealth of information is available at the County Clerk’s office. "You can also learn a lot from tombstones," says Wayne. "But my family started to worry about me when other young people were doing things like going to King's Dominion, and I preferred to spend my time
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