David Houchin has been named as our nominee for History Hero for the Fifteenth Annual West Virginia History Hero Award. On the application we are allowed to attach testimonials, so if you would like to give David support for this award, please email me that testimonial and I will include it. The nomination must be postmarked or hand delivered no later than Dec. 31st, so please send ASAP. Thanks, Diana

Its fascinating.If we all dig enuff we are all related to someone famous or infamous.It may not always be direct but perhaps cousins from one of those offshoot lines. A few found in my lines: Ralph Waldo Emerson.....wish I could write like Ralph! John Adams Paul Revere David Crockett......2nd cousin 7 times removed..But hey that's close enuff for braggin rights...:) Merry Christmas Clarksburg, Mike Thompson Red Oak,Tx

Diana To me, David Houchin is a walking Encyclopedia of Harrison County Genealogy History!. He has steered me in the right direction many times and I can't thank him enough for his help. Ethel Hammond Nielsen ________________________________ From: Diana Johnson <[email protected]> To: Harrison Co Gen Soc <[email protected]> Sent: Sat, December 4, 2010 10:26:21 AM Subject: [HCGS] History Hero nominee David Houchin has been named as our nominee for History Hero for the Fifteenth Annual West Virginia History Hero Award. On the application we are allowed to attach testimonials, so if you would like to give David support for this award, please email me that testimonial and I will include it. The nomination must be postmarked or hand delivered no later than Dec. 31st, so please send ASAP. Thanks, Diana ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

How about someone like the infamous Charles Manson? He has Barbour County roots thru the Ingram family. You have the good with the bad. Lyle Corder

Dave We just got our 200th participant, which includes 16 mtDNA, and 22 Family Finder (this group is growing fast!). Many of the mt and FF also did Y-DNA. Our project ranks about number 126 in size, compared to the BARTLETT surname being in the 300s for frequency. Ours is a very active and robust project, with many "teams" working on the 19 separate lines we've identified so far; and those trying to get other lines represented by matching DNA from at least two descendants. We've determined the biological father in four cases where the DNA didn't match as expected (all in late 1700s); and I'm actively working with three adoption issues which probably have BARTLETT fathers (the Family Finder DNA test is helping in two of these) Actually, I am active in the research of all of the BARTLETT lines. And now with Family Finder we can work with any descendant of a BARTLETT line, no matter how many males and females the descent goes through to the living DNA participant! We are having a lot of fun - and it's quite exciting, using the new DNA tools to augment our traditional (and sometimes, exhausted) paper records. As always, I encourage every serious genealogist to get the DNA of their lines documented! DNA Kits make great gifts - it's fun, interesting, informative, and using the results keeps the gift going for many months. Jim - Sent from my iPhone - FaceTime! On Dec 3, 2010, at 2:14 PM, Dave Kuhl <[email protected]> wrote: > Cool. I'll be here. My wife has a lot of health problems, so I am tied down > giving her shots, etc. She does not want to travel. So, most of my "travel" is > on the internet. > > > I did a program in November on DNA. > > How is your DNA project doing? > Dave Kuhl > 210 Glen Eagles Drive > Ocean Springs, MS 39564-9041 > e-mail: [email protected] > > > > > ________________________________ > From: Jim Bartlett <[email protected]> > To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > Sent: Fri, December 3, 2010 12:59:54 PM > Subject: Re: [HCGS] Greetings > > Dave - say hi to all the Seabees down there in Gulfpoot. I'll have to look you > up the next time I'm there (I've been a Seabee since 1967, and am now the Vice > Chairman of the Board for the Seabee Memorial Scholarship Association - we have > about 100 children of Seabees on $1,700 scholarships each year) > > Jim - Sent from my iPhone - FaceTime! > > On Dec 3, 2010, at 12:13 PM, Dave Kuhl <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Greetings from the warm and sunny and snow free Mississippi Gulf Coast. >> >> My local society had our Christmas dinner meeting last night at a local >> restaurant. I had a seafood platter. Everything was locally caught and it was >> >> excellent. I brought half of it home in a takeout box. I had oysters, shrimp, > >> crab, broiled red fish, a baked potato and a salad. And no BP oil!! >> >> We were swapping tall tales about our ancestors. I told about Penelope Stout >> who was scalped by Indians. (I avoided the gruesome details while we were >> eating.) >> >> A lady told about being descended from Andrew Barnes who claimed to have shot >> Cornstalk. Another lady said that she was descended from Cornstalk. >> >> These ladies then got on their walkers and jousted with butter knives at three > >> paces. Then they hugged and wished each other a Merry Christmas. >> >> >> (Just kidding about the jousting.) >> >> We had our annual election and installation of officers for the new year. I >> hold the records for having been president the most number of times. I managed >> >> to get other people to fill most of the offices. (It pays to be on the >> nominating committee.) I still have to do everything else: website, yearbook, >> >> newsletter, e-mail meeting notification, projects, etc. etc. >> >> We only lost one member to death this year. She had a heart valve replacement > >> at the Cleveland Clinic. The surgery went fine but she caught pneumonia and >> died. Several other hospitals including the Mayo Clinic had refused to operate >> >> on her. >> >> >> We are like many organizations. Our members are getting older. We are not >> recruiting enough new members. We are down to about 35 local members and about >> >> 15 out of town with 20 to 25 attending monthly meetings and work shops. We >> lost >> >> about 6 members who moved away after Hurricane Katrina. >> >> >> I sat next to a retired marine LC. I’ll probably help him with his memoirs. >> One >> >> of the men in his unit in Korea was the son of Allen Dulles. He was hit in the >> >> head with shrapnel and is still living in a hospital in Switzerland. (Allen >> Dulles was the head of the CIA. His brother John Foster Dulles was Secretary >> of >> >> State.) These stories should not be lost to history. >> >> Dave Kuhl >> 210 Glen Eagles Drive >> Ocean Springs, MS 39564-9041 >> e-mail: [email protected] >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] >> with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of >> the message > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] > with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of > the message > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Mike Pattrick, WI class of 62, is announceing the game. Welcome home Mike.   Dave Kuhl 210 Glen Eagles Drive Ocean Springs, MS 39564-9041 e-mail: [email protected]

WVU and Rutgers are playing at 12:00 EST on ABC/ESPN   The is a very important game because a win by WVU and a loss by UCONN will give WVU the conference title and a shot at a good bowl.  Dave Kuhl 210 Glen Eagles Drive Ocean Springs, MS 39564-9041 e-mail: [email protected]

Dave Kuhl's email about what his local society was doing was a good idea. Let’s hear from others who live out of town. What are your local societies doing for Christmas? Do you have any interesting projects? Don’t be bashful, share with the rest of us.

Dave I saw a quote recently that 80% of the folks in England descend from Edward I; and so folks who can take their ancestry back to the early/mid-1600s in Colonial America, would probably descend from Edward also. It turns out George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Barack Obama, and I all descend from Edward I, and are therefor cousins. Jim - Sent from my iPhone - FaceTime! On Dec 4, 2010, at 12:19 AM, Dave Kuhl <[email protected]> wrote: > Are you related to someone famous? > > We have all been entertained by President Barack Obama’s comments that > genealogists have linked him to Vice President Dick Cheney and Barack commenting > that he wished they would find somebody cool that he was related to. > > Well depending on your political point of view a lot of us are either blessed or > cursed by being related to President George W. Bush. > > > All of us with the Cutright ancestry and most with the Stout ancestry are > related. > > Look at: > > http://www.wargs.com/political/bush.html > > This is an Ahnantafel chart presentation. The numbers are the same as those on > a standard pedigree chart extended infinitely. > > For Cutright ancestry, go to number 3918, 7836, 15672, etc. > > President G. W. Bush and President Obama are also related. Go to number 5512. > > There are many more famous people in this list. > The Baldwin brothers, > Benedict Arnold > Adlai Stevenson > Abraham Lincoln [see other descendants of] 8950 > BRIGHAM YOUNG (1801-1877), Mormon leader 2200 > FRANKLIN DELANO ROOSEVELT (1882-1945), US President 2182, 2230 > > Fuller/Lothrop Mayflower line – 8732 [Includes Stout ancestry] > ALLEN WELSH DULLES (1893-1969), Director of Central Intelligence > JOSEPH SMITH (1805-1844), founder of the Mormon Church > GEORGIA O'KEEFFE (1887-1986), artist > ALFRED CALL FULLER (1885-1973), founder of Fuller Brush Co. > ULYSSES SIMPSON GRANT (1822-1885), US President > Willard MITT ROMNEY (b. 1947), Governor of Massachusetts > Nedina Hutton ("DINA MERRILL"), (b. 1925), actress > > Many Presidents and other famous people are listed. Use the search feature and > search for a name or number. > > Dave Kuhl > 210 Glen Eagles Drive > Ocean Springs, MS 39564-9041 > e-mail: [email protected] > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Are you related to someone famous?   We have all been entertained by President Barack Obama’s comments that genealogists have linked him to Vice President Dick Cheney and Barack commenting that he wished they would find somebody cool that he was related to.   Well depending on your political point of view a lot of us are either blessed or cursed by being related to President George W. Bush.   All of us with the Cutright ancestry and most with the Stout ancestry are related.   Look at:   http://www.wargs.com/political/bush.html   This is an Ahnantafel chart presentation.  The numbers are the same as those on a standard pedigree chart extended infinitely. For Cutright ancestry, go to number 3918, 7836, 15672, etc.   President G. W. Bush and President Obama are also related. Go to number 5512.   There are many more famous people in this list. The Baldwin brothers, Benedict Arnold Adlai Stevenson Abraham Lincoln [see other descendants of] 8950 BRIGHAM YOUNG (1801-1877), Mormon leader 2200 FRANKLIN DELANO ROOSEVELT (1882-1945), US President 2182, 2230   Fuller/Lothrop Mayflower line – 8732 [Includes Stout ancestry] ALLEN WELSH DULLES (1893-1969), Director of Central Intelligence JOSEPH SMITH (1805-1844), founder of the Mormon Church GEORGIA O'KEEFFE (1887-1986), artist ALFRED CALL FULLER (1885-1973), founder of Fuller Brush Co. ULYSSES SIMPSON GRANT (1822-1885), US President Willard MITT ROMNEY (b. 1947), Governor of Massachusetts Nedina Hutton ("DINA MERRILL"), (b. 1925), actress   Many Presidents and other famous people are listed. Use the search feature and search for a name or number.  Dave Kuhl 210 Glen Eagles Drive Ocean Springs, MS 39564-9041 e-mail: [email protected]

Very nice, Dick - always enjoy what you post. ________________________________ From: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Wed, December 1, 2010 1:58:50 AM Subject: [HCGS] WVHCGS WEB SITE The Harrison County Genealogical Society Web Site has been updated. I hope you all had a great Thanksgiving so now is our trip to Christmas in a round about way. Let me know if the links work for you... Dick Web Master http://www.wvhcgs.com ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Enjoyed your remarkable account! Somehow I had forgotten that you lived on the gulf. By the time I finished reading your news, I could smell the ocean and seafood. That was delightful reading! Thanks for sharing... I send greetings from the north coast and Cleveland. - Sharon ________________________________ From: Dave Kuhl <[email protected]> To: hcgs <[email protected]> Sent: Fri, December 3, 2010 12:13:07 PM Subject: [HCGS] Greetings Greetings from the warm and sunny and snow free Mississippi Gulf Coast. My local society had our Christmas dinner meeting last night at a local restaurant. I had a seafood platter. Everything was locally caught and it was excellent. I brought half of it home in a takeout box. I had oysters, shrimp, crab, broiled red fish, a baked potato and a salad. And no BP oil!! We were swapping tall tales about our ancestors. I told about Penelope Stout who was scalped by Indians. (I avoided the gruesome details while we were eating.) A lady told about being descended from Andrew Barnes who claimed to have shot Cornstalk. Another lady said that she was descended from Cornstalk. These ladies then got on their walkers and jousted with butter knives at three paces. Then they hugged and wished each other a Merry Christmas. (Just kidding about the jousting.) We had our annual election and installation of officers for the new year. I hold the records for having been president the most number of times. I managed to get other people to fill most of the offices. (It pays to be on the nominating committee.) I still have to do everything else: website, yearbook, newsletter, e-mail meeting notification, projects, etc. etc. We only lost one member to death this year. She had a heart valve replacement at the Cleveland Clinic. The surgery went fine but she caught pneumonia and died. Several other hospitals including the Mayo Clinic had refused to operate on her. We are like many organizations. Our members are getting older. We are not recruiting enough new members. We are down to about 35 local members and about 15 out of town with 20 to 25 attending monthly meetings and work shops. We lost about 6 members who moved away after Hurricane Katrina. I sat next to a retired marine LC. I’ll probably help him with his memoirs. One of the men in his unit in Korea was the son of Allen Dulles. He was hit in the head with shrapnel and is still living in a hospital in Switzerland. (Allen Dulles was the head of the CIA. His brother John Foster Dulles was Secretary of State.) These stories should not be lost to history. Dave Kuhl 210 Glen Eagles Drive Ocean Springs, MS 39564-9041 e-mail: [email protected] ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

I am a life time member Laura Nelle Poland Mallett, GRI REALTOR for Real Estate Central Josh McGrath Broker of Record EBHS Grad 1960 Genealogist, Mother, Grand-Mother and Gr-Grand-Mother In a message dated 12/3/2010 3:56:30 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, [email protected] writes: I have been asked about dues for 2011. Our dues run from January 1st through December 31st and are $10.00 per year. Please mail them to: Harrison County Genealogical Society. P O Box 387 Clarksburg, WV 26302 If any one has further questions please get in touch with me. Thanks, Ruby [email protected] ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

I have been asked about dues for 2011. Our dues run from January 1st through December 31st and are $10.00 per year. Please mail them to: Harrison County Genealogical Society. P O Box 387 Clarksburg, WV 26302 If any one has further questions please get in touch with me. Thanks, Ruby [email protected]

Dave - say hi to all the Seabees down there in Gulfpoot. I'll have to look you up the next time I'm there (I've been a Seabee since 1967, and am now the Vice Chairman of the Board for the Seabee Memorial Scholarship Association - we have about 100 children of Seabees on $1,700 scholarships each year) Jim - Sent from my iPhone - FaceTime! On Dec 3, 2010, at 12:13 PM, Dave Kuhl <[email protected]> wrote: > Greetings from the warm and sunny and snow free Mississippi Gulf Coast. > > My local society had our Christmas dinner meeting last night at a local > restaurant. I had a seafood platter. Everything was locally caught and it was > excellent. I brought half of it home in a takeout box. I had oysters, shrimp, > crab, broiled red fish, a baked potato and a salad. And no BP oil!! > > We were swapping tall tales about our ancestors. I told about Penelope Stout > who was scalped by Indians. (I avoided the gruesome details while we were > eating.) > > A lady told about being descended from Andrew Barnes who claimed to have shot > Cornstalk. Another lady said that she was descended from Cornstalk. > > These ladies then got on their walkers and jousted with butter knives at three > paces. Then they hugged and wished each other a Merry Christmas. > > > (Just kidding about the jousting.) > > We had our annual election and installation of officers for the new year. I > hold the records for having been president the most number of times. I managed > to get other people to fill most of the offices. (It pays to be on the > nominating committee.) I still have to do everything else: website, yearbook, > newsletter, e-mail meeting notification, projects, etc. etc. > > We only lost one member to death this year. She had a heart valve replacement > at the Cleveland Clinic. The surgery went fine but she caught pneumonia and > died. Several other hospitals including the Mayo Clinic had refused to operate > on her. > > > We are like many organizations. Our members are getting older. We are not > recruiting enough new members. We are down to about 35 local members and about > 15 out of town with 20 to 25 attending monthly meetings and work shops. We lost > about 6 members who moved away after Hurricane Katrina. > > > I sat next to a retired marine LC. I’ll probably help him with his memoirs. One > of the men in his unit in Korea was the son of Allen Dulles. He was hit in the > head with shrapnel and is still living in a hospital in Switzerland. (Allen > Dulles was the head of the CIA. His brother John Foster Dulles was Secretary of > State.) These stories should not be lost to history. > > Dave Kuhl > 210 Glen Eagles Drive > Ocean Springs, MS 39564-9041 > e-mail: [email protected] > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Cool.  I'll be here.  My wife has a lot of health problems, so I am tied down giving her shots, etc. She does not want to travel.  So, most of my "travel" is on the internet. I did a program in November on DNA. How is your DNA project doing?  Dave Kuhl 210 Glen Eagles Drive Ocean Springs, MS 39564-9041 e-mail: [email protected] ________________________________ From: Jim Bartlett <[email protected]> To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> Sent: Fri, December 3, 2010 12:59:54 PM Subject: Re: [HCGS] Greetings Dave - say hi to all the Seabees down there in Gulfpoot. I'll have to look you up the next time I'm there (I've been a Seabee since 1967, and am now the Vice Chairman of the Board for the Seabee Memorial Scholarship Association - we have about 100 children of Seabees on $1,700 scholarships each year) Jim - Sent from my iPhone - FaceTime! On Dec 3, 2010, at 12:13 PM, Dave Kuhl <[email protected]> wrote: > Greetings from the warm and sunny and snow free Mississippi Gulf Coast.  >  > My local society had our Christmas dinner meeting last night at a local > restaurant.  I had a seafood platter.  Everything was locally caught and it was > > excellent.  I brought half of it home in a takeout box. I had oysters, shrimp, > crab, broiled red fish, a baked potato and a salad. And no BP oil!! >  > We were swapping tall tales about our ancestors.  I told about Penelope Stout > who was scalped by Indians. (I avoided the gruesome details while we were > eating.) >  > A lady told about being descended from Andrew Barnes who claimed to have shot > Cornstalk.  Another lady said that she was descended from Cornstalk. >  > These ladies then got on their walkers and jousted with butter knives at three > paces. Then they hugged and wished each other a Merry Christmas. > >  > (Just kidding about the jousting.) >  > We had our annual election and installation of officers for the new year.  I > hold the records for having been president the most number of times.  I managed > > to get other people to fill most of the offices.  (It pays to be on the > nominating committee.)  I still have to do everything else:  website, yearbook, > > newsletter, e-mail meeting notification, projects, etc. etc. >  > We only lost one member to death this year.  She had a heart valve replacement > at the Cleveland Clinic.  The surgery went fine but she caught pneumonia and > died.  Several other hospitals including the Mayo Clinic had refused to operate > > on her.  > >  > We are like many organizations.  Our members are getting older. We are not > recruiting enough new members.  We are down to about 35 local members and about > > 15 out of town with 20 to 25 attending monthly meetings and work shops.  We >lost > > about 6 members who moved away after Hurricane Katrina. > >  > I sat next to a retired marine LC.  I’ll probably help him with his memoirs. >One > > of the men in his unit in Korea was the son of Allen Dulles.  He was hit in the > > head with shrapnel and is still living in a hospital in Switzerland. (Allen > Dulles was the head of the CIA.  His brother John Foster Dulles was Secretary >of > > State.) These stories should not be lost to history. > >  Dave Kuhl > 210 Glen Eagles Drive > Ocean Springs, MS 39564-9041 > e-mail: [email protected] > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] >with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of >the message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Greetings from the warm and sunny and snow free Mississippi Gulf Coast.    My local society had our Christmas dinner meeting last night at a local restaurant.  I had a seafood platter.  Everything was locally caught and it was excellent.  I brought half of it home in a takeout box. I had oysters, shrimp, crab, broiled red fish, a baked potato and a salad. And no BP oil!!   We were swapping tall tales about our ancestors.  I told about Penelope Stout who was scalped by Indians. (I avoided the gruesome details while we were eating.)   A lady told about being descended from Andrew Barnes who claimed to have shot Cornstalk.  Another lady said that she was descended from Cornstalk.   These ladies then got on their walkers and jousted with butter knives at three paces. Then they hugged and wished each other a Merry Christmas.   (Just kidding about the jousting.)   We had our annual election and installation of officers for the new year.  I hold the records for having been president the most number of times.  I managed to get other people to fill most of the offices.  (It pays to be on the nominating committee.)  I still have to do everything else:  website, yearbook, newsletter, e-mail meeting notification, projects, etc. etc.   We only lost one member to death this year.  She had a heart valve replacement at the Cleveland Clinic.  The surgery went fine but she caught pneumonia and died.  Several other hospitals including the Mayo Clinic had refused to operate on her.    We are like many organizations.  Our members are getting older. We are not recruiting enough new members.  We are down to about 35 local members and about 15 out of town with 20 to 25 attending monthly meetings and work shops.  We lost about 6 members who moved away after Hurricane Katrina.   I sat next to a retired marine LC.  I’ll probably help him with his memoirs. One of the men in his unit in Korea was the son of Allen Dulles.  He was hit in the head with shrapnel and is still living in a hospital in Switzerland. (Allen Dulles was the head of the CIA.  His brother John Foster Dulles was Secretary of State.) These stories should not be lost to history.  Dave Kuhl 210 Glen Eagles Drive Ocean Springs, MS 39564-9041 e-mail: [email protected]

Good Morning from cold and snowy West Virginia; however I need to remind all of the local ones of our regular meeting tomorrow. It will be at 10:00 a.m. on the 2nd floor of the Waldomore which is handicapped accessible if you can't walk the steps. We need to finalize the plans for our Christmas dinner which will be next Saturday at 1:00 p.m. at the Parkette Restaurant. If you plan on going, please let me know. Thanks, Ruby

Guess what? Just looked out my window and it is snowing in Bridgeport, WV, Not a heavy snow but as I predicted, snow before December 5th. Dick -----Original Message----- From: ETHEL Nielsen <[email protected]> To: hcgs <[email protected]> Sent: Wed, Dec 1, 2010 5:52 pm Subject: Re: [HCGS] WVHCGS WEB SITE Dick Good Choice on Web site - hope someone reads it and can send an update on the soldier. Ethel ________________________________ From: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Tue, November 30, 2010 10:58:50 PM Subject: [HCGS] WVHCGS WEB SITE The Harrison County Genealogical Society Web Site has been updated. I hope you all had a great Thanksgiving so now is our trip to Christmas in a round about way. Let me know if the links work for you... Dick Web Master http://www.wvhcgs.com ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Dear List >Has anyone had success finding any of the Parish Records highlighted below? I >tried a search and got nowhere. Thanks, Ethel--I am still trying to find the >birth or other identity of William Davis bc1740. > > > ________________________________ > Lunenburg, Va was formed fron Brunswick Co in 1746, Mecklenburg was formed >from Lunenburg in 1765, so any records from 1746 -65 will be in Lunenburg. >Anyone born ca 1740, his birth might be in the Brunswick Co parish records, as >they Church of England kept those records, not the court system. A lot of >people came here from Dinwiddie Co and other counties east of Lu