<A HREF="http://www.rootsweb.com/~wvkanawh/info.html">Click here: WV Court Houses</A> <A HREF="http://www.rootsweb.com/~wvkanawh/info.html">http://www.rootsweb.com/~wvkanawh/info.html</A> Consider each day a gift. Use each for who knows when we shall no longer be able to do so. James R COTTRILL. BuckyK3LIE@aol.com 3119 Pioneer AVE, Pittsburgh, PA 15226-1740 412-563-2379

Just a reminder that the meeting of the Harrison County Genealogical Society, 2nd floor of the Waldomore, Clarksburg, WV will be held this Friday, July 11th at 10:00 A.M. Darrell will probably have more information on the DC trip and John Hines will have more information on the FTM workshop. Ruby Casto recasto@iolinc.net

Is there a published index for the 1900 Harrison County census? Christine Emond

<A HREF="http://www.goshen.edu/mcarchives/MennObits/index2.html">Click here: Mennonite Archives - Obituaries - Main Index</A> <A HREF="http://www.goshen.edu/mcarchives/MennObits/index2.html">http://www.goshen.edu/mcarchives/MennObits/index2.html</A> Consider each day a gift. Use each for who knows when we shall no longer be able to do so. James R COTTRILL. BuckyK3LIE@aol.com 3119 Pioneer AVE, Pittsburgh, PA 15226-1740 412-563-2379

John lets go!! Jim Consider each day a gift. Use each for who knows when we shall no longer be able to do so. James R COTTRILL. BuckyK3LIE@aol.com 3119 Pioneer AVE, Pittsburgh, PA 15226-1740 412-563-2379

Just thought I would forward this to let anyone that might be going to Florida know about this Conference! John ----- Original Message ----- From: "Charles Gregory" <gregoryc@comcast.net> To: <TNSMITH-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, July 06, 2003 9:51 AM Subject: [TNSMITH] Genealogy Conference > i am sending this to those who may have an interest at Pam's request > > Pam Cooper <pamcooper@bellsouth.net> wrote: > > Dear List Administrator: > > Would you be so kind to forward the following message to your list? It > has > > been 12 years since there was a national genealogy conference in the > > Southeast. We want to make sure that everyone knows about it. If you > > have any questions feel free to contact us. Everyone who works on this > > conference are volunteers. Your support will be appreciated. Thank you. > > ======================================== > > Countdown to Discovery - A World of Hidden Treasures > > Have you ever been to a genealogy conference? > > Genealogy is a continuing education and learning about documents and > > resources often takes us to places that we never dreamed could be > helpful > to us. Now, in the heart of Florida and close to Walt Disney World, > there is > a place where genealogists from all over the country, Great Britain and > Europe will be attending the Federation of Genealogical Society > Conference, > hosted by the Florida State Genealogical Society. > > > > Why Should you attend? > > 1) Over 200 LECTURES on a variety of topics and over 95 top-of-the line > > SPEAKERS. Track descriptions are as follows: > > > > Charting a Course to the Old World (British Isles & Europe) > > Exploration in the New World (United States & Canada) > > Riches in the First Colony (Focus on Florida) > > Diverse Voyagers (Ethnic & Religious Research) > > Tools for Successful Navigation (Skills & Strategies) > > A Wealth of Hidden Treasures (Records Research) > > Just Over the Horizon (Technology & the Internet)! > > > > For more detailed information about each lecture, visit > > http://www.fgs.org > > > > 2) A TREASURE HUNT is currently in progress. You can win grand prizes > > such as free conference registration, room nights at hotels in Salt Lake > > City, tuition at the Institute of Genealogy & Historical Research in > > Birmingham, Alabama, registration and boarding at a conference in > > England and so much more. Check the latest issue of the FGS FORUM for > > more details about the great Treasure Hunt or the above web site. > > > > You can also learn more about the conference and the treasure hunts if > you > > subscribe to the E-zine.To subscribe to the E-zine, send an email > > message (no text or subject is necessary) to > > fgs2003-announce-on@lists.csc.cc.il.us>. > > You will receive a confirmation message to which you must reply within > 24 > > hours. > > > > 3) Over 100 VENDORS or 150 booths will be in the exhibit hall. See a > > list of our current exhibitors at > > http://www.fgs.org/2003conf/conf-exhibitors.asp > > > > 4) All under ONE ROOF. The complete conference and your hotel room are > > in one building. There is no need to walk outside in the heat or rain. > > All food functions and restaurants are also located in the same > > building. Hotel rooms are huge and you can register up to four people > > for one price. > > > > 5) Fun for the FAMILY. SeaWorld is right across the street from the > > conference hotel. Visit Walt Disney World, which includes the Magic > > Kingdom, EPCOT, Animal Kingdom, and Disney-MGM Studios, as well as > > Universal Studios, Kennedy Space Center, and many, many other wonderful > > places! > > > > 6) SOCIETIES CAN WIN $200 worth of genealogy books from Betterway Books. > If you advertise the conference in your newsletter, send us a copy and > we > will add it to the drawing to be held at the conference. We have made it > very > simple for you. Use the media kit at > > http://www.fgs.org/2003conf/conf-media.htm > > > > Hurry, the EARLY CONFERENCE registration deadline for the lower price is > > July 15th. > > > > HOTEL registration deadline is August 4th. 1-800-327-6677; 407-351-5555 > > > > Jim and Pam Cooper > > FGS/FSGS 2003 National Conference Co-Chairs > > > > Countdown to Discovery - A World of Hidden Treasures > > 3-6 September 2003, Orlando, Florida > > http://www.fgs.org or http://www.rootsweb.com/~flsgs/ > > P. O. Box 7066, Vero Beach, FL 32961-7066 > > > ==== TNSMITH Mailing List ==== > Submit Your Family Pictures, Biographies, Histories > Wills, Fokelore, To The Smith Co Web Project > http://www.rootsweb.com/~tnsmith/ >

I know that some of you may have known my Mother who passed away Jun 29. Larry Francis RUTH QUEEN FRANCIS Ruth Queen Francis, age 84, of Fairfax City died Sunday, June 29, 2003 at her home. She was born September 19, 1918 at Brushy Fork, Upshur County, WV, a daughter of the late Ernest Mead and Grace Kathryn Fultz Queen. She is survived by her husband, Clifford Francis; one son Larry Francis of Fauquier Co, VA; one daughter June Kuprijanow of Fairfax County, VA; one brother, Quay Queen of Spruce Fork, Upshur County, WV; six grand children; fifteen great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild. In addition to her parents she was preceeded in death by a sister, Dorothy Powers and a brother Kenneth Queen. Mrs. Francis was a graduate of Buckhannon-Upshur High School Class of 1939. She was a member of the Brushy Fork Coummunity Club and a member of the Reger Chapel United Methodist Church. Friends will be received Wednesday, July 2, 2003 from 6-8 PM at the Poling-St Clair Funeral Home. Funeral services will be held 11 AM Thursday at the Reger Chapel United Methodist Church with the Rev. William C. Eskew, Jr. officiating. Burial will follow in the Reger Chapel Church Cemetery. Poling-St Clair Furneral Home is in charge of the arrangements.

I had asked for replies to be sent to me and not to the list as I know we have members on our list that gets tired of lots of e-mails especially if they aren't genealogical in nature. I had even put my e-mail address on each message. Please send them to me and not the list. The March newsletter took up to three weeks to get to some sections of the country. Ruby recasto@iolinc.net

Ruby, I have not received my newsletter yet in Southern Maryland. Christine Emond ----- Original Message ----- From: "RECasto" <recasto@iolinc.net> To: <HCGS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, June 30, 2003 7:00 PM Subject: [HCGS] NEWSLETTERS > I haven't heard from anyone that they received their newsletter which was mailed last Wednesday. Of course I have talked to some locals and they received theirs. > > Some of you let me know if they are being delivered. > > recasto@iolinc.net > > Thanks, > Ruby > > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >

This one is EASY......why not let it up to Ruby! What say you, dear Ruby? Lee Roland Jenkins

Jim is this not a place we correspond club business. Would you rather we overload Ruby's mail box.? Consider each day a gift. Use each for who knows when we shall no longer be able to do so. James R COTTRILL. BuckyK3LIE@aol.com 3119 Pioneer AVE, Pittsburgh, PA 15226-1740 412-563-2379

So our mailboxes don't get so cluttered, can we please have e-mails regarding the newsletter sent direct to Ruby instead of the list. Be patient, the newsletter will get to you eventually. Jim

Barbara; I'm back from Vacation and I hope that that explained the process good enough to get you through! I have picked out 2 days in Aug. for the Class but it all stems on whether the group approves the money for the Caperton Center or not! Will let all know when the meeting is over or Ruby will tell everyone! Which ever way it happens one of us will let you all know! John PS: Good Luck on the Gedcom fill!!!!!!! ----- Original Message ----- From: "Barbara W. Harvey" <wolfe2@citynet.net> To: <HCGS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, June 30, 2003 8:27 PM Subject: RE: [HCGS] NEWSLETTERS > Hi Ruby, > I have not received my newsletter out here in the big town of Lost > Creek. > I felt sure it would be here today but it wasn't. > > Tell John I hope to soon get a chance to try out the Family Tree Maker > file separation and I am looking forward to the class on it. > > Barbara Harvey > > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >

Hi Ruby, Have not received newsletter in Pittsburgh, PA. Consider each day a gift. Use each for who knows when we shall no longer be able to do so. James R COTTRILL. BuckyK3LIE@aol.com 3119 Pioneer AVE, Pittsburgh, PA 15226-1740 412-563-2379

Hi Ruby, I have not received my newsletter out here in the big town of Lost Creek. I felt sure it would be here today but it wasn't. Tell John I hope to soon get a chance to try out the Family Tree Maker file separation and I am looking forward to the class on it. Barbara Harvey

My new email address is i.dunlevy@comcast.net Irene Wright Dunlevy

Hi Ruby, I have not received my newsletter as yet. Hopefully it will come in tomorrow. Millie WVMillie@aol.com

RECEIVED OUR NEWSLETTER LAST FRIDAY, JUNE 27, .........MARTHA DENNISON/BLANCHE M. DAY ----- Original Message ----- From: RECasto <recasto@iolinc.net> To: <HCGS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, June 30, 2003 7:00 PM Subject: [HCGS] NEWSLETTERS > I haven't heard from anyone that they received their newsletter which was mailed last Wednesday. Of course I have talked to some locals and they received theirs. > > Some of you let me know if they are being delivered. > > recasto@iolinc.net > > Thanks, > Ruby > > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > >

I haven't heard from anyone that they received their newsletter which was mailed last Wednesday. Of course I have talked to some locals and they received theirs. Some of you let me know if they are being delivered. recasto@iolinc.net Thanks, Ruby

This message is to Chris, who is searching his gg-father John W. Robinson; Jane Walsh, who has already dove in and tried to help; and to anybody else who is just curious................... My search of Ancestry on-line came up with a different result than Jane's. I have an explanation for only one small part of the difference....and no explanation at all for the conflicts with Chris' original info. Nonetheless, here is what I found: First, I focused on John's father instead of John, since father Richard would be the only possible name to be found in 1840. I found TWO Richard Robinsons in Harrison County in the 1840 Census. The first one (Page 67 of the census) is listed as between 30 & 40 years old. Wife (probably) is in the same age category. With an actual birth year of 1812 (approx.) this Richard is consistent with the one being sought. This family (in 1840) had 2 male children under 5 and two between 5 and 10. They had 2 female children under 5, one between 5 and 10, and one between 10 and 15. Of course, if this is the CORRECT Richard Robinson.....AND the birth year for John is accurate, NONE of these children would be John. A second Richard Robinson is found on page 88 of the census. This Richard is significant different in age from the sought Richard. This family's head is between 40 and 50 with the wife (probable) listed as 30 to 40. This family recorded one male child between 5 and 10....one female child under 5......one female between 10 and 15.....and three females between 15 and 20. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Shifting to the 1850 census, I also found two Richard Robinson's in Harrison County. There is NOT an absolutely clear relationship between the families counted in 1840 and the two counted in 1850. Conversely, it is difficult to rule out a direct relationship. The two Richard's are listed as 49 and 50 and the two wives are both 45 in 1850 -- all which can be accurate (or very close) when comparing to 1840. One Richard, with wife named Sarah had four children in the house in 1850. None were name John. One male child was an unreadable name, but for SURE it WAS NOT John and this son would have been born in 1835. The second Richard -- and this is another place I differ from Jane -- did in fact have a son name John. However, this John was 1 year old in the 1850 census. For this family to be correct, Chris's birth year for gg-grandfather John has to be inaccurate. Jane, I believe the explanation of our different results is that nine children of this Richard are listed on the next page of the census....John is the LAST listed. Also the wife is listed as Eda which does not fit with the understood wife Nancy......but Eda could be a middle or "nick" name. Also....NO sister named Theopolis. To complete this "report" other children listed with Richard (50) and Eda (45) include: Asa (male) --- 20 Tabitha (female) --- 20 Daniel (male) --- ??? Allison (male) --- 16 ???? (male) --- 14 Elizabeth (female) 13 Jus???? (male) --- 10 Levi (male) --- 8 Lean ??? (male) -- 6 Harriet (female) -- 4 Joshua (male) -- 2 John (male) -- 1 I hope this has been some measure of help, but I fear that it has only confused the issue for you! Lee Roland Jenkins ORIGINAL MESSAGE and JANE'S RESPONSE FOLLOW: ******************************************************************************* Does anyone have access to Harrison County, VA census records or a free onlinre source to look these up? I have the Civl War military record of my gg-father, John W. Robinson, stating that he was born in Harrison County, VA in 1843 (I believe it was January, but I would have to double check the exact date.)  His father was Richard J. Robinson, born VA abt 1812, mother was Nancy Hook (Robinson).  I have his parents buried in Noble County, Ohio, where the family moved abt. 1854.  John W. had a sister, Theopolis, b. abt. 1841, also in VA.  Richard's father is reported as John T.(Thomas?) Robinson, b. VA abt. 1780.  Brothers to Richard J. (sons of John T.) may have been William, Samuel, and Joseph L. (Lewis?), with sister, Beverly W. Robinson. I would like to find this family in Harrison and would greatly appreciate a look up in the 1850 or 1840 census or a referal to a free online source for this info.  Any help is greatly appreciated. Thanks, Chris ********************************************************************* Hi, Chris, Found two Richard Robinsons in 1850 Harrison Co. but neither with a wife named Nancy nor dau. Theopolis and son John. Tried all Richard Robinsons in the index for VA in 1850.  No one matches.  Then tried all in Ohio.  None matched.  Tried a few in western PA.  Did find a Richard J. Robinson in HAMPSHIRE County in 1840, but there are no other members of the household listed for that year's census so cannot tell if this is the right one or not.  However, that would be an easy mistake to have made if your John moved away from the State when he was 10 or 11 years of age.  There were no Richard Robinsons listed for Hampshire County in 1850. Wish I'd found more! Regards, Jane ****************************************************************************** *********