Sharon & Charlotte and others who are probably related to each other, You should consider taking an autosomal DNA test. Females and males can take it - it's based on 95 percent of all your DNA and covers all your ancestral lines (the Y-DNA & mtDNA tests only cover a small part of your ancestry. It reports Matches based on shared DNA, and a way to contact them - these Matches are probably your cousins from one of your ancestors. You have to share info with them to determine the Common Ancestor - hey, it's what we genealogists do. This test also makes a great gift - it's definitely a family project, new results are reported monthly, it's fun, and it connects you with new cousins. These tests are at lower prices now: www.familytreedna.com: Family Finder test (I prefer this company) www.22andMe.com: test includes medical info, so think about that aspect before ordering. www.ancestry.com: AncestryDNA test, it links your Ancestry Trees. Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to all, Jim - Sent from my iPhone - FaceTime! On Dec 22, 2012, at 1:02 AM, Sharon Bramhall <sharon.bramhall@yahoo.com> wrote: > Thanks for reminding me of that, Joyce. I'm sure they wouldn't mind a few questions. If no one at HCGS has the book, I'll give that a try... > > @ Charlotte - I don't know of any connection with James R. or Thomas ANDERSON - but odds are good, when it comes to our ties! The first child of my GGGgrandfather Henry Anderson (1811 MD -1900 Marion Co. WV). . .was James - and don't know anything about him - so I've collected a lot of data on possibilities. > > @ JoAnn - Nope. Don't have any WESTs in my tree - but my GGgrandparents, Newton & Katherine (Kerr) Anderson of Marion County were married by a Rev. James West IN Greene Co. PA. I often wonder why they went THERE to get married - so I'm always looking for the location of Rev. West, since Newton's parents lived in PA for a good while before coming to WV. > From: Joyce Coombs <jac_wv@hotmail.com> > To: "hcgs@rootsweb.com" <hcgs@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Friday, December 21, 2012 2:31 PM > Subject: Re: [HCGS] Geneva M. Phelps book > > I see the Taylor County Public Library in Grafton, WV, has some copies of that book in their collection. You could ask them if they can check it for specific information. Here's the contact information: > > Taylor County Public Library > 200 Beech Street > Grafton, WV 26354 > 304.265-6121 > http://taylor.lib.wv.us/ > > Joyce > --- > Joyce A. Coombs > PO Box 23275 > Lexington, KY 40523 > 859-309-0232 > jac_wv@hotmail.com > > > > >> From: dcfleming@cox.net >> To: sharon.bramhall@yahoo.com; hcgs@rootsweb.com >> Date: Fri, 21 Dec 2012 11:56:48 -0700 >> Subject: Re: [HCGS] Geneva M. Phelps book >> >> Hi Sharon, Here we go again--another common ancestor. If you find out >> anything about the family of James Reed Anderson, please let me know. He is >> buried in the Elkview Cemetery on Chestnut St and is my husbands great >> grandfather. I don't know too much about him but maybe we could share some >> information. James Reed's father was Thomas Anderson from (I think) >> Maryland. >> >> Charlotte >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Sharon Bramhall >> Sent: Friday, December 21, 2012 8:32 AM >> To: hcgs@rootsweb.com >> Subject: [HCGS] Geneva M. Phelps book >> >> Does anyone happen to own this self-published book? >> * "An annal begins with Ezekiel and Margaret (Watkins) Phelps "1793-94" / by >> Geneva M. Phelps (a former Clarksburg Telegram correspondent from >> Flemington). >> I have the Clarksburg Telegram article from 1990, describing this book - and >> some of the "larger families mentioned in this book were Alexander, >> Anderson, Annon, Auvil, Ball, Bolyard, Bowman, Boyles, Johnson, Miller, >> Nester/Nestor, Shaffer, West, Wolfe and many others". >> >> My interest is in the ANDERSON and ANNON families. Bridgeport library has a >> couple copies - and there are a couple used copies online for $86 (which is >> more than I would want to pay for a pig in a poke). If anyone has it, I >> would appreciate knowing which Anderson and Annon families are mentioned. >> >> Thanks! >> Sharon >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> HCGS-request@rootsweb.com 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 HCGS-request@rootsweb.com 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 HCGS-request@rootsweb.com 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 HCGS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message