Forgot to say ( shame on me), that the cousins we met took us to THEIR home, which had been my grandfather's great uncle's home in the 1800's. So we saw px of the original farm house, and how it has changed through the years. I want to go back!!!! Martha On Feb 28, 2009, at 1:37 PM, Martha Johnson wrote: > I had the pleasure of visiting in Kanawha this fall. I have some > relatives buried there, and also via a cousin I met on the internet > found other cousins still living there. They met us and took us > to the Hancock Cemetery and were so very gracious. One even took > us to her home and shared old photographs of my grandfather's > uncles , aunts and cousins. > > We didn't spend as much time there that we learned what a quaint > town it is, but the people we met were wonderful. I want to go > back. > > At Christmas my relative told me of how the down town has open > houses, and the businesses serve refreshments, etc. That would only > happen in a good old small town. > > I also had great help from the local genealogy society before my trip > in locating some information that made me eager to visit. > > Martha > > > _____________________________________________ > > For additional information concerning how the list > works, how to sub and unsub and list rules, visit > http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~richard/ialist/ > _____________________________________________ > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to IOWA- > request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message