This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --part0_899298290_boundary Content-ID: <0_899298290@inet_out.mail.aol.com.1> Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII OOps, sorry, sent it the wrong way. Here it is. Your cuz, Lori --part0_899298290_boundary Content-ID: <0_899298290@inet_out.mail.aol.com.2> Content-type: message/rfc822 Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit Content-disposition: inline Return-Path: <KILGORE-L-request@rootsweb.com> Received: from relay24.mx.aol.com (relay24.mail.aol.com [172.31.106.70]) by air17.mail.aol.com (v45.13) with SMTP; Sun, 28 Jun 1998 22:31:55 -0400 Received: from fp-1.rootsweb.com (fp-1.rootsweb.com [207.113.233.233]) by relay24.mx.aol.com (8.8.8/8.8.5/AOL-4.0.0) with ESMTP id WAA27912; Sun, 28 Jun 1998 22:31:37 -0400 (EDT) Received: (from slist@localhost) by fp-1.rootsweb.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) id TAA05245; Sun, 28 Jun 1998 19:30:57 -0700 (PDT) Resent-Date: Sun, 28 Jun 1998 19:30:57 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <3.0.1.32.19980628222116.00699974@pop.mindspring.com> X-Sender: hkin@pop.mindspring.com X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Light Version 3.0.1 (32) Date: Sun, 28 Jun 1998 22:21:16 -0400 Old-To: <KILGORE-L@rootsweb.com> From: Hilda <hkin@mindspring.com> Subject: Today's Politicians (This is sad) Old-Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" X-MIME-Autoconverted: from quoted-printable to 8bit by fp-1.rootsweb.com id TAA05092 Resent-Message-ID: <"TO_PgC.A.fRB.gxvl1"@fp-1.rootsweb.com> To: KILGORE-L@rootsweb.com Resent-From: KILGORE-L@rootsweb.com X-Mailing-List: <KILGORE-L@rootsweb.com> archive/latest/1945 X-Loop: KILGORE-L@rootsweb.com Precedence: list Resent-Sender: KILGORE-L-request@rootsweb.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit >Return-Path: <NEWTON-L-request@rootsweb.com> >Resent-Date: Sun, 28 Jun 1998 19:11:47 -0700 (PDT) >X-Sender: bjnewton@hiwaay.net >Date: Sun, 28 Jun 1998 21:11:54 -0500 >Old-To: NEWTON-L@rootsweb.com, FAUST-L@rootsweb.com, STARR-L@rootsweb.com >From: "Brian J. Newton" <bjnewton@hiwaay.net> >Subject: Today's Politicians >Old-Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" >X-MIME-Autoconverted: from quoted-printable to 8bit by fp-1.rootsweb.com id TAA17693 >Resent-Message-ID: <"oH0UgD.A.rUE.ifvl1"@fp-1.rootsweb.com> >To: NEWTON-L@rootsweb.com >Resent-From: NEWTON-L@rootsweb.com >X-Mailing-List: <NEWTON-L@rootsweb.com> archive/latest/270 >X-Loop: NEWTON-L@rootsweb.com >Resent-Sender: NEWTON-L-request@rootsweb.com > >I too thought this worthy of passing on. In today's society, this >is becoming all too common. > >========================================================== >I thought this might be of interest to anyone with VA ancestors. >People >like this need to be stopped, and we all need to ensure that this type >of thing NEVER HAPPENS AGAIN. > >Sheila I Hale >Fort McMurray,AB,Canada >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > >Please forward the news of this Marion County, West Virginia >travesty to every >genealogy group or historical society that you belong to. Also, if >you have > any >media contacts or government contacts please forward this >information to them. >Let's make Cody Starcher infamous! > > From: Pam Mullinax >E-Mail: pmullinax@mindspring.com >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > >Fairmont -- Leatherbound books recording transactions between 1842 to >1880 have been important to local genealogist, but now the historical >books are gone - buried with the five bins of trash the Marion County >Commission hauled away from the Jacob's building last week. > >Along with books were, boxes and files of papers dating back to Marion >County's inception in 1942. There were five floors that had books, >boxes >and files to be removed. > >Some of the books were Wills; others were Justice of the Peace >books. >There may have been other records, but the article didn't say what >all >had been destoyed, because they didn't know. The article was a large >article for the paper. The historical and genealogical societies were >NOT notified that the county had planned to discard the handwritten >record books, files and other etcs. > >It seems the decision was made by the county commissioners (namely, >Cody >Starcher) to clear out several floors from the Jacobs building >(scheduled >for renovation) in which these historical documents were stored. They >decided on their own that no one would want to go through all the >files to >separate out the salvagable and so decided to not tell anyone. >They then >had the local garbage collectors come and clear out the books and >documents. > >************* > >The story about the above first appeared in the Times West Virginian >(Fairmont, WV)Sunday,June 21, 1998. On Thursday, June 25, 1998 the >below follow-up story was published. > >* * * >Dump off limits to historians > >By Theresa Haynes >Times West Virginian Staff Writer > >FAIRMONT - >Genealogists who wanted to dig through the landfill in search of the >county's discarded pre-Civil War record books will not be allowed to >excavate the dump.   Ron Chrislip, a local historian who has >researched >Marion County's past for more than 30 years, said he and four other >people >were prepared to go to the Meadowfill Landfill in Bridgeport to >search for >the record books tossed last week. > >But landfill officials halted the group's plans at the request of the >Marion County Commission. > >The day books dating back to 1842 were among several tons of outdated >files, books and papers the commission removed from the historic >Jacob's >building, which is undergoing renovation. > >Chrislip said he and other genealogists wanted to dig up the >historically >valuable record books when they learned the books had been hauled >away to >the dump, but the landfill told them there were confidential files >among >the garbage. > >Commissioner Cody Starcher said in an interview last week that the >county >had received special permission from the state to include old juvenile >records in the six BFI Dumpster trash bins hauled to the dump. > >"We are allowed to throw the juvenile records away after 20 years," he >said. "But they usually have to be shredded and burned." > >Now local historians are concerned they will never see the priceless, >handwritten books again. > >"I don't see how they will be retrieved," Chrislip said. "As a >historian I >have to be realistic. Now hopefully the county will preserve what >is left." >  Chrislip said the leather-bound books were particularly valuable >because >they recorded everything from the county clerk's office. > >"Record keeping then was a very different process," he said. "We >were still >in Virginia and documents like that are very, very rare." > >The historian said the records gave insight into a lifestyle long >gone. > >"There is no oral history from that time, no photography and very >little >written history. Through the day books we had a great deal of >information >to interpret history," he said. > >Chrislip agrees with the county commission that the books had no >monetary >value, but he said the county has lost something culturally valuable. > >He said 20 years ago he had searched for day books like the ones >thrown >away and was told they did not exist. Years later he learned they >were in >existence, but in "dead" storage. > >The historian said he and other people interested in genealogy >would have >liked to have been given access to the books before they were >discarded. > >County Commission President James Sago and Starcher were not >available for >comment Wednesday evening. >* * * > >If you'd like to write the Editor of the WV Times, > >The email address is: >timeswv@timeswv.com > >LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: >All letters for publication should be so stated. >Requests for publication must include address & telephone number. >phone: (304) 367-2500 * Fax: (304) 367-2569 > >Or postal mail to: >Times West Virginian >PO Box 2530 >Fairmont, WV 26555-2530 > >==================================================================== > >Brian > >Brian J. Newton |Researching the following Surnames: >2303 Hwy 20 Lot 11 | NY,PA: Beer, Foust, Green, Newton, >Decatur, Ala. 35601-7515 | Passmore, Schmidt, Sherman, Yoder >email:bjnewton@hiwaay.net or home page: home.hiwaay.net/~bjnewton >List manager, NEWTON, FAUST, & STARR Mailing lists at RootsWeb. > > ==== KILGORE Mailing List ==== ANY COMPLAINTS to Penjacc@aol.com, NOT to list. --part0_899298290_boundary--