Just some additional clarification on the McConnell Newsletter.: The McConnell family in the newsletter is concerned with the descendants of George McConnell, immigrant. George arrived in Pennsylvania about 1746 and settled in the Lebanon, PA area. About 1800, after the death of their father, his son, George Jr., and a daughter, Nancy, migrated to what is now Scott County, VA and settled about 1823 in the area just north of Gate City. His daughter had a son out of wed-lock in Pennsylvania whom she named Thomas James McConnell. After the birth of her son, she married Philip Dinges (Dingus) in Pennsylvania prior to the migration to SW Virginia. Thus, she is the matriarch of one line of the McConnell family through her son, and the matriarch of one of the Dingus branches. Philip, Nancy, and some of his family, as well as others all migrated at the same time with the McConnells. Every year in the summer, the descendants of this group of McConnells has a gathering called a "Hooley" in Nicklesville, VA - a town not far from Gate City. The newsletter has information about The descendants of George, Sr. and the inter-related families in Scott County. John Tolbert (My lineage is I am the son of J'Reever Elizabeth Shoop, daughter of Louisa McConnell Shoop, daugahter of James McConnell, son of Brackenberry McConnell, son of Thomas James McConnell, son of Nancy McConnell Dingus, daughter of George McConnell, immigrant. -----Original Message----- From: gc-gateway@rootsweb.com [mailto:gc-gateway@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of petunia95620@yahoo.com Sent: Saturday, August 19, 2006 7:05 AM To: MCCONNELL-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [McCnl] Re: SW VA McConnells This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/DVz.2ACEB/1320.2.1.1 Message Board Post: Carol: The McConnell Newsletter is a division of "McConnell and Related Families Clan, Inc." A Virigina non-profit Corporation. To order a subscription: McConnell News, PO Box 1469, Gate City, VA 24251. Subscription rates are: $12.50 per year post paid. This is published four times per year: January, April, July and October. You can also send an E-mail to: kiah_107@yahoo.com or gretel107@yahoo.com ==== MCCONNELL Mailing List ==== Keep informed of the latest news and new databases, webpages and mailing lists at RootsWeb. Subscribe to the weekly RootsWeb Review. To subscribe, start here: http://newsletters.rootsweb.com/ ============================== Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx