Lauren, would you please share the name of the WV book? Maybe my elusive Clark/es are hiding there.  Relatively speaking, Laura Do we have ancestors in common? Check here http://livinginthepastlane.com ________________________________ From: Lauren Brantner <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Fri, May 6, 2011 10:46:52 AM Subject: Re: [MDWashin] Wills of Washington County: NOW WHAT? This book is not outdated because it covers a specific time period - it just gets older - kind of how I would like to view myself (smile). Morrow and Morrow have published a similar guide to Jefferson County, WV where you will also find many Wash co. names. Lauren Brantner  --- On Thu, 5/5/11, Laura Aanenson <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Laura Aanenson <[email protected]> > Subject: [MDWashin] Wills of Washington County: NOW WHAT? > To: [email protected] > Date: Thursday, May 5, 2011, 3:39 PM > From: DG <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Thu, May 5, 2011 10:03:44 AM > Subject: Re: [MDWashin] Wills of Washington County; Smith, > Thomas > > Laura: > Thanks, Any suggestion on proceeding with this > information?. > Don > > > Don, That's the $64,000 question! Copyright 1977, second > printing 1992, the book > is a bit outdated. But the introduction reads: > > "Washington County, located in the Hagerstown Valley (south > of the Cumberland > Valley in Pennsylvania and north of Shenandoah Valley in > Virginia), was the hub > of migration for many early pioneers heading south to > Virginia and Kentucky or > west to Ohio and the plains states. > > This book was taken from the document titled "Index to > Decedant Estates > (1776-1890)," housed in the Clerk's Office of the > courthouse in Hagerstown, > Maryland. The original books containing wills are now > located in the Hall of > Records in Annapolis, Maryland. Copies of the originals are > in the courthouse at > Hagerstown and can be copied for 50 cents per page by > writing to: > > Registrar of Wills > Washington County Courthouse > Hagerstown, MD 21740 > > Earlier supporting documents are in the Hall of Records in > Annapolis and there > are no copies available in Washington County. Listed below > are the supporting > documents which are available and the dates: > > 1.) Minutes of Proceedings - Orphans Court from 1806 to the > present. > 2.) Guardian Account from 1852 to the present. > 3.) Docket of Proceedings from 1852 to the present. > 4.) Executors and Administrators Bonds from 1856 to the > present. > 5.) Executors and Administrators Accounts from 1852 to the > present. > 6.) List of Sales from 1853 to the present..." > > >  Relatively speaking, > > Laura > > > Do we have ancestors in common? Check here http://livinginthepastlane.com >  > > ********* > Visit the threaded archives of this list: >http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/MDWASHIN > ********* > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >[email protected] > with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the > subject and the body of the message > ********* Visit the threaded archives of this list: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/MDWASHIN ********* ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message