At 08:09 PM 1/11/2005, you wrote: >Can someone tell me if there is a Washington Co. Genalogical Soceity or >only a historical society? I understand that the Bare/Bear family was >written up a while ago in a QUARTERLY. I would like to find that article >and join the society, whichever one it was. If someone can tell me the >name of the quartely I can look in PERSI. Thank you. >Maria E. Brower, Grass Valley CA >BARE/BEAR, ROLAND/ROWLAND, RIDENOUR I am not sure, but you might be thinking of Western Maryland Genealogy, that was quarterly for 19 years. that ceased publication last year., It was privately published. Lee