Dear Shirley: Just now starting working on your "Bonecutters". [Cute name!] It appears that they [George and Jane] MUST have died in Mason County, West Virginia between the 1900-1910 time period. It's unusual for anyone during that time period to live after age 55 [the average death date for those years before antibiotics] let alone age 90 and 78 [which is what they would have been if they went to 1910]. I tried the West Virginia Archives search which gives the death certificates and found their children, but not them. [The Mason County, West Virginia archives only starts at 1918 and they would have died before this.] Richard Bonecutter, his oldest child, shows on his death certificate that he died on August 20, 1923 in Clendenin, Mason County, West Virginia and was buried in Clendenin District in the Pisgah Cemetery, which is adjacent to the Bonecutter Cemetery. I looked in my Mason County, West Virginia Cemetery book for Clendenin District, Volume 2 and found the following Bonecutters buried there: Nute, Fred, Daisy, Susan, John W., Ruby, and a bunch of other cutter's. Richard's tombstone says the date he died, then "Son of George". The fact that George and Jane aren't listed doesn't mean that they aren't buried there with the rest of the family, but, just that they don't have tombstones You'll need to write to the Mason County Probate Court to get a death records, if they don't have one, and you've already done this, they write to whoever's in charge of this cemetery to find out who's buried there, as the genealogy books only list the ones that have tombstones. As for the "Meige" family, they are buried in Clendenin District in the Jordan Baptist Church Cemetery [listed as being on Rt. 2 toward Huntington, sign on road points way to church, visible from road.] The name is spelled "MEAIGE" on the tombstones: Louis Meaige and Nanie Meaige Louis: Died; 1938 and Nanie [1873-1927] No, there's no Bonecutter's buried there with them. Teresa Herrmann Columbus, Ohio

Hi Teresa thanks for your help on the Bonecutters search I will write the cem there and ask if George and Jane are buried there. I went to the court house and the Library there in Mason last week end and there were no death records for George and Jane at all. I did find their marriage record but that was all so I guess I will keep on looking and again thanks for your help shirley