I would like to know if there are any Board Certified, Accredited Genealogists in Gallia, County. Due to the fact that I am "just doing" genealogy, I though I should have a professional genealogist work on John Carter and Mary Lehr Carter. At least 50 people in more than 50 years have not been able to find out any more than the fact that they were married in Shenandoah, Virginia. John Carter lived in Gallia County for about 60 years, had nine children and score of grandchildren. None of the books on John and Mary are correct, files are missing. The Will book states that John has a will on file, however, it has been gone for more than the four years I have been working on the Carter's. There has to be something that gives some information about John and Mary's family and place of birth! If anyone has any suggestions about where to find this information, I am open for anything. I have worked on about every branch in the Carter family going back to the early 1600's in A! merica and Europe to find the connection. Please contact me at saultz@bellsouth.net. Henny, Could you please post a contact for John Humphrey. I, as well as many other people on the list, have ancestors from Germany, many of them came to Pennsylvania. An amazing amount of these families ended up in Gallia County. I have forwarded any information on surnames I recognized to the appropriate member of the list. Are the books on births in Pennsylvania transcriptions of birth records? It is unclear because you stated that he authored the set of 14, not compiled, edited and published them. I still have many family members that I am in contact with and they can check out these publications for fourth and fifth generation ancestors that have been difficult to find. I have the records of a "cow pox" vaccination a Great Great Aunt had to receive prior to traveling to America. The churches and towns in Europe have amazing records dating back hundreds of years. There are web sites that translate for you and also programs you can purchase. Denise Ashleman