Joyce Stover mentioned in a post this morning about her writing a newspaper column for many years in Burkesville. As you know this is a difficult county for researchers due to Court house fires. I know Joyce to be a very thorough researcher and have chosen to include her the books she has available. I think they might be a great help to those researching in Cumberland. For pricing information and ordering details, please write Joyce privately at: [email protected] ROOTS AND BRANCHES, THE COLUMN - VOLUMES 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 The author, long-time genealogy researcher Joyce Stover, has been researching and writing a weekly genealogy column for the Cumberland County News since 1992. These columns profile pioneer families of Cumberland and surrounding counties. Vol. 1 & 2's columns are the first 300 columns that appeared in the newspaper. Vol. 3 contains columns from 2004 to 2006. Vol. 4 contains columns from 2006 to 2008, and Vol. 5, 2009-11. Volume 1 is 177 pages, plus an every-name index, and features Akin, Alexander, Allen, Baise, Baker, Bedford, Biggerstaff, Binns, Bland, Bledsoe, Booher, Cary, Cloyd, Cole, Cooksey, Craft, Creasey, Davis, Dicken, Dyer, Ellington, Elliott, Emerson, Frank, Frazier, Garner, Gee, Graves, Hardison, Heard, Hunter, Hutchens, Jennings, Jewell, Jones, Keen, and Kerr families. Volume 2 is 174 pages, plus an every-name index, and features Key, King, Lewis, Lollar, Madison, Maxey, McClain, Meshack Creek, Minerva's Letter, Monroe, Murley, Murphy, Muse, Napier, Pace, Palmore, Phifer, Philpott, Prewitt, Richardson, Riley, Ritchey, Rush, Rutledge, Sewell, Shugart, Smith, Spearman, Spencer, Thrasher, Thurman, Vincent, Wade, Walthall, Williams, Willis, and Wray. Volume 3 is 172 pages, plus an every-name index, and features Appleby, Armstrong, Bow, Branham, Davidson, Graves, Guthrie, Hardy, Hoots, Kidwell, Marcum, McClusky, Melungeons, Norris, Price, Rayburn, Riddle, Smith, Taylor, Turner, Vibbert, Watson, and Wilson families. Volume 4 is 172 pages, plus an every-name index, and features Butler, Capshaw, Carter, Coop, Dale, Fitzgerald (Geralds), Garmon, Hurt, Restored Cemeteries, Owsley, Rowe, Rowland, Shaw, Shey, Tobin, Webb, and Wright. Volume 5 is 175 pages, plus an every-name index, and features Ballard, Brooks, Chism, Conner, Dulworth, Farmer, Fletcher, Fudge, Hagan, Harris, Hogan, Jarvis, Long, Morgan, Murley-Sconce, Murray, Out of the Pasture, Parrish, Research Sources, Sharp, Staley, and White family columns. Joyce also has the following: Death Certificate Index of Cumberland County Deaths The new book from Roots and Branches Publishing is a comprehensive record of information taken from all available death certificates for Cumberland countians for the period of 1911-1953. The collection of 4127 certificates was compiled over a period of 2 years by Joyce Stover and a database was created with the basic information contained on the certificates. The entries were then supplemented by additional information as found by Joyce Stover and Joe and Mary Skipworth. The additional information is color-coded to show that it was not listed on the original document but came from other reliable sources. The book is divided into two different sorts of the information, each sort containing 115 pages. The first sort is by name of deceased. The second sort is by place of burial. Information contained in the database: name of deceased; birth date; death date; father's name; mother's name; name of spouse; sex, race and marital status; place of burial; and additions or corrections. Again, contact Joyce privately if these could help you! Sandi To post to lists: [email protected] or [email protected] Sandi's Puzzlers: http://www.gensoup.org/gorinpuzzles/index.php Sandi's Website: http://ggpublishing.tripod.com/