Pardon the cross-posting. I'm just very excited about the project that my cousin is releasing this fall, and I want everyone with ancestors in SW VA to have an opportunity to get one of these! This is of interest not just to Barrett family members, but members of many allied families of SW VA. I am very excited about this book. My cousin Bruce Barrett has put together a book about the Barrett's and allied families of SW Virginia. I've previewed an early release, and it's packed with information about lineage, documents, letters, stories, pictures, census info, etc. The list of family and allied family names are impressive, and I've included a few below. This is just a sampling, there are too many to list. Partial listing of the families are: Altizer, Arrington, Asbury, Ascue/Askew, Ball, Barrett, Beavers, Blevins, Brown, Calloway, Castle, Caudle, Cecil, Clark, Compton, Conley, Dailey, Dawson, Deskins, Dye, Elswick, Ferguson, Fletcher, Gillespie, Graybeal, Greenup, Hale, Hubbard, Hankins, Harmon, Harrison, Helton, Honaker, Howard, Hurt, Jackson, Johnson, Knox, Lester, Linkous, Lockhart, Low/Lowe, Martin, McIntosh, Miller, Mitchell, Nipper, Oney, Pack, Plaster, Proffitt, Reed, Richardson, Robertson, Sargent, Sizemore, Smith, Steel, Stephenson, Taylor, Thompson, Tollett, Vencill/Vincell, Webb, Wells, White, Whited, Whitt, Williams, Yates, Yost. There are handwritten letters from Barrett sons to their mother from the front while serving in the Civil War. There are recipes from an old family cookbook, the tale of the family on the Oregon Trail, letters to Mary Martishia Barrett from many known family names in SW VA, and family bible records. Contents: Pictures, deeds, wills, census records, original letters with transcripts dating to 1852, Cynthia Hurt's handwritten cookbook, ballads by William H Barrett, family stories, memories by family members, military contributions (Civil to Current), Table of Contents and an extensive index of all of the descendants of Thomas E. Barrett Sr. that we are aware of. Statistics: 500+ pages. 3500+ Thomas E. Barrett Sr. descendants. 800+ Surnames. Specifications: Printed on 50# 8 ½ x 11-inch paper. Laminated cover with Barrett Crest. Binding is similar to a pocket book. CHECKS NEED TO BE MAILED TO BRUCE BARRETT BY SEPTEMBER 15TH, 2002 FOR GUARANTEED DELIVERY Cost: $45.00 plus $5.00 shipping and handling. Availability: October - November. How to Order Please provide the following: Full Name & Mailing Address Telephone Number E-mail Address if available. Number copies desired Send to: Bruce P. Barrett 535 Kensington Drive Heath, OH 43056 740-522-6993 Email: mailto:brucepbarrett@alltel.net --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.384 / Virus Database: 216 - Release Date: 8/21/2002