<< My grandmother grew up near the New River at Mouth of Wilson. >> I love all these stories of early life in SWVA. I am trying to write the history of my paternal family and to prevent it from just being pages of dates and places I am trying to include the living conditions, clothing styles, and etc of the period when each generation was born. Not only has this proven to be a great learning experience for me, but I hope it will add "flavor" to the book.>>> EXCELLENT!!! This is why I created this List. Names, dates, & places are very important. For many this is most important. That's fine. BUT, I, for one, strongly believe, no, I'm sure, we will meet our familes someday in the hereafter. The more we know of them, the closer we can be to them. I knew only one grandparent, my grandmother Howard. I want to know all about them. I want to know what it was like to fight Indians, to fight white men, to charge the Angle at Gettysburg, to charge up Kings Mt., or hide behind a tree while the others charged up. (I'm no romantic when it comes to genealogy<g> ) Let's research, look for cemeteries, bibles, and wills & deeds. And share them for the benefit of all. -eddie, sysop