For a number of reasons I suspect the "student letter" is a phony. Larry Howard From the Silicone Swamp in Jacksonville(Cow Ford) Florida ----- Original Message ----- From: "Elaine Lo Bianco" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, February 24, 2001 8:46 AM Subject: [VA-Har-Mon] Fw: WV Helplist > Received this for a look up and struck out. No Ridwell was listed in any of the books I had > IS there any one out there that would have any information on this Rebecca Ridwell. > Elaine > ----- Original Message ----- > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Sent: Friday, February 23, 2001 11:35 PM > Subject: WV Helplist > > > I am a student at WVU and recently was at a cemetary in Fairmont helping > locate and uncover submerged/broken headstones. The cemetary is an old > predominantly Irish cemetary from the mid 1800's that apparently hasn't been > taken care of in some 50 years. Someone in the anthropology department at > WVU has recieved a grant to restore the cemetary and so they are enlisting > the use of students to help w/ clearing brush and finding submerged > headstones and thats why I was there. While there i found a headstone that > was badly deteriorated (as most there are,) but I was able to make out the > name...Mrs. Rebecca Ridwell. No dates or anything else, just the name. I > was wondering if it would be possible for you to check the marriage records > and death certificates to find out where she was originally from (if she was > an immigrant,) her maiden name, her husbands name, dates of her life, and the > names of any children she may have had. I am just very curious about this > person that I found. Any info. would be greatly appreciated. Thanks. > > -Jay- > >

So glad you shared that with everyone. Bill McAfee ----- Original Message ----- From: "Larry Howard" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, February 27, 2001 10:05 AM Subject: Re: [VA-Har-Mon] Fw: WV Helplist > For a number of reasons I suspect the "student letter" is a phony. > > Larry Howard From the Silicone Swamp > in Jacksonville(Cow Ford) Florida > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Elaine Lo Bianco" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Saturday, February 24, 2001 8:46 AM > Subject: [VA-Har-Mon] Fw: WV Helplist > > > > Received this for a look up and struck out. No Ridwell was listed in any > of the books I had > > IS there any one out there that would have any information on this Rebecca > Ridwell. > > Elaine > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: [email protected] > > To: [email protected] > > Sent: Friday, February 23, 2001 11:35 PM > > Subject: WV Helplist > > > > > > I am a student at WVU and recently was at a cemetary in Fairmont helping > > locate and uncover submerged/broken headstones. The cemetary is an old > > predominantly Irish cemetary from the mid 1800's that apparently hasn't > been > > taken care of in some 50 years. Someone in the anthropology department at > > WVU has recieved a grant to restore the cemetary and so they are enlisting > > the use of students to help w/ clearing brush and finding submerged > > headstones and thats why I was there. While there i found a headstone > that > > was badly deteriorated (as most there are,) but I was able to make out the > > name...Mrs. Rebecca Ridwell. No dates or anything else, just the name. I > > was wondering if it would be possible for you to check the marriage > records > > and death certificates to find out where she was originally from (if she > was > > an immigrant,) her maiden name, her husbands name, dates of her life, and > the > > names of any children she may have had. I am just very curious about this > > person that I found. Any info. would be greatly appreciated. Thanks. > > > > -Jay- > > > > > >