Have you been to the Roanoke Library in Roanoke Va, They have an excellent Genealogy Dept. They also,have other states. Alot of men went to West Va. to work in the coal mines.I have great uncles who went there and worked in the mines, some returned to Bedford Co. Helen ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lori Martin" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, May 24, 2006 5:18 PM Subject: [VABEDFOR] William MARTIN, born 1831 Bedford Co., VA (to possibly Roanoke, VA), Kanawha, VA (now WV) > My husband & I are getting very frustrated and discouraged in trying to > locate proof of his GGGgrandfather, William MARTIN, a Kanawha County, > Va/WVa man, being born to a William & Elizabeth Martin in Bedford County, > VA in 1831. We've been through all the censuses, several records on > Ancestry.com, asked for research to be performed at the WV State Archives > & we've even been down to the Bedford County Museum in VA to look at their > records, all without gleaning anything concrete. This is a major brick > wall. > > My understanding is that William MARTIN was born approximately 1831 (if > he didn't lie on his 1856 Kanawha marriage record about his age) in > Bedford County to parents named William & Elizabeth Martin. > > We have found two possibilities for William's parentage: William Martin > & Elizabeth Shaon, married in 1816 in Bedford; and William Martin & > Elizabeth Ellis, married in 1831. We have no way yet of confirming he's > the son of either couple or neither couple. Does anyone have any tips, > suggestions, clues, on how to find some kind of birth record prior to 1853 > in Virginia? Or, even better, does this William Martin ring any bells > with anyone? His occupation was that of a cooper (maker of barrels). > > William &/or his family may have also lived in the Roanoke County area as > well before moving to Kanawha County/Kanawha Valley area (which is why I > am also sending this to the Roanoke & Botetourt mailing lists). > > Speaking of which, do any history buffs out there know why a young man in > his early 20s would leave the Bedford county &/or Roanoke area to go over > 200 miles over to Kanawha circa 1845? > > Much thanks, > Lori J. Martin > > > --------------------------------- > Yahoo! Messenger with Voice. Make PC-to-Phone Calls to the US (and 30+ > countries) for 2¢/min or less. > > > ==== VABEDFOR Mailing List ==== > Messages from this list are "warranted" to be free from viruses ... > BUT some virus might masquerade as a mailing list message > ALWAYS be careful with unexpected attachments in email messages. > > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.392 / Virus Database: 268.7.0/345 - Release Date: 5/22/2006 >
Hey There, I don't know the date or dates, but my father-in-law left Radford, VA before 1948 to work in the mines in Gary, W V. Happy Hunting doc ----- Original Message ----- From: "Helen Rynd" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, May 25, 2006 3:02 AM Subject: Re: [VABEDFOR] William MARTIN, born 1831 Bedford Co., VA (to possibly Roanoke, VA), Kanawha, VA (now WV) > Have you been to the Roanoke Library in Roanoke Va, They have an excellent > Genealogy Dept. They also,have other states. > Alot of men went to West Va. to work in the coal mines.I have great uncles > who went there and worked in the mines, some returned to Bedford Co. > Helen > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Lori Martin" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Wednesday, May 24, 2006 5:18 PM > Subject: [VABEDFOR] William MARTIN, born 1831 Bedford Co., VA (to possibly > Roanoke, VA), Kanawha, VA (now WV) > > >> My husband & I are getting very frustrated and discouraged in trying to >> locate proof of his GGGgrandfather, William MARTIN, a Kanawha County, >> Va/WVa man, being born to a William & Elizabeth Martin in Bedford County, >> VA in 1831. We've been through all the censuses, several records on >> Ancestry.com, asked for research to be performed at the WV State Archives >> & we've even been down to the Bedford County Museum in VA to look at >> their records, all without gleaning anything concrete. This is a major >> brick wall. >> >> My understanding is that William MARTIN was born approximately 1831 (if >> he didn't lie on his 1856 Kanawha marriage record about his age) in >> Bedford County to parents named William & Elizabeth Martin. >> >> We have found two possibilities for William's parentage: William Martin >> & Elizabeth Shaon, married in 1816 in Bedford; and William Martin & >> Elizabeth Ellis, married in 1831. We have no way yet of confirming he's >> the son of either couple or neither couple. Does anyone have any tips, >> suggestions, clues, on how to find some kind of birth record prior to >> 1853 in Virginia? Or, even better, does this William Martin ring any >> bells with anyone? His occupation was that of a cooper (maker of >> barrels). >> >> William &/or his family may have also lived in the Roanoke County area >> as well before moving to Kanawha County/Kanawha Valley area (which is why >> I am also sending this to the Roanoke & Botetourt mailing lists). >> >> Speaking of which, do any history buffs out there know why a young man >> in his early 20s would leave the Bedford county &/or Roanoke area to go >> over 200 miles over to Kanawha circa 1845? >> >> Much thanks, >> Lori J. Martin >> >> >> --------------------------------- >> Yahoo! Messenger with Voice. Make PC-to-Phone Calls to the US (and 30+ >> countries) for 2¢/min or less. >> >> >> ==== VABEDFOR Mailing List ==== >> Messages from this list are "warranted" to be free from viruses ... >> BUT some virus might masquerade as a mailing list message >> ALWAYS be careful with unexpected attachments in email messages. >> >> >> >> -- >> No virus found in this incoming message. >> Checked by AVG Free Edition. >> Version: 7.1.392 / Virus Database: 268.7.0/345 - Release Date: 5/22/2006 >> > > > ==== VABEDFOR Mailing List ==== > The archives of this list can be searched at URL: > http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl?list=VABEDFOR >