Vince - When I was growing up in New Castle "Bud" Abbott was the sherriff and he lived in "Scratch Ankle" just across from the old New Castle high school on the corner lot (Not the corner where the Christian Church is). This was in the late 30s and 40. VACRAIG-D-request@rootsweb.com wrote: > Subject: > > VACRAIG-D Digest Volume 98 : Issue 69 > > Today's Topics: > #1 [VACRAIG-L] Comprehensive List of [Vincent Edward Summers <vsummers@N] > #2 [VACRAIG-L] Fantastic discovery! [Patrick Dobbins & Karen Miles-Mitc] > #3 Re: [VACRAIG-L] Fantastic discover [Vincent Edward Summers <vsummers@N] > #4 Re: [VACRAIG-L] Fantastic discover [LTucker972@aol.com] > #5 Re: [VACRAIG-L] Fantastic discover [Vincent Edward Summers <vsummers@N] > > Administrivia: > To unsubscribe from VACRAIG-D, send a message to > > VACRAIG-D-request@rootsweb.com > > that contains in the body of the message the command > > unsubscribe > > and no other text. No subject line is necessary, but if your software > requires one, just use unsubscribe in the subject, too. > > ______________________________ > > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Subject: [VACRAIG-L] Comprehensive List of New Castle Sheriffs? > Date: Sat, 26 Dec 1998 21:42:14 -0500 > From: Vincent Edward Summers <vsummers@NRAO.EDU> > To: VACRAIG-L@rootsweb.com > > Does anyone have a comprehensive list of New Castle Sheriffs > from past to present? I have two of them in my wife's line... > > Byrd Emmett Carper, elected in 1915 and 1919. > > and > > John W. Caldwell, who may or may not have been family, but > boarded at the house of family... House of Charles E. Carper, > is listed in the 1880 Census as Sheriff. > > Vince > > ______________________________ > > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Subject: [VACRAIG-L] Fantastic discovery! > Date: Sat, 26 Dec 1998 23:39:35 +0000 > From: Patrick Dobbins & Karen Miles-Mitchum <darkwolf@usit.net> > To: VACRAIG-L@rootsweb.com > > Hi Folks, > > I was web-surfing and stumbled upon something very interesting and > useful to Craig County researchers. I found a site that has an > 1888-1889, Craig County classified business directory, an 1860 Craig > County mortality schedule, and information about the New River Valley > and its surrounding counties. A gentleman named Jeffrey Weaver has put > this site together and has done a terrific job. > > The URL is: http://www.ls.net/~newriver/nrv.htm > > It's really easy to spend hours at this site, so have fun! :o) > > Sincerely, > > Karen Miles-Mitchum > darkwolf@usit.net > > ______________________________ > > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Subject: Re: [VACRAIG-L] Fantastic discovery! > Date: Sun, 27 Dec 1998 00:34:37 -0500 > From: Vincent Edward Summers <vsummers@NRAO.EDU> > To: VACRAIG-L@rootsweb.com > > This is great! I look forward to taking that comb and using > the fine teeth. City Directories are often invaluable. They > can give dates, names, association of more than one name in > a business, who lived in the neighborhood, a widow, and hence > an outside death date for the husband. > > The other stuff will be wonderful, too. > > Thanks, folks! > > Vince > > Patrick Dobbins & Karen Miles-Mitchum wrote: > > > > Hi Folks, > > > > I was web-surfing and stumbled upon something very interesting and > > useful to Craig County researchers. I found a site that has an > > 1888-1889, Craig County classified business directory, an 1860 Craig > > County mortality schedule, and information about the New River Valley > > and its surrounding counties. A gentleman named Jeffrey Weaver has put > > this site together and has done a terrific job. > > > > The URL is: http://www.ls.net/~newriver/nrv.htm > > > > It's really easy to spend hours at this site, so have fun! :o) > > > > Sincerely, > > > > Karen Miles-Mitchum > > darkwolf@usit.net > > > > ==== VACRAIG Mailing List ==== > > %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% > > ..........................CRAIG MAILING LIST........................... > > YA'LL SUPPORT ROOTSWEB NOW! GO ON AND VISIT: http://www.rootsweb.com > > %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% > > ______________________________ > > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Subject: Re: [VACRAIG-L] Fantastic discovery! > Date: Sun, 27 Dec 1998 06:15:48 EST > From: LTucker972@aol.com > To: VACRAIG-L@rootsweb.com > > Hi > I tried 6 times to get the URL to work for me it wouldn't. Is there any other > way? Thanks Linda > > ______________________________ > > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Subject: Re: [VACRAIG-L] Fantastic discovery! > Date: Sun, 27 Dec 1998 09:15:32 -0500 > From: Vincent Edward Summers <vsummers@NRAO.EDU> > To: VACRAIG-L@rootsweb.com > > I worked fine for me. It may have been a crowded time. > Then again, AOL has been having trouble with some sites. > > Vince > > LTucker972@aol.com wrote: > > > > Hi > > I tried 6 times to get the URL to work for me it wouldn't. Is there any other > > way? Thanks Linda -- CHECK OUT MY COOL WEB PAGES: http://www.geocities.com/Eureka/3904/index.html http://www.geocities.com/CapitolHill/Lobby/4820/index.html http://www.geocities.com/TheTropics/Shores/3904/index.html