For the sake of whatever - I have family that started out being Virginians and ended up being West Virginians by dint of where they lived when West Virginia broke from Virginia. I have listed them as (W)V and date. --- Joyce Ubl <ublj@comcast.net> wrote: > Barb - > > I'm wondering if the confusion is because of > the origin of West > Virginia. > Maybe it would help unravel things to know that > Clarksburg was in > Virginia until the Civil War. After the war, > West Virginia was formed > out of land which was originally part of > Virginia. Therefore, the dates > are important. Virginia used to be one huge > area - extending up to > Canada and out to the Pacific Ocean. I guess > most of us can claim to b > Virginians in that way. Hmmm. > > Joyce > > -----Original Message----- > From: Barbara Lewis > [mailto:lewisroots@comcast.net] > Sent: Friday, October 31, 2003 10:12 AM > To: VAROOTS-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [VAROOTS] Clarksburg??? > > I'm entering genealogy data for a friend whose > kin were born in > Clarksburg, > VA...which evidently isn't in Virginia any > more, but West Virginia, so > I'm a > little stumped as to how to enter this data.... > thank you Lyle.......... > Barb L. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <Wvlyle@aol.com> > To: <VAROOTS-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Thursday, October 30, 2003 2:28 PM > Subject: Re: [VAROOTS] Clarksburg??? > > > > Barb: I live next to Clarksburg, WV; > anything I can help with? Lyle > > > > > > ============================== > > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 > billion online genealogy > records, > go to: > > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > > > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion > online genealogy > records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion > online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Exclusive Video Premiere - Britney Spears http://launch.yahoo.com/promos/britneyspears/