Linda was a great resource -- I visited Warren Heritage Society coming from Connecticut to do so -- when I arrived, they could only be open a short time for me. The folks tried to be helpful but what can a researcher do in an hour or so. I looked around and saw an overwhelming collection of stuff that needed organization -- I really want to do some real research there but am confused by the collection and hours. Nancy Pexa NANPEXA@AOL.com

Mary and VAWarren gang, Mary, thanks for the kind words. Did my heart good :) I have good news. The Warren Heritage Society has seen the error of their ways. The Board of Directors has approved the hiring of a part time archivist for their Hale Archives. I was offered the opportunity for this new position. However, I had to decline the offer. I was seeking full time work (and have, just today, accepted another job which starts Thursday). I've been assured they will seek another person for the job (Mary, your phone is going to ring tomorrow). I hope Warren County researchers will take advantage of the wonderful collections archived at the society. There are some true jewels in the collections. Again, Mary, thank you! When I left, the many letters and phone calls to board members is what brought them to decide to hire someone. I appreciate all the efforts everyone has made on my behalf and most importantly, for the future of the archives! Linda Whitmer (former volunteer Archivist, present Computer Software Teacher) At 12:41 PM 4/21/98 -0700, you wrote: >Hi! Just wanted to let you know that Warren Heritage Society dropped the ball again and got rid of a great volunteer archivist for the Hale Archives. Linda Whitmer was volunteering, and keeping that great resource open to researchers, but WHS figured they couldn't afford to pay her, even part-time. So she had to leave. This collection is a fantiastic archives for Warren people and houses, as well as history, but WHS keeps shutting the door in people's faces. I guess they feel that the only people they want to see are the ones that come to the Festival of Leaves. Too bad! Mary > >---------- > > > >==== VAWARREN Mailing List ==== >Visit the Warren County USGenWeb Homepage! >http://www.rootsweb.com/~vawarren/warren.htm >

Hi! Just wanted to let you know that Warren Heritage Society dropped the ball again and got rid of a great volunteer archivist for the Hale Archives. Linda Whitmer was volunteering, and keeping that great resource open to researchers, but WHS figured they couldn't afford to pay her, even part-time. So she had to leave. This collection is a fantiastic archives for Warren people and houses, as well as history, but WHS keeps shutting the door in people's faces. I guess they feel that the only people they want to see are the ones that come to the Festival of Leaves. Too bad! Mary ----------

Hi! Just wanted to let you know that Warren Heritage Society dropped the ball again and got rid of a great volunteer archivist for the Hale Archives. Linda Whitmer was volunteering, and keeping that great resource open to researchers, but WHS figured they couldn't afford to pay her, even part-time. So she had to leave. This collection is a fantiastic archives for Warren people and houses, as well as history, but WHS keeps shutting the door in people's faces. I guess they feel that the only people they want to see are the ones that come to the Festival of Leaves. Too bad! Mary ----------

You have Overholtzer!!!!!!! Here's my file on Overholtzer. Your Susanna is sister of my Mary Ellen that m. George McWms in Shen. Co. Mary Overholtzer is my gr gr gr grandmother. What is Susanna to you? There's a book on Overholtzer I can't find but I was sent a page and it had same info I have except they had a different spelling of Bachman who m. Peter. I think they had Beckman. I got the name from index of wills for Shen. Co. Haven't changed my notes yet but the book does confirm that Peter is son of Samuel. There's a web page with Overholtzer mansion. Let me know what your relationship is please! Alley wchs@prodigy.net 1. Peter Overholtzer m. Anna Bachman, (daughter of unk and Catherine Bachman). Peter died 1818, Shen. Co VA. Possible son of Samuel Oberholdser, Dunmore Co, Colony of VA. Will book B page 39. Sons: Peter (oldest), Samuel. Daus: Barbara and Eaff. Exors: Wife, Eaff and Casper Hoop. Wit: Jacob Neff and _ (Ger.) Dated May 29 1772, Proved Dec 25 1783 Anna: Will of Catherine Bachman. Anna, wife of Peter Oberholser. Executor Peter Oberholser. Dated Nov 1813, Proved Mar 10 1817. Children: 2. i John Overholtzer m. Sept 13 1819, in Shen Co VA, Barbara Romick. Bondsman for marriage, Henry Barb. 3. ii Christian Overholtzer m. Aug 19 1819, in Shen Co VA, Rebecca Goetz. Rebecca: Her guardian....Ephraim Rinker 4. iii Samuel Overholtzer m. Apr 11 1798, in Shen Co VA, Mary Eagle. Mary: Bondsman for marriage, Soloman Carrier. 5. iv Jacob Overholtzer. 6. v Moses Overholtzer m. June 8 1831, in Shen Co VA, Cathrine Bower. Bondsman for marriage, Philip Bower. 7. vi Adam Overholtzer. 8. vii Benjamin Overholtzer. 9. viii Eve Overholtzer m. Jan 27 1794, in Shen Co VA, John (Reefer) Reeser. Listed in marriage bond as dau. of Peter. Listed in will of Peter as Sister Eve Reefer. + 10. ix Mary Ellen Overholtzer b. c1800. 11. x Susanna Overholtzer m. Apr 17 1804, in Shen Co VA, Joe Foltz. Bondsman for marriage, Peter Overholtzer Second Generation 10. Mary Ellen Overholtzer (1.Peter1) b. c1800, m. Dec 17 1818, GEORGE MCWILLIAMS, b. 1798, (son of JAMES A MCWILLIAMS and Hannah). Bondsman for marriage, John Overholtzer. Probably Mary's brother mentioned in will of Peter. Children: + 12. i Mary Hannah McWilliams b. 1818. 13. ii Ivel McWilliams. 14. iii John McWilliams b. c1822. 15. iv Susan McWilliams b. c1825. + 16. v James M McWilliams b. 1827. + 17. vi George McWilliams II b. 1828. + 18. vii William McWilliams b. 1829. + 19. viii DAVID W MCWILLIAMS b. 1834. + 20. ix Reuben McWilliams b. 1835.

Hi - I'm Judy (Sours) Campbell, Webmaster of Mt. View Research. http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Valley/9793/index.html Besides working on cemeteries, etc that you have seen on my webpages, I search for the Page Co. Sours Families and my other lines, but the main one is the Sours Family. I currently have 12,398 people descended from Frederick & Balser Sours, brothers, who settled in Page Co., Va. I'm still searching for more descendants and probably some of you are these folks. If you think that you belong to the Sours Family I would love to hear from you and add your family to the huge database that I have and I probably have something you need on this family. The states that have many descendants are Virginia, Ohio, Kansas, Illinois, California, Indiana, Iowa. The following surnames are among the top in number - Sours, Miller, Griffith, Sowers (mostly Illinois), Kibler (mostly Illinois), Fox, Printz, Somers, Bradley, Good, Hoak, Beahm, Smith, Judd, Jenkins, Moyer, Foster, Ellis, Shaffer, Weaver, Woodward, Frazier, Foltz, Baker, Huffman, Comer, Nichols, Gochenour, Painter, Campbell, Price, Aleshire, Bailey, Lang, Seal, Turner, McComas (Illinois), Cummins (Illinois), Blosser, Stoneberger, Eppard (Va. & Iowa), Williams, Zirkle, Jones, Rinaca, Thompson, Myers, Butler, Gray, White, Rickard, Newlin (Illinois), Burner, Lillard, Hilliard, Shenk, Dinges, Cave, Housden, Conley, Breeden, Houser, Martin, Jewell and many, many more. Please do not hesitate to contact me if you think or know that you are a member of this HUGE family. I would love to hear from you. E-mail - jcampbell@shentel.net

To All, Added 14 more Page Co. Cemeteries today and more to come. http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Valley/9793/index.html Judy Campbell Mt. View Research

Nineveh is in Warren County. Prior to the creation of Warren (March 1836), it was in Frederick County. There were many Quakers in the early days of Nineveh. Just in case... Newtown is now Stephens City, VA in Frederick County. It was also known as Stephensburg. In the book "Hopewell Friends History, 1734-1934, Frederick County, Virginia" on page 497, in a list of "Disownments at Hopewell" is " 6[day] 9[month] 1762 Elenor Brownfield (formerly Archer)[person disowned] Married contrary to discipline [reason for disownment]" Perhaps this is a daughter of your Jeremiah ARCHER????? Good luck in your search! Linda Frederick County, VA At 06:53 PM 4/11/98 -0400, you wrote: >Nineveh was a small community on the road from Winchester to Warren County. I >believe it was oringinally in old Frederick Co. but is now in either CLARKE or >WARREN County. > >I am searching for more information on Jeremiah ARCHER b abt 1710 who m abt >1738 an Elinor. He died abt 1761 in Nineveh, Frederick Co, VA. > >His son William b aft 1740, probably in Nineveh m abt 1780 to Ann or Mary >NEWTON . She d bef May 1792 in Ninevey. > >Their dau Mary b 1781 in Newtown (Nineveh) d 21 Jan 1853 in Winchester and >married a neighbor, Samuel Fenton TRENARY a bricklayer, stonemason. > >Their son, William married a Clevenger, also a neighbor. > >The family may be quakers. At least they had neighbors who were in Nineveh. > >Any clues or information on this family ? > >Send to Helen Austin AustinART@aol.com > > >==== VAWARREN Mailing List ==== >Visit the Warren County USGenWeb Homepage! >http://www.rootsweb.com/~vawarren/warren.htm >

Nineveh was a small community on the road from Winchester to Warren County. I believe it was oringinally in old Frederick Co. but is now in either CLARKE or WARREN County. I am searching for more information on Jeremiah ARCHER b abt 1710 who m abt 1738 an Elinor. He died abt 1761 in Nineveh, Frederick Co, VA. His son William b aft 1740, probably in Nineveh m abt 1780 to Ann or Mary NEWTON . She d bef May 1792 in Ninevey. Their dau Mary b 1781 in Newtown (Nineveh) d 21 Jan 1853 in Winchester and married a neighbor, Samuel Fenton TRENARY a bricklayer, stonemason. Their son, William married a Clevenger, also a neighbor. The family may be quakers. At least they had neighbors who were in Nineveh. Any clues or information on this family ? Send to Helen Austin AustinART@aol.com

Hello, I've been working on putting together an updated version of the book STEER GENEALOGY (Some Genealogy of a Steer Family) by Isaac S. Russell since about 1988. I've recently discovered these Listserves for genealogy in various counties so I thought I'd take a shot at this in order to collect more data for my Steer Genealogy records. Here's a brief account of the beginnings of the family: Isaac Steer married Ruth Mercer. They came from Ireland to Lancaster County, Pennsylvania with their daughter Katherine. Three sons: Nicholas, John & Joseph preceeded them to this country. The family was affiliated with The Society of Friends (Quakers) where many continued for generations to be members. The family eventually migrated down into Virginia settling primarily in Frederick & Loudoun Counties from which descendants spread to other areas in this country. Isaac Russell's book was printed back in 1891 so as you can see much has happened since then. His book primarily dealt with the descendants of Joseph (Isaac & Ruth's son). I am trying to gather info. on ALL of the descendants of Isaac and Ruth Steer, or at least as much as I am able to collect. Being that the family is predominantly Quaker finding accurate info. hasn't been too difficult. I have access to the books written by William Wade Hinshaw which I am using now to further add to the Steer Family records but again much has happened since Hinshaw published his Quaker records. This family has branched out into many different surnames as well, all which can be traced back to Isaac and Ruth Steer. Some of the more common surnames found in this family are: JACKSON, ROBINSON, BROWN, SEXTON, HOLLINGSWORTH, FENTON, DEAN, KIRK, CLEVENGER, WHITACRE, WALKER, PARKINS, MAHANEY, MARKER, SWAYNE, POPE, HOUGH, GRIFFITH, LYTLE (or LITLER), RICHIE, WICKERSHAM, WOOD, RUSSELL, NEVITT. If you believe you are a descendant of Isaac and Ruth Steer I would like to hear from you. Could you please send me whatever complete info. you can give me on your branch of the family up to today's times plus what you know on collateral branches in your line. I need full names of individuals, birth & death dates, places of birth & death, marriage dates and places, spouses full names with birth, death dates and places as well and also the names of the spouses' parents with the mother's maiden name and the same for each child descending from the couple. If you don't have the complete info. I requested, that's ok, just give me what you can. If you wish you can include some biography about some of the individuals. Whatever information you can give me will be greatly appreciated as I try to put together the most up to date version of this genealogy as possible. You can either send this to me by either e-mail at this address steer_family@hotmail.com or you can mail it to me at this address if you don't have an e-mail provider: Michael L. McKay 115 Morgan St. Winchester, VA 22601-3829 Thank you for your attention to this. I'll reprint this letter at various intervals in order for new listserve subscribers to read. Michael LeHew McKay. ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com

Anyone who has an interest in Page Co. genealogy and surrounding areas should check out a new FREE internet site. There are tombstone inscriptions from cemeteries in Page, Warren, Rappahannock, and Shenandoah Co. in Va. as well as a couple of counties in WV. Also marriages in Page Co. 1831-1864 and links to some other interesting sites. The address is www.geocities.com/Heartland/Valley/9793/index.html

The new query board is ready to roll! To add your query and surname, go to: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~usgwqury/Va/Warren/index.cgi The queries and surnames will be searchable throughout the USGenWeb. This is a Great system! Good luck in your quest, Yvonne, List Administrator. ****** Yvonne James-Henderson, Burke, VA MO USGenWeb Archives Manager http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/mo/mofiles.htm NC USGenWeb Archive Manager http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/nc/ncfiles.htm ****** My Family Discussion Lists: BALLEAU BRISBIN COOKSEY GALBRAITH HITT HORN KENTON LAWSON LUCKY MORROW SWEET ZIMMERMAN Also researching JAMES/WRIGHT/WALLACE/WOODS//EATON/DRAKE/ FORSYTHE/WALKER/RUSSELL/DAVIS/BOOKOUT/BARNEY/REYNOLDS/ BUMP/HENDERSON/MCCLURG and more! God gave us memory so that we might have roses in December.

Please....anyone that wish to correspond with the Grannies, do so via private e-mail, not on the lists. We can appreciate their works, but I have had too many complaints from subscribers. Nuff said. Thanks, Yvonne, List Owner

Hello all, We have just joined your mailing lists and have obtained a copy of a reconstructed Census for 1720. We will look up your names for free. The granny's are a group of ladies, and some gentlemen now, that do research at the National Archives for people. They also go to the Denver Library which is rated the 5th best Genealogy library in the country. It has a section for every State in the Union and lots of National Publications. If your needing things looked up, give me an E-mail. Most things cost less than $4.00. With permission from our requestors, the information obtained for people will be shared with anyone interested in the surname to the mailing lists. Sincerely, Jim (for the Granny's)

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To all: I am researching the following Frederick/Shenandoah/Warren County surnames: RIDGWAY FOLEY CLAPSADDLE LOVELACE KIDWELL HUNT VERMILLION DELINGER HOTTEL LEARY RAMEY STOKES Most of these resided in the Fork District, north and west of Front Royal. My family genealogy web site is at: http://cyberrealm.net/~rockfish/xroads.htm Vince Hackley rockfish@cyberrealm.net Vince Hackley 25532 Coltrane Drive Damascus, MD 20872 rockfish@cyberrealm.net http://cyberrealm.net/~rockfish/xroads.htm (301) 253-1846 (home) (301) 975-5790 (work)

Hi Everyone, Just a reminder, on this list you are free to send your queries and lists of surnames you are researching. We also welcome family stories and other information that is related to the county. The list is for your use, please feel free. Send the URLS for your homepage. I will also post them on the county page for you. We only ask that no advertisements, gedcom files or virus announcement be sent the list. Thanks, hope to hear from you soon! Good luck in your quest, Yvonne, List Owner ****** Yvonne James-Henderson, Burke, VA NC USGenWeb Archive Manager http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/nc/ncfiles.htm Family and friends, just a few of the reasons we have to be thankful for! Ask me about these Family Discussion Lists: BALLEAU BOOKOUT BRISBIN COOKSEY HITT HORN KENTON LAWSON LUCKY MORROW SWEET ZIMMERMAN AOL Instant Message: YMHinVA ICQ UIN: 1541292

<center>Warren Heritage Society Laura Virginia Hale Archives 101 Chester Street Front Royal, VA 22630 Winter Hours: Wednesdays 10am to 1pm Summer Hours: Wednesdays 10am to 1pm, Fridays 10am to 1pm email: whitmer@crosslink.net </center>Greetings Warren Co Researchers, We at the Laura Virginia Hale Archives invite you to visit our facility. If you are not able to visit during our regular hours, we will be happy to arrange a time by appointment. Our archives has a few gems tucked away ... here and there. Our biggest collection is that of the late Laura Virginia Hale (hence the name). She was an admired historian of our area. She authored several books. The bulk of her research material is housed in our archives. You may be familiar with Josiah Look Dickinson's book on the Fairfax Proprietary. Mr. Dickinson's notes and plats used to write his book, are also in our archives. We have many other collections with interest to Warren County history and it's people. Please also feel free to write us with your inquiry. We charge a modest $5.00 for searching our files (plus 20 cents a copy and postage). Please direct your request to the snail mail address above or by email to me. Happy hunting all! Linda Whitmer Archivist (volunteer) Laura VA Hale Archives Front Royal, VA whitmer@crosslink.net