This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/GBC.2ACE/401.2 Message Board Post: Dear Janice, We just returned from Washington, Smyth and Wythe counties researching Surber, Hubble and Harrell families. I wish we could have met there and compared notes. I am connected to the Bishops thru Joseph and Sarah's daughter Waitstill. She m. Justus Hubble and their dau Ruth m. Adam Surber. I enjoyed researching at the community college in Wytheville and the Historical Society in Abingdon is also a good one. I found that it is important to know the dates these 3 counties were formed and the boundries before and after. There were many changes. Good luck. Oh yes, don't miss a trip to the "Shot Tower". Connie L.