This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/Dz.2ADEAE/51.1 Message Board Post: Hughes is in Jackson County, West Virginia. You can obtain a copy of your father's county birth record through the WV Archives or from Jackson County. You can apply for a copy of his state birth record through WV Dept. of Health, Vital Registration. Using information from his birth record, you can look for your grandparents' records. For information on conducting genealogy research through the West Virginia Archives and History Library, visit our Web site at www.wvculture.org/history and click on the Archives section.