>Date: Mon, 1 May 2000 09:41:59 -0700 (PDT) >X-From_: mshives@mail.com Mon May 1 09:41:56 2000 >Reply-To: <mshives@mail.com> >From: "Mark Shives" <mshives@mail.com> >To: "WVWEBSTE-L @rootsweb.com" <WVWEBSTE-L@rootsweb.com>, > "WVPIONEERS-L @rootsweb.com" <WVPIONEERS-L@rootsweb.com>, > "WVA-L @rootsweb.com" <WVA-L@rootsweb.com> >Old-Date: Mon, 1 May 2000 08:40:13 -0400 >X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook 8.5, Build 4.71.2173.0 >Importance: Normal >X-Diagnostic: Not on the accept list >Subject: {not a subscriber} West Virginia History - Vol.2 >X-Envelope-To: WVA-L > >Free on Ancestry.com until May 7. > >Source Information: >History of West Virginia and Its People, Volume 2. Charleston, WV: Lewis >Historical Publishing Co., 1913. > >Description: >A part of Virginia until the American Civil War, West Virginia was home to >about 1.2 million people in 1910. This database is the second of three >volumes covering the history of the state, originally published in 1913. >Beginning with the earliest explorers to the region, it provides a detailed >account of the state's development. Additionally, it contains biographical >sketches of important residents. Of particular use to the researcher are >these brief histories and genealogies. Names of ancestors and descendants >are included in many entries, making this an invaluable tool for the >researcher whose ancestors lived in West Virginia. > > > >