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/FCC.2ACE/2056.1.1 Message Board Post: Hi Gwen, Glad to hear from you. I do not live near the area. I am originally am from martins ferry ohio but have been living in Virginia for over 20 years. I was home recently and found Henry D Swearengen in the Wheeling, Ohio County census. I would love to have more info. We do not have much on this side of the family. Any help and info would greatly be appreciated. Thanks Todd

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Kelly, Ralston Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/FCC.2ACE/2061 Message Board Post: Hello all, new year- so looking for clues on this couple. They married Nov 6, 1817 in Brooke co WV. She got 27 acres of land on Kings Creek in 1829 from her parents estate. By 1851 William Cochran was listed as assignnee of Timothy W. Kelly on a land deed. I found a Timothy Kelly list in 1820 census Hanover twp Wash Co PA p 220. That's all I have but Would love to find out more on the couple & family after they left Brooke area. Thanks for any clues. Happy Trails in 2006 Kim Ralston Dresser

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/FCC.2ACE/2046.1.1 Message Board Post: Thanks Gwen....I am in the middle of painting right now, but will get that information to you later this week. I think it was David and Rebecca Kelley/Kelly; sister and brother, my husband's great grandfather and great aunt. Their actual surname was MYRES, but their mother had re-married and must have signed an agreement for living arrangements and put her Kelley name on the lease. I will get you an address.

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/FCC.2ACE/2042.2 Message Board Post: If you will look at our web site, www.brookecountywvgenealogy.org under EARLY FAMILIES There is information about the Strain family there also under cemetries - look at Strain cemetery

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/FCC.2ACE/2046.1 Message Board Post: OK I am looking at my 1850 Brooke county census. YOU did not give me a name to find, only who someone was living with. But a "stab in the dark" there is Bethany college, in Bethany WV that is a few miles outside Wellsburg. If you would give me a number for example 543 Turner, or 539 Dully pages in books differ, depending on who did the book. Start again and I will try to help you Gwen Brooke county genealogy

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/FCC.2ACE/2058.1.1 Message Board Post: GWEN, THANKS FOR YOUR REPLY. YES, HAVE CHECKED SOME OF WASH., PA . RECORDS, BUT TO NO AVAIL. THOUGHT THIS MAY JOG SOMEONE ELSE'S LINEAGE OR DAUGHERTY'S.

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/FCC.2ACE/2060.1.1 Message Board Post: Thanks. I am beginning to believe that maybe Reason Means was(or could be) his nephew. Based on the dates of Nicholas' children, it would be unlikely that he was the son of one. Just speculation all around.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Waugh, McKinley, carter Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/FCC.2ACE/2053.2.1 Message Board Post: thanks for the info gwen, i got that info from Ruby at the museum plus Mr konkle loaned me the map. The markers arent there any longer. I should have elaborated about the type of info i was looking for. Any info regarding Micha Waugh McKinley's family. Her parents... that sort of thing. Do you know a place that was called Fowler's around 1901? was it a boarding house or apartment building? thanks for any help

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/FCC.2ACE/2053.2 Message Board Post: Mrs Micha J McKinley is butried at Brooke Cemetery in Wellsburg b1845 d 4 Jun 1927 Burial 6 June 1927 age 77y 11m 14 d She has a double stone Sec H lot 51 there are four burials on that lot buried from Reasoners

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/FCC.2ACE/2060.1 Message Board Post: There is no early GOSSAGE marraiges in Brooke county. We have copied the early records. There is in the Brooke county court orders, David who was here 1804 John in 1800, N. in 1830- William 1803 to 1833 Nicholas in 1831

Millions of Men May Be Descended From Irish King, Study Says James Owen for <http://news.nationalgeographic.com>National Geographic News January 20, 2006 Up to three million men living around the world today could be descended from a fifth-century Irish king, according to a new study. Research suggests as many as 1 in 12 men in Ireland carry the genes of Niall of the Nine Hostages, bolstering claims that the ancient warlord founded a dynasty that dominated Ireland for centuries. Some historians doubt Niall's existence, comparing his legend to that of King Arthur. But scientists at Trinity College Dublin in Ireland say a distinctive genetic signature on the male Y chromosome, which is passed down from father to son, leads to Niall or some similar figure. Niall had 12 sons, according to folklore, and took nine key hostages, including Saint Patrick, as way to subdue opponents and consolidate power. Writing this month in the American Journal of Human Genetics, researchers said Niall "resided at the cusp of mythology and history, but our results do seem to confirm the existence of a single early medieval progenitor to the most powerful and enduring Irish dynasty." Geographic Hotspot The study was based on the DNA samples of 800 males across Ireland. "We used a genetic fingerprint in the Y chromosome that was sufficiently detailed that you wouldn't expect very many men to have the same one," said Dan Bradley, a genetics professor at Trinity College Dublin. In nothwest Ireland (<http://www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions/atlas/index.html?Parent=europe&Rootmap=irelan&Mode=d&SubMode=w>map), one in five men bore the same distinctive genetic marker, the team found. "That part of Ireland was influenced by a certain dynasty called Uí Néill [descendants of Niall]­a group of lineages that held sway to a greater or lesser degree for almost a thousand years," Bradley said. "The area of this Y chromosome coincides geographically with the greatest influence of these groups," he added. He says the genetic match-up was also significantly higher in men bearing surnames linked to different branches of Uí Néill. "Irish surnames are typically based on people who are the eponymous ancestors," said Bradley, whose own name claims ancestry to Niall. Other examples include Boyle, Egan, Flynn, Gallagher, McGovern, McManus, Molloy, O'Connor, O'Reilly, and Quinn. The approximate age of the Y chromosome was gauged by looking at genetic mutations that accrue over time. "Mutation occurs more or less like a clock," Bradley said. "The chromosome's age was consistent with someone of Niall's vintage, about 1,700 years old." The same chromosome was also found in almost 17 percent of males tested in western and central Scotland and around two percent of New Yorkers of European origin. The team estimates that two to three million males around the world share this same Irish ancestor. The study suggests a link between powerful men and a strong genetic legacy, as more powerful men would have commanded access to more women. "Polygamy was widespread, even in post-Christian Ireland," Bradley said. "Earlier Irish customs were quite resistant to change. Divorce was allowed, and concubines." One 15th-century nobleman with Uí Néill lineage, Turlough O'Donnell, is known to have had 18 sons with 10 different women. His sons gave him 59 grandsons. Powerful Leaders Other DNA studies centering on ancient leaders have produced similar results. Genghis Khan, the Mongol emperor who conquered most of Asia in the 13th century, has nearly 16 million male descendants living today, <http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2003/02/0214_030214_genghis.html>according to a study published in the American Journal of Human Genetics in 2003. His grandson, Kubilai Khan, who established the Yuan Dynasty in China, had 22 legitimate sons and was reported to have added 30 virgins to his harem each year. Another study published last year suggests that 1.5 million Chinese men are directly realted to Giocangga, grandfather of the founder of the Qing dynasty. Qing nobility were an elite class that had wives and concubines, according to Chris Tyler-Smith, a geneticist at England's Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute and a researcher for <http://www.nationalgeographic.com/genographic>National Geographic's Genographic Project. Because of the nobility's privileged status, their children would have had a good chance of survival, Tyler-Smith notes. Dan Bradley says such genetic fingerprinting is potentially a very useful historical tool. "It gives scientific support for medieval genealogies which I wouldn't necessarily have believed beforehand," he said. "There's nothing written about Niall until hundreds of years after the time he would have lived, so you're talking about a character who was almost Arthurian," he added. "There's a sort of credibility train that I think many people, including myself, would have jumped off before you got to him."

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Pugh, Brawley Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/FCC.2ACE/1738.1.1 Message Board Post: Shannon-- I believe our Peter Pughs are related--uncle or first cousins. On the 1850 Hancock Co,Vg census, Hugh & Nancy Pugh are living with their sons, Peter (yours, I suspect), Alex, John, Hiraim and David & Ada Gordon (Nancy's parents???). It is David Gordon who went to Meigs Co, Ohio after Peter died, was executor of his estate & brought peter's widow, Sarah, and her children back to Hancock Co. In 1850 Sarah is living next door to David (43yo) son of Peter Pugh and a Hugh son of Aaron Pugh. In 1855 Sarah Pugh's, dau, Adah (my grgrmo), marries Alexander Brawley in Berlin Cross Roads, Wellstown, Jackson Co, Ohio--this is the only reference I have to Jackson co, Ohio. The Brawleys settle in Ironton, Ohio. Have you looked at any land records? They can be a great help. Keep me posted--perhaps we can unravel a small part of these Pughs!! Molly

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/FCC.2ACE/2042.1 Message Board Post: Hello my names is thomas strain I a also attempting to research my history my fathers names is also thomas strain

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/FCC.2ACE/2060 Message Board Post: Looking for connection to Nicholas Gossage. Believe his daughter married a Means, possibly John. Grandson may have been raised by Nicholas. Any connections please let me know

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/FCC.2ACE/248.249.2 Message Board Post: i am researching my great great grandfather,peter w. pugh,i believe his parents are hugh pugh and nancy gordon pugh.i am intrested in any info on hugh's parents or siblings,as well as the gordons,i believe nancy's parents were david and ada.also,i think my great great grandmother,peter's wife,susanna scott,was a daughter of nathan scott.however i have found nothing on her mother.i do know peter and susanna were married in 1850,in hancock county.in the 1850 census susanna is born in pa,while in the 1880 census,she lists va.in the 1880 census it states her father was born in ireland,her mother pa,or va.any info you could give me would be greatly appreciated!!!!

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Patnode,Pascuzzi Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/FCC.2ACE/2059 Message Board Post: could someone look up an obit on Ralph Pascuzzi who died Nov 15, 1993 in Follansbee, WV. Charlene

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/FCC.2ACE/479.3.1.1 Message Board Post: thank you so much,for your reply!!!this is my family,according to my mother's research.i only just found her papers.she was dorothy jeanne pugh,and she passed away in 1974.her father was lloyd austin pugh,his father was erman austin pugh,and erman was one of peter pugh's children.hugh is peter's father.do you have any info on hugh's parent's or siblings?any information you have would be most appreciated.i cant tell you how thrilled i am,to have this information!!thank you from the bottom of my heart!

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Daugherty: Smith Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/FCC.2ACE/2058 Message Board Post: Does anyone know of a Michael Daugherty of Washington, PA, who owned a store, and was a preacher in the early 1800's? He was born in Ireland- did he have any siblings? He married , and had a daughter Eva or Evangeline, who married Edward Jackson Smith.

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/FCC.2ACE/479.3.1 Message Board Post: The 1850 Census of Hancock Co. shows in family 9/9: PUGH, Hugh, ae 55 b Va.; Nancy, ae 50 b Pa.; PETER, ae 21 b Va.; Alexander, ae 17 b Va.; John, ae 15 b Va.; Hiram, ae 11 b Va.; GORDAN, David, ae 72, b Pa. & Ada, ae 73 b N.J. Possibly the Gordans are Nancy's parents. Then in family 223/223: SCOTT, Nathan, ae 57 b Ire.; SUSANNA, ae 23 b Pa.; Catherine, ae 18 b Va.; Louisa, ae 16 b Va.; Joseph, ae 14 b Va.; Jeremiah, ae 12 b Va.; Elizabeth, ae 9 b Va. & John, ae 6 b Va. Hope this helps.

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/FCC.2ACE/2053.1 Message Board Post: I think this is Micha's death certificate, only it lists her husband as Earnest McKinley... http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=994900&Type=Death There are over 200 Waugh death certificates throughout WV on the same site: http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_select.aspx. It's a great resource!