This is one of the best websites I have ever had the good fortune to access. ----- Original Message ----- From: "EDWARD PRICHARD" <EdPrichard@msn.com> To: "WVCABELL-L" <WVCABELL-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, September 26, 2008 11:15 AM Subject: [WVCABELL] Another One Bit The Dust! > Barry Huffstutler has finished reading the Enon Cem. at Salt Rock. > There are over 1500 burials there so it will take awhile to rename the the > monument pictures and those with pictures on their monuments. After > renaming, he will transcribe the information to an Excel database for > posting on Cabell County Doors to the Past. > There are well over 250 family and commercial cemeteries so far listed > on his site! His website and information is FREE to the public. He has > provided this "treasure" at great expense to himself and his family. "Gas > ain't cheap", and neither is TIME! He has never received any funding from > any community organization. HE HAS NEVER ASKED! His only remuneration is > the occasional e-mail thanking him for some "jewel" that he has posted to > Doors to the Past which helped someone discover something new about a > relative. > His plan is to map and preserve for all time the final resting places > of our Cabell County ancestors! Have you ever tried to attempt such a > venture? Wanna help? Volunteer some information, Send him the location of > a cemetery not known or listed here in Cabell County, come pull weeds and > grass from around the monuments so that they may preserved digitally and > saved for all time, or simply send him an e-mail of encouragement at > barryh5356@hughes.net<mailto:barryh5356@hughes.net>. > > Exerpts from the guestbook on his front page: > > Mr. Huffstutler, > "Thanks for your hard work on this site. The section on cemeteries is > great. The section on the military made a tear come to my eye, when I read > names I hadn't thought of in years. > KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK " > > > > "Mr. Huffstutler I am glad to see someone posting records of the wonderful > place I use to call home. I enjoy reading about West Virginia history > especially that of which was in the town I grew up in. It is also good to > talk to a former teacher from Milto High part of which made me what I am > today. I am currently an aerospace engineer residing in Los Angeles > California. Good luck in all you do and thanks again." > > > "THIS IS A VERY WONDERFUL WORK IN PROGRESS. A LOT OF INFORMATION ABOUT THE > FOLKS AND TOWN AND EVERYTHING. ONE OF THE BEST SITES I HAVE BEEN TO IN A > LONG WHILE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK AS IT IS NOW AND FOR YOUR FUTURE > ADDITIONS. THIS IS WONDERFUL. " > > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > WVCABELL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message