Paula, Please post to the list. It might also be good to post to the Allegany Co list. What an exciting find. A genealogist's dream. Joyce ----- Original Message ----- From: Paula <roots-researcher@home.com> To: <WVHAMPSH-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, July 29, 2000 3:30 PM Subject: [WVHAMPSH-L] Alaska WV > This is a multi-part message in MIME format. > --------------8EDF107F12941DF049CDB935 > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > > My g-grandmother's birth certificate (secured after the fact by > affidavit of living relatives) indicates she was born in Alaska, WV. > Unfortunately, I have never been to WV, but desperately want to visit > someday soon. Where exactly is Alaska? Or has the name been changed? > Also, how far from Keyser is Alaska? > > I found a small box that had a framed copy of my g-grandmother's birth > certificate in it and decided to look take the certificate out of the > frame and scan it. Much to my surprise and delight, there was a second > birth certificate behind it for my g-uncle who I hadn't been able to > locate much info on. Also behind the frame in the box were a number of > newspaper articles clipped out. I am scanning them and will place them > on my website (hopefully soon). Although my g-grandmother was born in > Alaska, WV and spent much of her early life in Keyser area, she also > lived in Cumberland and Frostburg. I think most of these newspaper > articles are from Cumberland Times. Would it be appropriate to post an > email listing the names? Or is that better reserved for my web page, > with a link to it? Feedback appreciated. :) > > Paula > > Bill Pyles wrote: > > > > The public cemetery originally called the Frankfort or Alaska Cemetery > > before it was changed to Fort Ashby Cemetery. It was named after the town. > > My grandfather had adjointing land and developed a cemetery, nearest to the > > town (West) in about 1918 after their baby was buried in the public part > > only to have someone bury on the same lot. They called this Fort Hill > > Cemetery. It was taken over by the Lions Club after the death of my > > grandfather in about 1965. I sold several lots after he got up in years. > > The lots went for $10 per grave. Some lots were 2 grave and went to 8 grave > > lots. Today, the Lions charge much more and they maintain it very good. In > > the old days you had to maintain your own lot as in many old cemeteries > > today. > > Bill > > ----------------------------------------------------- > > Bill Pyles, Titusville, FL --New e-mail address: WPyles@cfl.rr.com > > Searching Pyles(1), Allen(2), Starkey(2), Johnson(7), Friend(3), Brown(8), > > Daniels(2), Kisner(4), McBride(7), McKee(7), Monnett(2), Brown(8), > > Gower/Gauer(3), Titchnell(5), Peters (7) and Markers(6). > > (1) Hampshire, Mineral and Preston Counties, WV. > > (2) Hampshire and Mineral Counties, WV and Allegany County, MD. > > (3) Garrett County, MD. > > (4) Hampshire, Garrett and Preston Counties. > > (5) Preston County. > > (6) Frederick County, VA; Hampshire and Mineral Counties. > > (7) Hampshire County > > (8) Allegany County, MD; Bedford County, PA > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Lee Mattei" <ematt@kellnet.com> > > To: <WVHAMPSH-L@rootsweb.com> > > Sent: Wednesday, July 26, 2000 1:34 PM > > Subject: Re: [WVHAMPSH-L] Leases-Ft Ashby Cemetery > > > > > Would you know who this cemetery was named for? Lee > > > > --------------8EDF107F12941DF049CDB935 > Content-Type: text/x-vcard; charset=us-ascii; > name="roots-researcher.vcf" > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > Content-Description: Card for Paula > Content-Disposition: attachment; > filename="roots-researcher.vcf" > > begin:vcard > n:Jamison;Paula > x-mozilla-html:TRUE > adr:;;;;;; > version:2.1 > email;internet:roots-researcher@home.com > note:Surnames: ARNOLD, BLACKBURN, DAWSON, DIXON, DYE, ELLIFRITZ, FLEEK/FLICK, HAWS, ISER, JUNKINS, KITZMILLER, LILLER, McHENRY, MILLER, MINNICK, PARKER, ROGERS, SPENCER, STAGGS, THRASH, UMSTOT, URICE, WILSON, YOST > fn:Paula Jamison > end:vcard > > --------------8EDF107F12941DF049CDB935-- > >