I have the Hampshire County death records on microfilm. Until sometime after the time frame he's looking for there is very little information in there. I have a 1900 death for a 60-yr-old which fails to mention (a) her maiden name or (b) her husband's name; there is another entry for the same surname which fails to even mention her given name, she's shown as Mrs. X. In many eras, there was no place on the form for the information, it was not requested, not required, not reported. And in one set, for reasons that elude me, it wants Citizenship and length of residence in the county instead of birthplace! Cheryl At 11:55 AM 08/20/2002 -0400, Elaine wrote: >Sue, > >W.Va. counties kept death records which named parents of deceased (& still do), >if known by person reporting death. Many pre-Civil War records were lost in the >war, but it is worth checking out; there is a good chance that some of Philip's >children may have lived until after the war. I would recommend going to your >local LDS/Fam.History Ctr. and ordering the microfilms of the death records for >the counties in question. If you find any of Philip's offspring in the death >records, there is a chance that the parents would be named--and you'll have the >name of Philip's wife. To see online what is available for any specific county >in question, go to >http://www.familysearch.com/Eng/Library/FHLC/frameset_fhlc.asp and do a place >search. Type the name of the county (without the word "County") in the "Place" >box and the name of the state (written out) in the "Part of" box. Good luck! > >Sue Sisk wrote: > >> ... >> If anyone could please add/subtract to this line I`d appreciate it. >> I would really like to find out who Phillip Fogle`s wife was, >> and if he had a son named Peter Fogle, wife Annarah [Dent] >> of Monongalia Co.,WV. > >