I did a search for South Branch Manor on the google.com search engine, and came up with the following: West Virginia State Archives Manuscript Collections Ms79-198 South Branch Valley Collection http://www.wvculture.org/history/ms79-198.html The manuscript collection has LOTS of personal notes and letters from the late 1700's through the mid-1800's, many original deeds, receipts, affidavits, depositions, papers from court cases, real estate disputes, etcetera. I don't know how to accessthese records short of driving to Charleston, but locating the records is certainly a start. The reason that I got South Branch Valley Collection with a search for South Branch Manor is that an 1801 Rental Roll for South Branch Manor is in the collection. If they have any earlier rental rolls, they're not in this particular collection. Brian Brian D. Core P.O. Box 1166 Brighton, CO 80601 Greenhouseguy@Juno.com Web Page: http://pages.prodigy.net/greenhouseguy For attachments, use: Greenhouseguy@prodigy.net ________________________________________________________________ YOU'RE PAYING TOO MUCH FOR THE INTERNET! Juno now offers FREE Internet Access! Try it today - there's no risk! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj.