I wrote Sharon H. Link, Clerk Hampshire Co. Commission P.O. Box 806 Romney, W.VA 26757 I asked her if the index of the old records could be checked for the Umstott name and sent her ten dollars. She wrote back and said there were 4 Umstott names and they would be $5 each. After I sent that, she wrote back and gave me the total amount that would be needed for copying. I sent it to her in November. I have talked to her several times on the phone and found her pleasant and efficient. Evidently, these records are very hard for her to access and it took quite awhile for her to get the copies made but they were good clean copies and she did an excellent job. There has been a lot of talk on this site about the prices charged but I know of no county that doesn't charge for copy and postage as they should. Elizabeth in Texas eperiman@1starnet.com http://www.dhc.net/~design/gedcom/periman.htm ----- Original Message ----- From: thelma <thelma1@flash.net> To: <WVHAMPSH-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, February 26, 2000 12:14 PM Subject: Re: [WVHAMPSH-L] Hampshire Co. old records. > Elizabeth, > May I please ask where did you send for those records and exactly what did you > ask for? I am so HAPPY for you. > Thelma in Michigan > > Elizabeth Periman wrote: > > > I received the Hampshire Co. records today. I'm so excited my hands are > > shaking. They are all Umstott estate records. It has Peter's and the date on > > it is 1819. The very first item is 7.83 Whiskey. (This is all pounds, not > > dollars) March 21, 1820 the amount of 8.00 was paid for his coffin. > > Jacob's estate was billed in 1818 which proves that he died before his > > father as I had been told. > > Lots of names here and 53 sheets of paper to go through. In addition to > > Peter and Jacob, I also have the records for Conrad and John. What a happy > > surprise! > > Elizabeth in Texas > > eperiman@1starnet.com > > http://www.dhc.net/~design/gedcom/periman.htm > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: <WVHAMPSH-D-request@rootsweb.com> > > To: <WVHAMPSH-D@rootsweb.com> > > Sent: Saturday, February 26, 2000 7:56 AM > > Subject: WVHAMPSH-D Digest V00 #50 > > ______________________________