No need for anyone to write to The West Virginia Advocate. It no longer exists, and the mail will be returned to you. The paper went out of business in May 1992 after the editor committed suicide. To repeat a previous e-mail, I wrote all of the genealogical articles that were published in that newspaper from July 1982 thru May 1992. Some of those articles were published in book form in 1995 in Frederick County, Virginia: Settlement and Some First Families of Back Creek Valley, 1730-1830. The remainder of the articles will be included in my next book on Hampshire County. Copies of the newspaper articles may be secured from either the Handley Regional Library, Archives Division in Winchester or the Hampshire County Public Library in Romney. Wilmer L. Kerns justin wrote: > Dear Sam, > I have 2 large paper records from the West > Virginia Advocate. I think years before I spoke to a man who I thought was > the publisher of the paper. > I never knew it was a book, I thought it was a newspaper. I think the > publisher was at one time > thought of as being pretty outspoken. I think he has since passed away.The > Address follows: > The West Virginia Advocate: > P. O. Box 171, > Cacapon Bridge, W.Va. 26711 > In the top right-hand corner it says (newsstand-45cents > They are dated 1989,1991 > Hope this helps. > Yours In Friendship, > Deanne Stump > -----Original Message----- > From: Sam Coverston <coverston@SCIA.NET> > To: WVHAMPSH-L@rootsweb.com <WVHAMPSH-L@rootsweb.com> > Date: Friday, February 11, 2000 9:31 PM > Subject: Re: [WVHAMPSH-L] The West Virginia Advocate > > >What book are you looking for? I may have it. Sam > > > >Bill Pyles wrote: > > > >> I have been searching on the net this morning without success for the > book. > >> I remember it coming out, but I figured it was all on the Frederick Co, > VA, > >> are. My family was from Hampshire Co. > >> Bill Pyles > >> > >> ----- Original Message ----- > >> From: Holt, Mark A. (MHOLT) <MHOLT@arinc.com> > >> To: <WVHAMPSH-L@rootsweb.com> > >> Sent: Friday, January 28, 2000 10:39 AM > >> Subject: RE: [WVHAMPSH-L] The West Virginia Advocate > >> > >> > Thanks Wilmer. Where can I find a copy to purchase? I haven't had > much > >> > luck locating it. > >> > > >> > Mark. > >> > > >> > -----Original Message----- > >> > From: Wilmer L. Kerns [mailto:wlkerns@intr.net] > >> > Sent: Friday, January 28, 2000 3:38 AM > >> > To: WVHAMPSH-L@rootsweb.com > >> > Subject: [WVHAMPSH-L] The West Virginia Advocate > >> > > >> > Mark, > >> > > >> > I wrote the genealogical and historical articles for the WVa > >> > Advocate. Some of > >> > those articles were drafts that were later revised and > >> > expanded for publication > >> > in my book on Frederick County (Settlement and First > >> > Families of Back Creek > >> > Valley, 1730-1830). You will find a more accurate and > >> > up-to-date account of > >> > Ellis Pugh and descendants in the book, published by Gateway > >> > Press, Inc. in > >> > 1995. > >> > > >> > Wilmer L. Kerns > >> > > >> > "Holt, Mark A. (MHOLT)" wrote: > >> > > >> > > Does anyone know how/where I can get copies of past issues > >> > of The West > >> > > Virginia Advocate? I'm looking for an article titled "The > >> > Ellis Pugh Family > >> > > History" that appeared in The West Virginia Advocate on > >> > June 6, 1983. > >> > > > >> > > Thanks, > >> > > Mark Holt. > >> > > >> >