This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/WCC.2ACE/4199.3 Message Board Post: Ruth, The library in Ripley has an excellent genealogy room. They have birth, death, marriage and census records in books; as well as family histories. Allow yourself time to check out the library's facilities if you go to Jackson Co. Their collection is not limited to only Jackson Co. It has several counties in WV. They also have info on VA and other states, I can't remember which ones. Ripley would be less than 10 miles from Ravenswood.