Dear Logan County, West Virginia Family & Genealogist, I am pleased to finally invite everyone to my new web site - www.virginiasurnames.com <http://www.virginiasurnames.com/> My new email address is [email protected] You may want to visit Logan County Recreated 1824-1863 With this data base and links to the 1880 Census and West Virginia Vital Records Logan County researchers will be able to Find information on their families. The index is the key to finding everyone in the data base. Look for the small N by The head of the house (not always) to find the notes that I have added. Several of these families I found confusing - I look forward to your corrections and updates. I have 22,000 residents in this data base - only 18,468 individuals appear on this web site. I have tried several times to upload all the information; however, 3,500 of the 22,000 do not want to update. I hope to figure out how to add the missing names. It is my hope that members of this mailing list will send updates and corrections one family at a time. I must be strict in updating one family at a time. I want to thank the wonderful ladies who assisted my with the Birth Death Marriage Veterans Census, Mortality Schedule. I hope that members of the list will help me finish the 1870 Logan County, West Virginia Census. The Tridelphia Township is finished and I have been working on the Magnolia Township. For those who have been working on the other township I look forward to adding those families to the data base. Be sure to the check the notes on each individual. My hope is to be able to upload new data bases on my personal families, Burgess Families of Southwest Virginia and Descendants of David Toler and Susanna in the next few weeks. I have concentrated on adding information on families that are related to my family. This is my Holiday gift to every one on the Logan County Mailing list who have been so kind to me for these many years. May we celebrate the birth of our Savior The Lord Jesus Christ during this wonderful time of year. Merry Christmas Jim & Sandi Burgess

Jim, I just looked at your database and must admit that I was not surprised that it is NOT based on documented information as you promised the list. I wouldn't even begin to know where to start making corrections to my Logan County surnames. You have John R. Bryant and Elizabeth Coalter as the parents of Corbin Bryant. Would you mind quoting your source and "documentation" for that information? I have a hunch as to your "source" and I can categorically state that it is not correct. It took a lot of work and time for you to repeat the same old mistakes that have been circulating for at least a hundred years and then add someone's fantasy about John R. Bryant and Elizabeth Coalter to boot. Stan Browning had asked for my opinion on his Workman Book sometime ago. I finally downloaded his Workman book this evening and in all fairness to you, Jim, Stan should stick to telling stories about what he knows. For Stan: I do enjoy reading your stories even if they are not about Logan County. You are a very talanted storyteller, but you sure made a mess of my Workman family. Well, actually, you both did. Jim, you have my great grandfather Moses Workman (wife Polly Mullins) with two or three different sets of parents. Stan I am a Deskins descendant (Tazewell County). I have done extensive research on every Deskins family that existed prior to 1850 and there were NO Deskins families in Halifax County VA when Sarah, the wife of Thomas Workman was born. Harmon's Annals Of Tazewell Co. VA shows her as Deskins, while Netti S/Yantis shows her as Dickerson. I mentioned this to Netti the last time I talked to her (a few months ago) and she and I both agree that "someone" should check the actual record at the Tazewell County courthouse beofre anyone else publishes it. I was waiting to see what "Logan County Recreated" was all about before I contributed any of my DOCUMENTED research, but as I said, I wouldn't know where to begin making corrections. You do have dates (1700s) on your website that can be found nowhere except the Steele Family Bible that is in my possession ( I am the 4th owner). Your "source" states "donated by an LDS member after 1991" with no credit given to the people who lovingly protected it since the 1700s. I have over thirty years of research and I don't expect to live another thirty to help you correct "Recreate" Logan County, so I will just share my DOCUMENTED research with my own relatives most of whom (including my own children) don't even own computers and most certainly none of them are collecting data for LDS. I sincerely wish you Good Luck with your endeavor. May you and Stan both have many stars in your LDS crowns and may you have a blessed Christmas. Dodie (Smith) Browning Jim <[email protected]> wrote: Dear Logan County, West Virginia Family & Genealogist, I am pleased to finally invite everyone to my new web site - www.virginiasurnames.com My new email address is [email protected] You may want to visit Logan County Recreated 1824-1863 With this data base and links to the 1880 Census and West Virginia Vital Records Logan County researchers will be able to Find information on their families. The index is the key to finding everyone in the data base. Look for the small N by The head of the house (not always) to find the notes that I have added. Several of these families I found confusing - I look forward to your corrections and updates. I have 22,000 residents in this data base - only 18,468 individuals appear on this web site. I have tried several times to upload all the information; however, 3,500 of the 22,000 do not want to update. I hope to figure out how to add the missing names. It is my hope that members of this mailing list will send updates and corrections one family at a time. I must be strict in updating one family at a time. I want to thank the wonderful ladies who assisted my with the Birth Death Marriage Veterans Census, Mortality Schedule. I hope that members of the list will help me finish the 1870 Logan County, West Virginia Census. The Tridelphia Township is finished and I have been working on the Magnolia Township. For those who have been working on the other township I look forward to adding those families to the data base. Be sure to the check the notes on each individual. My hope is to be able to upload new data bases on my personal families, Burgess Families of Southwest Virginia and Descendants of David Toler and Susanna in the next few weeks. I have concentrated on adding information on families that are related to my family. This is my Holiday gift to every one on the Logan County Mailing list who have been so kind to me for these many years. May we celebrate the birth of our Savior The Lord Jesus Christ during this wonderful time of year. Merry Christmas Jim & Sandi Burgess ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message --------------------------------- Be a better pen pal. Text or chat with friends inside Yahoo! Mail. See how.

Jim I have briefly scanned my families information on your site and found several errors. I know it has been stated already that the S stands for source, so I clicked on that and most of what you have listed is the LDS information, wrong information that I have tried to get corrected for years. I was told I could submit my info also but they would leave the other? OK? I felt it useless then and pretty much feel it useless now but since this is a public list I will give a few instances- Harriet Hicks Dempseys death certificate (recorded at Logan County Court House) says she died in Logan, WV you have Ferrellsburg, WV and give the LDS as source. Allen Adkins was married to Frances McNeeley, both died (or disappeared) in 1859. (I suggest you read Adkins, Land of York, by Ronnie Adkins) Aaron Adkins married FRANCES Toney. Both Adkins above are at- http://www.virginiasurnames.com/logan_recreated/data/gp5093.htm Will look more when I get time. Debbie --------------------------------- Be a better pen pal. Text or chat with friends inside Yahoo! Mail. See how.