Ouch! Kathy, When I complimented Dale on sharing his research through his web site, there was absolutely no intention of diminishing the fine work of Julie Chapin Hesson, whose book I eagerly bought a few years ago. It remains a treasured resource for my Mason Co. ancestors. There is plenty of room for multiple resources that cover various aspects of the same "ground." Your friend and distant cousin through our Eads-Wallace connection, Mary Cervantes Cincinnati Researching Christy, Bush, Hughs/Hughes, Eads, Doss in Mason County Kathy wrote: > I just wanted to let everyone know that although Dale is trying to be helpful in posting the marriages for Mason County, WV there is only one complete "accurate" work covering all the marriages up to 1915. Further it is the only book used by the Mason County Clerks office at Point Pleasant WV. It was done by Julie Chapin Hesson and is called "Mason County, West Virginia Marriages, 1806 to 1915". Julie spent many hours, days, and months checking the record books which was not an easy job. If anyone should be given praise and thanks for their time and effort it should be Julie. She undertook a most difficult task and did an exemplary job in producing the most accurate information possible. Further she has made it available for a reasonable cost. It has been reprinted twice and each time it sells out. Lastly, she has very generously allowed the book to be used as a source for free marriage lookups for the West Virginia Gen Web page and often answers queries from the WV ! > Mason Co mailing list herself. My sincere thanks and appreciation to Julie. > > Kathy Koepp in California > Mason County WV Marriage Look up Volunteer > Researching Wallace, King, Withers, Kyle, Gise, Lockhart, Lettrell, Martin, > > ============================== > Search over 1 Billion names at Ancestry.com! > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist1.asp