Hi: I've noticed a number of references to "Welch and its people". I want to give a notion of CAUTION when you read this book. My ancestors, BANK and OFSA are mentioned. Those references are full of inaccuracies. It's also likely that many of the other items in the book are also inaccurate. I was told by someone who claimed to know the author of the book that she got anecdotal information by talking to people who had some knowledge of the people listed. It was mainly hearsay information with little if any checking of the facts through any documents or other proceedures. Again, I suggest caution and be wary of accepting the accuracy of the information about your family that appears in the book. There is another book that I recently located that tells a wonderful story of McDowell county. The book is "McDowell County History: A Pictorial History of McDowell County West Virginia," by Mrs. Samuel Solins and Mrs. Paul W. Jones, (c) Daughters of the American Revolution. I secured the book through inter-library loan. The volume I received was in the collection of Applachian State University. I hope the above information is helpful. medbank@showme.missouri.edu (male) Gail Bank, Columbia, MO