Mary, The BP Station, is known around these parts as the Van Myra. Steve and Lena own and operate the gas station/store and restaurant. They're "good people" work very hard and long hours. I printed off your letter and took it to Steve today. It really brightened up his day :) Patti At 08:18 PM 9/20/00 -0400, you wrote: >Hello List, > My husband and I just returned from a two-day West Virginia trip which >included primarily Keyser, New Creek, Burlington & Petersburg (where I was >born) looking up information on my Likens/Likins ancestors. > This was our very first genealogy expedition and were unsure about >beginning our journey, so we asked a lot of questions along the way. > At the court house in Keyser we met Anita Johnson who was kind enough to >make copies of several birth and death certificates (a whopping' $1.50 each >mind you!), and she showed us where and how to look up our family. What a >sweet lady and we never had a chance to tell her thank you! If any of you >run into Anita please tell her thanks a million for us! > We stopped in Burlington for breakfast the following morning on our way >to Petersburg. Several of our relatives lived in Burlington for years and >wanted to check out a few of the cemeteries there. We stopped for gas at the >B&P Gas Station and Cafe there and ran into some extra special people. In >addition to one of the most helpful waitresses we have ever met, and an >outstanding breakfast of double-yoked eggs, bacon and trimmings fixed to >perfection, we were introduced to a tall elderly gentleman by the name of >Bill Funderberg who not only gave us directions to several cemeteries -- he >knew several of my relatives and knew where many of them were buried. (We >came home with over 25 pictures of gravestones thanks to Bill!) So if you >are searching for information on some of the old-timers of the surrounding >Mineral counties, you can't go wrong stopping in at the B&P. You will get >much more than your monies worth -- a heaping helping of West Virginia >hospitality. Many thanks B&P. We definitely will be stopping by our next >trip through town. > I emailed a copy of some of our ancestors to Patti for the Mineral > County >Page. I sure hope someone can help identify the people in the picture. It >is a great picture sent to me by a cousin who found me on the Mineral Co. Web >pages :-) He sent me several pictures - treasures everyone! > Just wanted to pass along this good news and express our thanks to >everyone. > > > >Mary Quigley ancestor of James David Likens/researching >Lenore-Likens/Likins-Iser-Weiseman-Sellaro-Daidone >[email protected]