Mary, You are making me homesick! I'm glad you had such a wonderful time back home. I only just became interested in my family history a couple of years ago, and my last trip home was the best ever! I'm glad you had a good time and kudos to the folks back home for keeping the Mountaineer spirit alive and well! Mike in NC Let's go Mountaineers! (2-0) -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, September 20, 2000 8:18 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [WVMINERA] West Virginia Trip :-) 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]