I am just clutching at straws since you say most of your research is in Weston, Lewis Co., West Virginia. I have been hunting for my husband's great grandmother's lineage. She was born Sarah Elizabeth Oates (we think). In 1880 she was living with a McCluster family as adopted with the name Sarah E. Puffenbarger. When she got married she listed her name as Jennie Oates and her parents as Elizabeth Puffenbarger and Benjamin Oates and being born in Lewis Co., West Virginia. There are not either Puffenbargers or Oates in Lewis Co., I looked in Pendalton Co., where there are lots of Puffenbargers and lots of Elizabeths. Getting no answers there. Anyway I am only wondering if you have run across either of these names in your research as I know when I spend a lot of time in one county you get pretty familiar with the names. I did look for her birth date in Weston once and no there. Didn't get to the marriage records and probably should try adoption records. Thanks if you have anything to help me with. Jerilyn