Seeking information on Thomas FREY (b 1801) and wife Mary WILHELM (b 1812). They lived in Preston Co. in 1870. Thank you. Rebecca

Seeking information on Thomas FREY (b 1801) and wife Mary WILHELM (b 1812). They lived in Preston Co. in 1870. Thank you. Rebecca

Seeking information on Thomas FREY (b 1801) and wife Mary WILHELM (b 1812). They lived in Preston Co. in 1870. Thank you. Rebecca

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/IEC.2ACE/1070.3 Message Board Post: There is an old cemetery located behind the old Newburg High School. I don't know the name of it. Also another one located just outside of Newburg named Dakon or Damon Cemetery. It is on the road going towards Chestnut Ridge.

Would someone be able to provide me directions to Pisgah and Fairview cemeteries near Brandonville/Bruceton Mills? I am planning to find some Michael family graves in about two weeks. Thanks, Lee Michael

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/IEC.2ACE/69.310 Message Board Post: Judy, Computer lost all my email. Hope this gets to you and you can get back to me. Please contact me. Cousin, Carolyn

I am looking for some marriage information. From the IGI, I found that Margaret Cupp, daughter of John and Sarah Wilhelm Cupp of Preston Co., married Leonard Everly. But on the 1860 census Leonard Everly's wife is named Sarah. Was this a second wife for him? Or was Margaret the second wife? Does anyone have access to the marriage records to check this for me? Thanks so much for your help with this . Karen Lee Williamsburg, VA.

Thanks Wendy. You are nice. Yes! I have Allegheny Passage. I am related to Biting. I mainly do, straight line Genealogy. I heard someone was doing an Arnold Book, but I have not seen one for sale. Rosalie

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Price Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/IEC.2ACE/1104 Message Board Post: I am searching for some information on my ggggrandpa William Price and his father James A. Price. If you have any information on them or their families I would appreciate it if you would share it with me. Thank You

Hi Rosalie, Hampshire was first and then Mineral. Try the Mineral Co. website that Pat Thompson posted a link for. They have a lot of information online - you may be able to find something useful there - if I remember correctly there are some cemetery listings posted. I don't know if you have access to it, but there is a book called Allegheny Passages or Allegany Passages - it is about the West Marva District Churchs and contains information about the church at Beaver Run. I don't have a copy of this book and I can't remember who wrote it. I don't know if this will help you with your Arnold research or not, but I have a James Arnold and his wife Hester listed in my database. They had at least 4 children. Of their children I have two married to Shoemaker's in the Mill Creek area. Sarah Elizabeth Arnold married Thorton Shoemaker and Mary Susan Arnold married Jasper Shoemaker. I have some additional info on the Shoemaker families, as my step-father is a Shoemaker. Hope that some of this is helpful. Wendy -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.344 / Virus Database: 267.11.11/121 - Release Date: 10/6/05

http://www.rootsweb.com/~wvminera/mineral.htm This is a great webpage. Pattie MacDonald and her crew do a wonderful job of getting information out to researchers.

Thank you for a good source.

Wendy, I need help. Which was first, Mineral Co., or Hampshire Co., VA? Was one taken from the other? If so, what year? Rosalie

Mineral formed 1866 from Hampshire WV. Hampshire from Freserick VA in 1753 You should get something like The Handybook for Genealogists by Everton Pub or I suspect the county info is online somewhere Barbara At 09:06 AM 10/6/05, you wrote: >Wendy, I need help. Which was first, Mineral Co., or Hampshire Co., VA? >Was one taken >from the other? If so, what year? Rosalie

When I used the Kingwood Library microfilm reader printer this summer to look at the Preston County Journal microfilms the reader printer was in very bad repair and was scratching the microfilm as it moved along through to reader printer scraping off part of the print. I could see checking that there was a lot of scraping on the film already so I thought this must have been happening for a while. I stopped working with the film and took it back to the newspaper office. The nice people there told me the university in Morgantown creates their microfilm and has a copy, and that the Terra Alta Public Library also has the film and a good new reader printer. Don't you all be in there hogging up the machine when I come back!!!! :) Art --- [email protected] wrote: > Lee----I have done some research in Kingwood where I > grew up so perhaps I > can give you some information that will be helpful. > The County Clerk's office > is where you go to look for births, deaths and > marriages, not in that order. > If I remember correctly the fee for a certificate > was either $3 or $5. The > wills are there also but I'm not sure about deeds. > > The Preston County Journal office, almost across the > street from the Court > House, has microfilms of their newspapers. You may > borrow them to take to the > Library to use the reader (library is just in the > next block so it is in > comfortable walking distance. They ask that you > leave your driver's license as > security when you borrow the microfilms. It seems > to me that I paid a small > fee to make copies of certain articles in the > Journal but it wasn't more than > 10 cents. Very reasonable and fun skimming through > the old papers. I found > several missing ancestors that way. > > Enjoy your visit to Kingwood---it should be getting > pretty up there with the > leaves starting to change. > > Eleanor G. > > > ==== WVPRESTO Mailing List ==== > Hoaxes and Urban Legends on the Internet > http://www.snopes.com/ > <A HREF="http://www.snopes.com/">Snopes.com</a> > > ============================== > Search Family and Local Histories for stories about > your family and the > areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the > last 12 months. > Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx > > __________________________________ Yahoo! Mail - PC Magazine Editors' Choice 2005 http://mail.yahoo.com

Roy----when I was visiting in Kingwood last year and doing research at the library, they were the ones who sent me to the Preston County Journal office to borrow the microfilms to use in the library reader. The Journal people couldn't have been more courteous and helpful and leaving my drivers license there was much simpler than driving to Morgantown, finding a place to park, do my research and then have to drive back to Kingwood over that curvaceous Rt. 7. Leaving the driver's license is not unusual at all; most shopping malls require this when you want to use a stroller, wheelchair or motorized scooter to get around the mall so the Journal is not asking anything unusual to assure the return of their microfilms. Onward to research about our past no matter where or when we do it. Eleanor G

Dianne and others, I grew up in Hampshire Co. and attended the Beaver Run Church of the Brethren - the main part of the church is well over 100 years old. The church is actually in Mineral Co. There is an Arnold Cemetery in the area. Wendy -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.344 / Virus Database: 267.11.9/118 - Release Date: 10/3/05

Eleanor, Births, deaths, marriages, deeds, wills and fiduciary records are all located in the County Clerk's office. Some of the older record books are stored in the basement. I didn't mention the Preston Co Journal office as they are trying to run a business and don't need the interruption of researchers. The Terra Alta Library also has Preston Co newspapers (Journal, Argus) on microfilm although not as extensive a collection as WVU but less hassle than going thru the Journal office as you don't need to produce your driver's license. Roy Lockhart ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, October 04, 2005 5:23 PM Subject: Re: [WV Preston County] Preston Co. records availability > Lee----I have done some research in Kingwood where I grew up so perhaps I > can give you some information that will be helpful. The County Clerk's office > is where you go to look for births, deaths and marriages, not in that order. > If I remember correctly the fee for a certificate was either $3 or $5. The > wills are there also but I'm not sure about deeds. > > The Preston County Journal office, almost across the street from the Court > House, has microfilms of their newspapers. You may borrow them to take to the > Library to use the reader (library is just in the next block so it is in > comfortable walking distance. They ask that you leave your driver's license as > security when you borrow the microfilms. It seems to me that I paid a small > fee to make copies of certain articles in the Journal but it wasn't more than > 10 cents. Very reasonable and fun skimming through the old papers. I found > several missing ancestors that way. > > Enjoy your visit to Kingwood---it should be getting pretty up there with the > leaves starting to change. > > Eleanor G. > > > ==== WVPRESTO Mailing List ==== > Hoaxes and Urban Legends on the Internet > http://www.snopes.com/ > <A HREF="http://www.snopes.com/">Snopes.com</a> > > ============================== > Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the > areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. > Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx >

Lee, The County Clerk's office would have the records you need. Unless the policy has changed recently, walk-ins are welcome. Roy Lockhart ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lee Michael" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, October 04, 2005 4:56 PM Subject: Re: [WV Preston County] Preston Co. records availability > Thanks for your responses, Roy. Is there a specific office for genealogical records in the Kingwood courthouse? Is there a specific office/person I should contact before I visit? I know some places require appointments for research, while others allow walk-ins. > > Lee Michael > > > ==== WVPRESTO Mailing List ==== > List Mom for the WVPRESTO mailing list: > Diana Boothe [email protected] > > ============================== > Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the > areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. > Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx >