> With so many of my ancestors' names starting with MC it occurred > > to me that searching with a space or dot or underscore between > > the C and the next letter in any of them might yield more > > results, so I searched on all variations and hit pay dirt. There > > were my McGEEs -- listed as MC.GEE, MC GEE, and MC_GEE. > > I host a couple of county pages in OK and KS, and I recommend leaving > off the starting Mc, Mac, Van, de's, etc. and using a generic searcher, > such as * or $or % (which one you use depends on the search engine), > before it . That way, they will pull up any possibilities. I > personally use the space between multi-part surnames when transcribing > because the first part of the name sometimes gets deleted or changed by > later generations. I know a man who changed his name to MacGregor, > even though his mother spelled the name McGregor, because he thought it > was more authentically Scots! > > Harriette > > The fingers got too fast on that previous letter. <sigh> =;o) Carolyn

This will help quite a few of us. It was posted to another List today. =;o) Carolyn

George, I checked the Preston County marriage books I have. I do not find where a Ringer married a Rodeheaver. However, because there are over three dozen Rodeheavers in the marriage records, and also numerous Ringers, I need a first name as I am not too fond of typing each one when I do not know if they belong to you. I am distantly related to some Rodeheavers, through the Fike's, Wolfe's, and others, mostly those associate with the Brethren religion. The gospel song writer, Homer Rodeheaver is a distant cousin. Rosalie Miller

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Fike,Miller, Parnell Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/IEC.2ACE/768 Message Board Post: Does anyone have info on either the Jacob Fike family or the David Miller family who ancestry lists on the 1830-1840 Virgina census as living in Preston Co.. Trying to find more info on Lydia Fike and her husband David Miller. Lydia is suppose to be the daughter of Jacob Fike Jr. On the 1870 Maryland census her birth place was listed as West Virgina so there's a possiblity that they may be connected to either of these families---Myrna

Karen, Found it. Thanks. Roy Lockhart On Tue, 19 Mar 2002 07:59:52 -0800 "Karen Coffman" <karencoffman@msn.com> writes: >Roy, the Jennings article is not in the family section. It is on >page 78. >Karen > >----- Original Message ----- >From: WVPRESTO-D-request@rootsweb.com >Sent: Tuesday, March 19, 2002 1:11 AM >To: WVPRESTO-D@rootsweb.com >Subject: WVPRESTO-D Digest V02 #95 > >Content-Type: text/plain > >WVPRESTO-D Digest Volume 02 : Issue 95 > >Today's Topics: > #1 [WV Preston County] URL new site [SHUPE@citcom.net] > #2 [WV Preston County] Re: William an [shconner@cox.net] > #3 [WV Preston County] Re: William an [shupe@citcom.net] > #4 [WV Preston County] Re: William an [shupe@citcom.net] > #5 [WV Preston County] Re: WVPRESTO-D [rlockhart1@juno.com] > >Administrivia: >To unsubscribe from WVPRESTO-D, send a message to >WVPRESTO-D-request@rootsweb.com >that contains in the body of the message the command unsubscribe and >no other text. No subject line is necessary, but if your software >requires one, just use unsubscribe in the subject, too. > >To contact the list administrator, send mail to >WVPRESTO-admin@rootsweb.com. > > >______________________________ > > >==== WVPRESTO Mailing List ==== >Social Security Death Index Interactive Search >http://ssdi.genealogy.rootsweb.com/ > >============================== >To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy >records, go to: >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > ________________________________________________________________ GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/web/.

Roy, the Jennings article is not in the family section. It is on page 78. Karen ----- Original Message ----- From: WVPRESTO-D-request@rootsweb.com Sent: Tuesday, March 19, 2002 1:11 AM To: WVPRESTO-D@rootsweb.com Subject: WVPRESTO-D Digest V02 #95 Content-Type: text/plain WVPRESTO-D Digest Volume 02 : Issue 95 Today's Topics: #1 [WV Preston County] URL new site [SHUPE@citcom.net] #2 [WV Preston County] Re: William an [shconner@cox.net] #3 [WV Preston County] Re: William an [shupe@citcom.net] #4 [WV Preston County] Re: William an [shupe@citcom.net] #5 [WV Preston County] Re: WVPRESTO-D [rlockhart1@juno.com] Administrivia: To unsubscribe from WVPRESTO-D, send a message to WVPRESTO-D-request@rootsweb.com that contains in the body of the message the command unsubscribe and no other text. No subject line is necessary, but if your software requires one, just use unsubscribe in the subject, too. To contact the list administrator, send mail to WVPRESTO-admin@rootsweb.com. ______________________________

Karen, On what page is this article located? In my book, the families go from Jeffreys to Johnson. Thanks. Roy Lockhart On Sat, 16 Mar 2002 10:03:57 -0800 "Karen Coffman" <karencoffman@msn.com> writes: >There is an article on John Jennings (may be the one you have) in the >book Barbour County Another Look. It is too long to include here. >If you do not have this send me your address & I will copy and mail it >to you. It states he was born in Gloucestershire, England in 1752 or >53 and states Isaiah used Janes. It lists 3 generations. The book >was published in 1979 by the Historical Society of Barbour County >Karen > >----- Original Message ----- >From: WVPRESTO-D-request@rootsweb.com >Sent: Saturday, March 16, 2002 8:10 AM >To: WVPRESTO-D@rootsweb.com >Subject: WVPRESTO-D Digest V02 #91 > >Content-Type: text/plain > >WVPRESTO-D Digest Volume 02 : Issue 91 > >Today's Topics: > #1 [WV Preston County] Re: Deal/Deahl [bigdeahl@yahoo.com] > #2 Re: [WV Preston County] West Virgi [Jane McCann Walsh ><jmwalsh@hhs.net] > #3 Re: [WV Preston County] Re: Deal/D [Tiggerpunt@aol.com] > #4 [WV Preston County] Richard Labomb [farside@nwi.net] > #5 [WV Preston County] url Rev. War n [SHUPE@citcom.net] > >Administrivia: >To unsubscribe from WVPRESTO-D, send a message to >WVPRESTO-D-request@rootsweb.com >that contains in the body of the message the command unsubscribe and >no other text. No subject line is necessary, but if your software >requires one, just use unsubscribe in the subject, too. > >To contact the list administrator, send mail to >WVPRESTO-admin@rootsweb.com. > > >______________________________ > > >==== WVPRESTO Mailing List ==== >Social Security Death Index Interactive Search >http://ssdi.genealogy.rootsweb.com/ > >============================== >To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy >records, go to: >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > ________________________________________________________________ GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/web/.

http://www.NewspaperAbstracts.com/MD/ It is just getting started. Might be a good place to volunteer pre 1930 articles that you have in your possession. Two Md. counties have newspaper abstracts right now. =;o) Carolyn

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/767.1.1.2 Message Board Post: Oren Morton's bk "History of Preston Co., WV" : pgs. 158-9 Prestonians of 1785 Taken from the original lists of residents having taxable personalty. Names are spelled as found. Thomas Cheney’s Return Connor, John, Jr. Connor, John, Sr. - 3 tithables ConnorGarvis, William Some Prestonians of 1803 From the original personal property list, by Alexander Brandon. His district covered all of Monongalia east of Cheat, and was more extensive than the East Side of Preston. A figure with hyphen following a name indicates the number of tithables in the household, where the number exceeds one. Connor, Robert ======= This last list does name Amos Roberts (b. abt. 1765, father of Frances Roberts-Garner) as being among this group. Robert Connor may be your eventual target.-------Carolyn

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/767.1.1.1 Message Board Post: William b. Sept. 1791 died Nov. 1869 on farm 3 mi. n.e. of Kingwood on Cheat River Hill, Preston Co., WVa. His wife b. 1789, d. aft. 1870. Your Connor boy could have been helping on the farm in some capacity. Both Garners were around 70. Often these children, related or not, boarded with other families. Some even did so to be closer to their school because the winters were harsh. I have found that some death certificates in Preston Co. have a space for parents names. You might try that route. Carolyn

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/767.1.1 Message Board Post: Thank you Carolyn for your reply. You assumed correctly, I am tracking the Conner line. I believe that the George Conner listed as living with your gg grandparents is the same George Conner who is my ggg grandfather. I was wondering if you would have any idea why this 13 year boy was staying with your 66 year old grandfather. I know, I am grasping for a strew. But if I do not ask..... If you do have some info or know of someone who may have an answer I would appreciate a reply. Thanks Stan

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/767.1 Message Board Post: William & Frances are my many-gr-grandparents. I am assuming that you are following the Connor surname and not necessarily the Garner name. None of the 12/13 Garner children married a Connor (exception is one that I am not sure is their child and I don't have info about him.--Andrew Jackson Garner). Hope this helps some. Carolyn

Thanks for coming back, Jane. I remember our previous correspondence. I've been hoping that there are more than two of us trying to untangle this knot. Janice Jane McCann Walsh wrote: > At 10:03 PM 3/14/2002 -0500, you wrote: > >Roy - Thanks for these names. I believe there were man-n-n-y others. I > >never seem > >to get enough information, did you notice? Does anyone happen to have in > >their > >pockets any more details on John Jennings? > > Hi, Janice, > Seems I've shared this with you at an earlier point but maybe someone else > will spark on this and we'll both end up with something more. I have part > of an article and a photo of this John Jennings in his later life. Looks > like he was blind and very very old. Some of his descendants lived in > Moatsville, Barbour Co., just south of Taylor and near the Preston Co. > border. This is where he was buried. > Somewhere I have a photo of his recently placed grave marker with, I > believe, a DAR notation. > > According to the article, John Jenning's brother, Isaiah used the surname > of Janes. I've noted that Jennings in England might have been > Jeannes. And, I've been told that one of the Jennings who used Janes had > said that she was "returning" to their original surname. I'm interested in > both the JANES and JENNINGS surnames as I have two ancestors born 1735-1755 > whose maiden names were Janes and Jennings, respectively, and later lived > in the area of the SW PA - NW VA border circa 1800. > > Regards, > Jane > > ==== WVPRESTO Mailing List ==== > Social Security Death Index Interactive Search > http://ssdi.genealogy.rootsweb.com/ > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237

Thanks, Karen. I have the book but had not realized the article is there. Janice Karen Coffman wrote: > There is an article on John Jennings (may be the one you have) in the book Barbour County Another Look. It is too long to include here. If you do not have this send me your address & I will copy and mail it to you. It states he was born in Gloucestershire, England in 1752 or 53 and states Isaiah used Janes. It lists 3 generations. The book was published in 1979 by the Historical Society of Barbour County > Karen > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: WVPRESTO-D-request@rootsweb.com > Sent: Saturday, March 16, 2002 8:10 AM > To: WVPRESTO-D@rootsweb.com > Subject: WVPRESTO-D Digest V02 #91 > > Content-Type: text/plain > > WVPRESTO-D Digest Volume 02 : Issue 91 > > Today's Topics: > #1 [WV Preston County] Re: Deal/Deahl [bigdeahl@yahoo.com] > #2 Re: [WV Preston County] West Virgi [Jane McCann Walsh <jmwalsh@hhs.net] > #3 Re: [WV Preston County] Re: Deal/D [Tiggerpunt@aol.com] > #4 [WV Preston County] Richard Labomb [farside@nwi.net] > #5 [WV Preston County] url Rev. War n [SHUPE@citcom.net] > > Administrivia: > To unsubscribe from WVPRESTO-D, send a message to WVPRESTO-D-request@rootsweb.com > that contains in the body of the message the command unsubscribe and > no other text. No subject line is necessary, but if your software > requires one, just use unsubscribe in the subject, too. > > To contact the list administrator, send mail to WVPRESTO-admin@rootsweb.com. > > ______________________________ > > ==== WVPRESTO Mailing List ==== > Social Security Death Index Interactive Search > http://ssdi.genealogy.rootsweb.com/ > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237

Roy - Many thanks for your time and trouble. It would be nice to find another reference with more particular information but for now, I'll leave the subject. Janice

Thanks for the Yorktowne URL, Carolyn Janice

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/767 Message Board Post: I am looking for information on William and Franses Garner in Kingwood, Preston County, WV. They are listed in the 1860 Census with a boarder named George Conner. If you have any information I would appreciate a reply. Thanks, Stan

Louise, Is this the Jacob you are looking for??? Samuel was son of Jacob Nestor (1761-1844) and Maria Durr (1764-1826) (Samuel m. Catherine Lantz who was dgtr of Heinrich and Eva Bishoff-Lantz, my direct ancestors) Contact me off line and I will put you in touch with another researcher who belongs to this Nester/Nestor line. =;o) Carolyn

http://xenophongroup.com/mcjoynt/yrkcam-z.htm timeline for Yorktowne didn't have time to look for names but this looks like a great pg. with maps, and links to other interesting things. =;o) Carolyn

Janice, In addition to Jacob Feather provided by Billie Lovett, Reuben Jenkins can probably also be added to the list of Prestonians who were at Yorktown although his claim for a pension was rejected. These non-Prestonians who served at Yorktown in one capacity or another are listed in West Virginians in the American Revolution: Jonathan Adams Richard Addison John C Aleshire (or Aleshite or Aleshete) Stephen Archer Jacob Argabright (Argubrite, Argabrite) (John Atkins) William Ballard Samuel B Beall Henry Berry Charles Blechynden Patrick Board (one of my ancestors) Marshall Bowman John Bradshaw John Brown Samuel Carpenter Samuel Clark William Clarke John Cottrill Harmon Crim William Davis (2) Abraham Dehart Wipon Fiatt Peter Fisher William Ford John Foster Anthony Fox Henry Frank James Glenn Thomas Good Elijah Griffin George Hanger Thomas Hannan John Hansbrough William Hawkins John Hereford William Hook David Jacobs George Johnson Thomas Johnson Berryman Jones George Keller Jacob Keyser (Kayser) Thomas Leach John Mace Nichols Madeira Hugh Malone Job Martin Michael McKnight John Miller Benjamin Morgan Edward Morton John Nay George Nipper (Nippers) Samuel Ogden John O'Neal Christopher Parrot Peter Peck Thomas Perry Zachariah Rexrode Philip Richcreek (Rickcrick) Jonas Roush (Rouch) Thomas Russell Nicholas N Ryland Reuben Samons (Sammons, Simons or Simmons) Thomas Sampkins Samuel Sams (Sands) Charles Shaw Patrick Sinnett (Sinnat, Senate, or Sennatt) John Smith (John Spencer) John M Waggoner (Thomas Walker) Charles Wall James White Joseph White Henry Whiteman (Whitman) (John Wilson) There were thousands of soldiers present at the siege of Yorktown and capture of Lord Cornwallis. The above list is just a drop in the bucket. Unless a definitive listing, preferably by regiment, of who were there can be found, there's not much more I can do on this. Roy Lockhart On Wed, 13 Mar 2002 23:25:25 EST rlockhart1@juno.com writes: >Janice, > >These Preston Co Revolutionary War soldiers were connected with the >siege >of Yorktown Va and capture of Lord Cornwallis. There may be others. > >Dabney Ford >William Hebb >John Jennings >Ambrose Lipscomb >Daniel Martin >John D Orr > >Roy > >On Mon, 11 Mar 2002 20:49:14 -0500 Janice Sisler ><bjsisler@access.mountain.net> writes: >>Jean - I'm looking for a group of men who apparently served together >>and >>subsequently formed a bond that affected them and their families for >>the future. >>Some or all of them were at the surrender of Lord Cornwallis. Daniel >>Martin was one >>of them. I don't know who all was in that group. >> >>Janice >> ________________________________________________________________ GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/web/.