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/682.1 Message Board Post: My great-grandmother was Pearl Rosier, and I think her husband was Camden Stull. They resided in Preston County and I wondered if you may have came across any info on them while doing your search on John and Leota. They actually had a son named John but I think it would have been later than the John you are looking for.

Morton's "History of Preston Co., WV" Fourteen election polls were established in 1852, their sites being as follows: Brandonville, Parnell’s (near Cuzzart), Miller’s (near Muddy Creek), Feather’s (in Craborchard), Summit (Terra Alta), Germany (Aurora), Kingwood, Graham’s, Independence, Huddleston’s, Martin’s, Evansville, Nine’s, and Funk’s. -------- A Parnell family once lived at Cuzzart. ======== HUNTER surname -----none---- Sorry, not much help, Sherry. =;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/an/IEC.2ACE/531.1 Message Board Post: Any connection to Philip James Gettings who lived in Fairmont, WVA? He is my great uncle.

> Henry Lantz came from Lancaster county, Pa., in 1801. He settled on the D. A. Dixon farm, midway between Aurora and Rowlesburg. His three sons have many descendents. John C., is well known as the proprietor of a summer hotel at Aurora. Percival and Jacob O. became physicians. J. Frank is a journalist in Nebraska. > (cs note: This is my family) =;o) Carolyn

> A century ago, William Myers, who seems to be a son of Joseph or John, -- named in 1798, -- was living in a cove of Chestnut Ridge, near the northwest angle of Preston. John, a son of William, remained on the home place, while Daniel, another son, located a little west of Rowlesburg. > Christopher Myers came from Germany and in 1852 located in the German settlement near Howesville. > =;o) Carolyn

> Friend is a pioneer name of the northwest of Garrett, but members of the connection have crossed the Preston line. John came with his wife and five children to the site of Friendsville in 1760. Five more were born in his blockhouse. Nicholas, the oldest son, was killed by Indians in 1776. Two other sons went to Missouri and the four sisters to Ohio. Gabriel, Joseph and John remained in Garrett and have a numerous posterity. Joseph married Sarah, a daughter of John Green. Their children were Andrew, John G., Josiah G., William E., and two daughters. > =;o) Carolyn

Oren Morton's "History of Preston Co., WV" 1914, Vol. I > The Stemple Family > > In 1783, a grant from the government was made to Godfrey Stemple of a tract of land of about 1,000 acres, near Aurora, the homestead being where Louis Stemple now lives. Henry Lee was Governor of the State at that time, and the grant was No. 421. In 1784, Mr. Godfree Stemple, as the name was spelled, settled here with his family from Frederick, Maryland, then a wilderness full of wild beasts and heavy timber. His three sons, David, Martin and John, aided in clearing the land and erecting a house, the first dwelling place being nothing but a canvas tent, and that was their habitation from the time of their arrival in the winter month of December until the log structure was put up. John Stemple married Sarah Boyles, and died about 1830 or 1832. Their children were: Margaret, Isaac, David, Susan, Christina, Sarah and Elizabeth. David was born in 1808, and died June, 1898. He married Susanna Lantz, November 17, 1835. She was born May 16, 1811, and died April, 1903. ! They rebuilt the old house in 1868, now occupied by Roy Lantz, who married the great-great-granddaughter of Godfrey Stemple. > The children of David and Susanna Stemple were as follows: (1) Harriet, born in 1837, died 1863. (2) John H., born in 1839, died in December, 1904. In 1869 he married Rebecca Ann Shaffer, and they had five children: (a) Horace L., who married Retta Wilt; they and their three children, Freda, John and Edna, live on a farm which is a part of the original tract; (b) Edgar C., married Laura Hess; they have two children, Marion and Lewis, and live in Fairmont, West Virginia; Mr. Stemple is a merchant; (c) George R., married Cora Anderson, who died May, 1913; they have two children, Godfrey and Virginia; the little boy thus far being the only child named after the founder of the family; Dr. Stemple is educated for a physician, but because of ill health is now retired and is the very efficient postmaster of Aurora; (d) Jesse L., married Jeckie Mason, and their two children are Clinton and Josephine; Mr. Stemple is a successful merchant in Aurora; (e) Ora is the youngest ch! ild, and she and her mother > > live on the farm on which her father spent most of his life; it was part of the Stemple tract. (3) Tenie was born in 1841. She is unmarried and lives with her brother, Lewis. (4) Lewis S. Stemple was born March 6, 1844, and reared on a farm. He was married December 25, 1878, to Mollie E. McCrum. She was born January 20, 1852, died December 22, 1881. The children born to this union were: (a) Daisy; (ab) Chester David, died June 2, 1884; Daisy in now the wife of W.R. Gorby of Oklahoma City; Mr. Stemple’s residence where he now resides is where he moved soon after his marriage. (5) Eva Stemple was born in 1846. She was married to David Schrock, December 25, 1878, and lives on a farm near Eglon, West Virginia. They had six children, one dying in infancy; (b) Ernest, married Mayme Legge; they have three children, Margaret, Ernestine and Rosaline; Mr. Schrock has a farm south of Aurora; (c) Maude, married to Ray Lantz, and now living in the house where her mother was bo! rn; their children are Mabel and David; (d) Page, and (e) Scott, are unmarried, and both are teachers; (f) George, married Nellie Winters; they have one child, Virginia, and live on their farm near Eglon. (6) Jacob Stemple was born in 1849. In 1876, he married Lydia Simon of Youngstown, Ohio. She died in 1891. To them was born one child, Sylvia, now married to A. Camden Wilt, a carpenter of Aurora. They have one child, Margaret. (7) David Conrad Stemple was born July 9, 1851. On September 26, 1880, he was married to Ida Trotter, born May 26, 1856, daughter of James and Elizabeth Stock Trotter, who are the parents of four sons and two daughters: Milo H. is identified with the Land Department at Washington, D.C.; Charles F. is chief clerk to the First Assistant Postmaster General; Frank B., the third son, is Dean of the Arts and Sciences and Professor of Latin in the State University at Morgantown; James R. is Professor of Law in that same institution, and Miss Jessie T! rotter, the youngest of the family, formerly a teacher in the West Vir the Morgantown High School. > >> The children born to Mr. and Mrs. D.C. Stemple are as follows: -- (1) Forrest W.; (2) Rodney M.; (3) Grover Dayton; (4) Mary Elizabeth. Forrest W. took the degree of A.B. from the Morgantown State University in 1908, and is now completing the course of Master of Arts in the Agricultural College at Madison, Wisconsin. June 12, 1909, he married Miss Grace Townsend, daughter of a minister of the M.E. Church at Huntington, West Virginia. Rodney took the degree of B.S., from the University at Morgantown in 1910. He became a traveling saleman for Heinz Pickle Company for a time, and is now superintendent of the Coldwater Packing Company of Coldwater, Michigan. June 19, 1913, he married Miss Florence Warden, of Babylon, New York. Dayton died in childhood. Mary Elizabeth Stemple is completing a course in Domestic Science at the Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh. >> The old Stemple homestead where D.C. Stemple lives is a valuable tract of land, consisting of 226 acres. He deals largely in cattle. Occasionally Mr. Stemple is nominated for some public office, but he cares little for politics >> ===== vol. II (cs note: This is my family, too.) Gottfried Stemple came from Wittenberg, Germany, in 1773. The following year he settled near Hagerstown, where a daughter was captured by Indians and held by them about ten years. When restored to her parents she had acquired such a love for the forest that it was difficult for them to keep her home. Another child was killed by the savages, and a third was scalped but recovered from the injury. In 1788 the parent bought land of Leonard Deakins 1000 acres a mile west of Aurora. He died shortly afterward, being then a widower. The tract was divided among his three sons, David, Martin, and John. Jacob, son of David, was a soldier of 1812. David, Jr., his youngest brother, was a major of militia, and during the palmy days of the Northwest Pike he kept the Rising Sun Tavern, a little west of Aurora. Stonewall Jackson was one of his many guests. After the decline of the pike he retired to a farm of 500 acres near Carmel. He outlived all his brothers and sisters by 27 years and was never ill. His numerous family were well educated, two sons, Howard P., and Wade H., being graduates of Roanoke College and professors in Pennsylvania. ====== CLARK vol. II (cs note: There is no Clark b. Ire. in 1800's listed----but----???) > The name of James Clark is of special interest, since by repute it was borne by the first permanent settler of Preston. This pioneer was born in County Derry, Ireland. In 1762 he married and sailed for America. He soon pushed into the interior, and according to tradition located in 1769 on the Big Sandy, four miles above Bruceton and one mile below the state line. His cabin stood on what is now the Pysel farm. Yet according to the Land Office records of Virginia, his settlement was not until 1776, and until then, his name does not appear in our annals. In 1773 Clark visited Ireland, returning with a second wife. Upon his death in 1808, he was buried on the farm by the side of his first wife. The widow removed to Indiana, accompanied by all the surviving children except Isabella. > ------ > Joseph Clark of Pennsylvania lived a while on the John O. Jenkins place at Harmony Grove. He returned, but his children married in Pleasant. > ------------ > It is the tradition in the McGrew family that James Clark, their maternal ancestor, was one of the settlers who came in 1769. But Clark is not mentioned by the surveyor on his visit in 1774 and the patent for his land states that it was settled upon in 1776. Yet it is possible that he did come in 1769, but without acquiring land until the date specified. > ------------- > Above Clifton and on the high ground east of the creek is the land once owned by James Clark, by long repute the first actual settler in Preston. Clark was buried on his farm in 1808, but his widow and all the children but one went to Indiana. A neighbor to Clark was James McCollum, whose substantially built house is still standing on the Jacob Sliger farm. Other neighbors were some of the Judys, and also the Moores, so many of the latter once living toward St. Peter’s as to give the locality the name of the Moore settlement. Yet all these names have long since totally disappeared. > ====== =;o) Carolyn

Janice, The price of $100 for a second-hand copy of the 1979 Preston Co history is a little conservative. I have seen it listed as high as $235. Surely the 2001 reprint will bring the overinflated price of a second-hand copy down to a more reasonable level. That is, at least until the 2001 reprint is 20 years old. Then the cycle will begin again. Roy Lockhart On Wed, 17 Oct 2001 11:52:34 -0400 Janice Sisler <bjsisler@access.mountain.net> writes: > We went ahead in spite of the investment because our >information is that the demand for copies has >pushed the price of those few second-hand copies that > become available to $100. ________________________________________________________________ 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/.

Hi Breezy, Found no Hoff/Huff, but------??? Oren Morton, "History of Preston Co., WV" vol. II Philip Huffman came from Monongalia about 1843, settling on the Elijah S. Huffman farm near Marquess. The late Francis M. was a prominent citizen of that locality. -----and, for more Fike research, I highly recommend the book "Christiian Fike and His Descendants" by Merilyn B. Fike Morrow, 5215 Casa Grande Rd., Temple, Pa. 19560, printed by Masthof Press, Rt. 1, Box 20 Morgantown, Pa. 19543, 1996,---1348 pgs. and pictures of lots of Fikes, hardbound and I think around $35 from the author. Sorry I couldn't help more. =;o) Carolyn

To go along with what Carolyn said about Morton's History of Preston, the story of the THOMAS CHARLES MARTIN told on pages 370-1 is a complete fabrication. The Charles Martin of Fort Martin in Monongalia Co and the Thomas Martin of Three Forks in Preston are NOT the same man. Thomas is not even a son of Charles. I always feel there is a grain of truth somewhere in wild traditions like this and there were grandsons of Thomas still living in Preston when this book was printed, so why this story? Where is the grain of truth? Were they related somehow? Does anyone have a clue? Thomas Martin and Olive VanMeter are brick walls. Jean

I found these families in Morton's book and recall some of you asking about them. If you have a family that you are interested in----please send me their name privately!!! and I will then post the info I find to the List. This will help space on the List. Please remember that Morton did make errors----you may find that his clues confuse your research. =;o) Carolyn from: Oren Morton's "History of Preston Co., WV" David Graham arrived in America from Ireland about 1750. His wife, who came with him, was Margaret Patterson. They lived a while on the Juniata River and then moved beyond the Alleghanies. On the frontier they lived in peril of the Indians, a family of neighbors being massacred by the savages and the reports of firearms plainly heard. This may have occurred in the angle between the Monongahela and the Cheat, since the Grahams were there prior to 1779. The sons of the couple were John, Robert, Joseph, William, and David, no names of daughters being preserved. William spent his latter years on Patterson’s Creek in Hampshire. His hearing was impaired in the battle of the Brandywine. David, Jr., who seems to have been the youngest son, saw the flayed bodies of the two Indians killed by David Morgan in a hand to hand fight. His wife when only a girl helped to dress the heads of those of the Rev. John Corbley’s family who were scalped but not killed. According to tradition they were married at Harmony Grove, though it would look more probable that they began housekeeping while the groom’s home was at a gunpowder mill near Ice’s Ferry. Be this as it may, he settled on the J.T. Graham place in Pleasant. He was a weaver and also a teacher, and at the new home he continued to make powder. Of his sons, Stirling and David remained in Pleasant. Samuel settled near Masontown in 1833, and John S. located at Rowlesburg. The offspring of Samuel have shown a preference for industrial and professional pursuits. Sanford is a banker, Grant a druggist, and James A. a physician. ======= Friend is a pioneer name of the northwest of Garrett, but members of the connection have crossed the Preston line. John came with his wife and five children to the site of Friendsville in 1760. Five more were born in his blockhouse. Nicholas, the oldest son, was killed by Indians in 1776. Two other sons went to Missouri and the four sisters to Ohio. Gabriel, Joseph and John remained in Garrett and have a numerous posterity. Joseph married Sarah, a daughter of John Green. Their children were Andrew, John G., Josiah G., William E., and two daughters. ======== John Freeland came about 1804 from Pennsylvania, or from near Baltimore. He settled near St. Joe, but his sons, David, Benjamin, Aaron, amd Hiram located on the vicinity of Terra Alta, and James on Nettle Ridge. David was a great huntsman and is said to have killed 600 deer. William B. is a veteran teacher, especially of his home school, and has been in the State Legislature. Frank, the son of David, is a physician in New York. Benjamin Freeland settled in 1841 on the Nelson Ervin farm on the north slope of Mount Phoebe. ============ The brothers Jacob and Peter Fike were in Grant in 1810. The latter appears to have no posterity here. His son, Levi, a miller, is remembered for his practical jokes. Jacob, a son of Jacob, built about 1835 a massive stone house about a mile north of Brandonville. George Fike lived on the Jeremiah Thomas farm in Grant and went to Ohio about 1835. A son, Jacob, who removed to Maryland, had twelve children, mostly born here. One of these is William H., of Hazelton. Peter Fike came to Union from Fayette about 1853 and located a mile and a half south of Eglon. The connection is rather large. ======== (cs note: this DeBerry is mine. John b. c. 1742 France/Flanders/Holland? > Archibald > William > Sarah Cath. b. 1852. A descendent of Jonas says. "They first came out of South Carolina." He seemed to think that is where they landed. Probably in Preston Co. by late 1790's because of a petition signed by John DeBerry. ) John DeBerry was one of three brothers of a prominent Huguenot family who came to America by way of England. In France the DeBerrys had been wealthy but their fine estate was confiscated. A street in Paris bears the family name. James spoke French but his family did not. Falling into reduced circumstances, he came here about 1805 with three sons and a daughter, none of whom remained long except Archibald. The settlement was on the John H. Deal place near Zar. Of the sons of Archibald, Samuel and Joseph lived in Portland, and William in Valley, while Martin, Jonas, Jacob, and James remained in Pleasant. Parley and Wesley, business men of Terra Alta, are sons of Samuel. ======

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: VanVerth, Behrens, Billingsley, Nordeck, Saucer Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/IEC.2ACE/707 Message Board Post: This may seem vague...but here goes. I am trying to track down a cemetery said to be "located near the Freeport area (and the Nordeck farm) which is on the south side of Route 7 as you head east out of Terra Alta." I myself am a VanVerth and am searching for mainly that name. I am told however that there are also surnames "Nordeck" and "Saucer" to be found at this cemetery, if that helps in this query any. If anybody has any information on this matter, or can help me locate the spot more precisely, it would be most appreciated.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: HAUN, HONE, RISHEL, MAUST, DENNIS, STRAWSER, GUSEMAN Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/IEC.2ACE/143.1 Message Board Post: Beverly, Just saw your message. My family also came from Preston County and lived in Wharton Twp., Fayette Co., Pa. Some of the names you list are familier but as far as I know are not related at this point. I may have a Rishel connection with Mary M. (Magdeline) born in VA., abt. 1818 and could be a daughter to John and Elizabeth (Dennis) Rishel. Have you a list of the persons buried at the Sandy Creek cemetery? My family name was HAUN then but changed to HONE by my ggrandfather Reizen (Rezin) HAUN. Perhaps you have seen the name somewhere in you research. Bye and good luck. Boyd

Thank you, Jill, for your endorsement. It would be nice if everyone on this list could purchase one copy. If you already have one, then consider donating a copy to a Preston County school library where it will receive considerable use. Please pardon me for sounding a little jittery about the sales. It is very costly to do this particular book Reprinting was only made possible by the interest-free loan of two of our members. We went ahead in spite of the investment because our information is that the demand for copies has pushed the price of those few second-hand copies that become available to $100. So, please pass the word and prove to us that we made the right decision. Whatever you can do is appreciated. I don't want to do this one again. Gotta go and check the proof of the book. Janice JHMLIBRARY@aol.com wrote: > I want to thank Janice Sisler and the other members of the Preston County > Historical Society for republishing the Preston County History Book.

Hello, fellow listers!! I'm hoping someone can do two obituary lookups for me in Preston County: GEORGE BURDESS, died Dec.5,1890, Lyon District, Preston Co.,WV JANE BURDESS, died Feb.12, 1910, probably Preston Co.,WV George and Jane were husband and wife and both are buried in Damon Cemetery. They were my great-great grandparents. I'd be grateful for any help with these obituaries and will gladly reimburse any expense! Thanks in advance, Claudia Pell-Salvatore in Northern Kentucky

This may provide clues for some researchers. Keep in mind that Morton has been found to have made errors. We just have to prove or disprove the statements found. =;o) Carolyn Oren Morten's book "History of Preston Co., WV" pg. 158 vol I > German Immigrants > > With date of arrival at Philadelphia. Some of these may be ancestors to Preston families. P. stands for Palatinate province, on the river Rhine, and W. for Wurtemburg. When two or more of the same name are mentioned, they arrived in the same vessel. In the cases of such names as Cress, Dill, Miller, Smith, Wetzel, and Wolff, there were arrivals in various years and identification would be very uncertain. The names in the list below are spelled as in the original registry. > > Albrecht, Jacob - 1723 - P. > Bauer, Joh. Martin - 1732 - P. > Boger, Martin - 1731 - P. > Courpenning, Hendrick - 1751. > Eberli, Heinrich - 1727. > Ewig (Evick), Christian - 1737- P. > Frankhauser, Johannes - 1728 - P. > Frantz, Michael - 1727. > Feder, Michael - 1731- P. > Fortney, David - 1739 - P. - Huguenot ancestry. > Gabel, Johannes - 1754. > Heilman, Martin - 1732 - P. > Lambrecht, Antonius - 1751. > Lantz, Jacob - 1738 - P. > Laub, Georg - 1739 - P. > Lebegood, Jacob and Ulrich - 1732 - P. > Leininger, Johan Jacob - 1750. > Mast, Jacob - 1727. > Marsteller, Friederich - 1729 - P. > Mosser, Johan Adam - 1728 - P. > Minier, Christian and Hans Georg - 1732, P. > Mineehr, Simon - 1737 - P. > Nicola, Ludwig - 1738 - P. > Ramsburger, Jacob - 1754 - W. > Regelman, Martin - 1741 - P. > Ringer, Johan Jacob - 1743. > Reittenaur, Johannes, Sr. and Jr. - 1739 - P. > Stempel, Jacob and Nicholas - 1732 - P. > Stembell, Johan Peter - 1737- P. > Slabach, Johannes and Joh. Henry - 1732 - P. > Spiker, Ulrich - 1737 - P. > Siesler, John Peter and John Lenhart - 1741- P. > Vogelgesang, Johan Nickell - 1750. > Weyl, Johan Jacob - 1736 - P. > Wotring, Abraham - 1732 - P. > Yeist, Philip - 1741 - P. > cs note: My source says that Abraham Wotring emigrated in 1733 aboard the Richard and Elizabeth (See Raymond M. Bell and Mabel Granquist, The Vautrin-Wotring-Woodring family; Lorraine-Alsace-Pennsylvania, 1953, evised 1958.) The Wotring residence at Finstingen (Fenetrange) was only three or four miles from Diedendorf.

I want to thank Janice Sisler and the other members of the Preston County Historical Society for republishing the Preston County History Book. One of my cousins sent me a few pages that an aunt had copied a couple of years ago about our family and it was VERY helpful in establishing some family history. Then I managed to actually see a copy of the book over in Garrett County at the library. The book was totally impressive! I cannot wait to get my copy when they are shipped out in December. We, who are working on finding information in Preston County, are extremely fortunate to have the historical society and the many researchers who have been willing to share the information that they have gathered. Since I am not close enough to pop over to the library in Kingwood or Morgantown, I really like being able to own a few books so that I can follow a new lead here or there as needed. You never know when you will find another family that you need to research. Thank you to all the authors who have written it down and who are undertaking new projects to benefit us all! Jill Herring Mount

James: Purchase info for the 1979 Preston Co. History reprint and others can be found here: www.hhs.net/sss/preston/pchs.htm For updates on my own books: www.hhs.net/sss/preston/bjsisler.htm Thanks for your interest, Janice James Stephens wrote: > Janice: Please let me know how much the book costs and where I can send to > get it. > Thanks, Jim Stephens > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Janice Sisler <bjsisler@access.mountain.net> > To: <WVPRESTO-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Friday, October 12, 2001 4:15 PM > Subject: Re: [WV PRESTON] Books > > > Carolyn - Thanks for the boost. PCHS is making a big investment in order > to > > make the 1979 PC History available and we need to recover the costs. > > > > Janice > > > > SHUPE@citcom.net wrote: > > > > > Ta Da!!!!!! THANK YOU, Janice and all who worked on this project!!! > > > My check is ready to go, too! My Christmas present to myself <BG>. > > > > > > For those who are "sitting on the fence" with the decision to purchase > > > this book, may I offer my personal opinion? I have seen the book > > > several times and it is the greatest! reading you will find. The clues > > > are unlimited-----for these are stories told by members of each family > > > on their recollection of their own family ancestry > > > . My own discovery is one which I would never!!!!! have found > > > elsewhere. A descendant told of John Kelley/Kelly 1755-1853 and named > > > his father!!!! Robert Ray/Wray Kelley (b. Ire.) of NC!!!!!!!! I have > > > since found a possibility that "Ray" was possibly a different spelling > > > of the Wray surname; making another possibility that Robert's mother was > > > a "Wray" Would never have searched NC records for this Kelley had it > > > not been for the info in the book. > > > > > > It's also a great way to help the Preston Co. Historical Soc.!!!! We > > > all WIN! > > > > > > Warmest regards, > > > Carolyn > > > > > > ==== WVPRESTO Mailing List ==== > > > Social Security Death Index Interactive Search > > > http://ssdi.genealogy.rootsweb.com/ > > > > > > ============================== > > > Visit Ancestry's Library - The best collection of family history > > > learning and how-to articles on the Internet. > > > http://www.ancestry.com/learn/library > > > > > > ==== WVPRESTO Mailing List ==== > > Social Security Death Index Interactive Search > > http://ssdi.genealogy.rootsweb.com/ > > > > ============================== > > Create a FREE family website at MyFamily.com! > > http://www.myfamily.com/banner.asp?ID=RWLIST2 > > > > > > ==== WVPRESTO Mailing List ==== > Preston County West Virginia Genealogy Junction > http://rootsweb.com/~wvpresto/ > > ============================== > Visit Ancestry.com for a FREE 14-Day Trial and enjoy access to the #1 > Source for Family History Online. Go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/subscribe/subscribetrial1y.asp?sourcecode=F11HB

Sorry, I missed the information on this book. Is it new? I juust purchased Wiley's and am looking for Mortons. Ray

Janice: Please let me know how much the book costs and where I can send to get it. Thanks, Jim Stephens ----- Original Message ----- From: Janice Sisler <bjsisler@access.mountain.net> To: <WVPRESTO-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, October 12, 2001 4:15 PM Subject: Re: [WV PRESTON] Books > Carolyn - Thanks for the boost. PCHS is making a big investment in order to > make the 1979 PC History available and we need to recover the costs. > > Janice > > SHUPE@citcom.net wrote: > > > Ta Da!!!!!! THANK YOU, Janice and all who worked on this project!!! > > My check is ready to go, too! My Christmas present to myself <BG>. > > > > For those who are "sitting on the fence" with the decision to purchase > > this book, may I offer my personal opinion? I have seen the book > > several times and it is the greatest! reading you will find. The clues > > are unlimited-----for these are stories told by members of each family > > on their recollection of their own family ancestry > > . My own discovery is one which I would never!!!!! have found > > elsewhere. A descendant told of John Kelley/Kelly 1755-1853 and named > > his father!!!! Robert Ray/Wray Kelley (b. Ire.) of NC!!!!!!!! I have > > since found a possibility that "Ray" was possibly a different spelling > > of the Wray surname; making another possibility that Robert's mother was > > a "Wray" Would never have searched NC records for this Kelley had it > > not been for the info in the book. > > > > It's also a great way to help the Preston Co. Historical Soc.!!!! We > > all WIN! > > > > Warmest regards, > > Carolyn > > > > ==== WVPRESTO Mailing List ==== > > Social Security Death Index Interactive Search > > http://ssdi.genealogy.rootsweb.com/ > > > > ============================== > > Visit Ancestry's Library - The best collection of family history > > learning and how-to articles on the Internet. > > http://www.ancestry.com/learn/library > > > ==== WVPRESTO Mailing List ==== > Social Security Death Index Interactive Search > http://ssdi.genealogy.rootsweb.com/ > > ============================== > Create a FREE family website at MyFamily.com! > http://www.myfamily.com/banner.asp?ID=RWLIST2 > >