This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Herring, Kelley, Smith, Sell Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/IEC.2ACE/718 Message Board Post: Help! I may be able to get to the state archives for a couple of hours next week. If you have been there can you give me your best hints for getting the most information about Preston County in the shortest amount of time? I have gotten the list of titles from the state website, but I don't want to miss anything! Thanks. Jill Mount

Jill, The WV Archives and History Library is located right beside the State Capitol building in the Cultural Center. The hours are: Monday-Thursday 9 a.m.-8 p.m. Friday & Saturday 9 a.m.-6 p.m. Sunday Closed I believe the parking spaces at the Cultural Center are assigned. Parking is available on the side streets but you may have to walk 2-3 blocks. You will need to sign in upon entering the library. You will also need to sign up for a microfilm reader if you use one. Staff members will help you get started with your research. The stacks are open and include: genealogies, county histories, cemetery inscriptions, census indexes etc. The card catalog will give you a call number for locating the books in the stacks as well as those that will need to be requested from upstairs storage. The microfilm room is located at the rear of the library reading room. Preston County microfilm includes: courthouse records thru about 1969, newspapers from 1866, census records thru 1920, personal property tax lists from 1821 etc. The personal property tax lists for 1818-1820 are in the first volume of land tax records which covers the years 1821-1837. The land tax (real estate) records are in bound volumes (thru 1935) and need to be requested from upstairs storage. What information in particular are you looking for? I may be able to give you some additional pointers about using the resources at the WV Archives if I knew what type information you are seeking. Roy Lockhart On 12 Dec 2001 11:47:00 -0700 jhmlibrary@aol.com writes: >This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > >Surnames: Herring, Kelley, Smith, Sell >Classification: Query > >Message Board URL: > >http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/IEC.2ACE/718 > >Message Board Post: > >Help! I may be able to get to the state archives for a couple of hours >next week. If you have been there can you give me your best hints for >getting the most information about Preston County in the shortest >amount of time? > >I have gotten the list of titles from the state website, but I don't >want to miss anything! > >Thanks. > >Jill Mount > > >==== 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/.

There is a metered parking lot beside the Cultural Center that we used when we were there. You can buy hours on them. Just don't go when legislature is in town. Jean