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