Roy & Phil, Thanks very much for the responses. I've known of the papers for several years and had always hoped that I would find the time to get to Morgantown to check them out but living in Warrenton, Va. (originally from Oakland, Md.) has made this quite hopeless so I really appreciate the info. thanks, Mike -----Original Message----- From: Roy Lockhart <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Thu, 29 Jun 2006 08:24:59 -0400 Subject: Re: [WV Preston County] Deakins family papers Mike, The Guide to Archives & Manuscripts in the West Virginia Collection at WVU can be searched online at: http://findingaids.lib.wvu.edu/cgi/f/findaid/findaid-idx?c=wvcguide For instance, typing Sanders in the search box produces 8 hits. The entire guide can be browsed page by page but this would be a time consuming process. Hope this helps, Roy Lockhart ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, June 29, 2006 4:42 AM Subject: [WV Preston County] Deakins family papers > I understand that the WVU library has in their possession the Deakins Family > Papers. Has anyone ever researched this collection? If so I was wondering if > they might contain any ledger information on monetary accounts, i.e. names > and monies paid by individuals for either the renting or buying of properties, > etc? Or basically if there is any genealogical data about the Preston Co. > area and individuals? > > thanks, > Mike Sanders > > > ==== WVPRESTO Mailing List ==== > Check out other genealogy resources on the net at John Fuller's most helpful site > http://www.rootsweb.com/~jfuller/gen_mail.html > > ============================== > Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the > last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx > ==== WVPRESTO Mailing List ==== We have archives! http://listsearches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl?list=WVPRESTO ============================== Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx ________________________________________________________________________ Check out AOL.com today. Breaking news, video search, pictures, email and IM. All on demand. Always Free.