This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: are theses same books "morton book and whetsell book on preston co? Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/IEC.2ACE/741.1.1 Message Board Post: cold you tell me something ,as you seem to have this book by morton( in 2 vol , i think) i keep seeing mentioned.? i have been doing look ups from a book called A HISTORY OF PRSTON COUNTY WEST VIRGINIA by someone named h. s. whetsell. pub in 1913. COVER PAGE ALSO SAYS BIOGRAPHICAL DEPARTMENT ,SUPPLIED BY J. R. COLE .THEN AT THE BOTTOM- KINGWOOD, W VA/ THE JOURNAL PUBLISHING COMPANY 1914. i have only vol II., this book belonging to a long passed family member, related by marriage, and so is not even related to my own family. this second vol i have starts with a pictue and article THE BROWN FAMILY , page 571.can you tell me is this just the second vol of the morton book ? maybe as an addition to vol I by a different person , but still referred to as " the morton book"? i am very curious ,especially as i don't want to just give out the same info they already have from the morton book. thanks for help!