Joe: I'm a direct descendent of Jacob FUNK. I'd be interested in any more info on Jacob FUNK during the time mentioned in your email below if there is any in the book. Thanks! Ryan rcfunk@yahoo.com -----Original Message----- From: wvpresto-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:wvpresto-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Joe & Erin Hartman Sent: Thursday, January 15, 2009 4:12 PM To: wvpresto@rootsweb.com Subject: [WVPRESTO] A book on Kingwood All: I have a small book on the History of Kingwood ("Indians plus the first 150 Years") by Bill Williams. I've had it for some time, but just recently got the urge to read it again. My original intention was to create a (sort of) index to the names included, but his writing style isn't very organized (no offense, Bill) to do that, so it early on became way more trouble that it would probably have been worth. At any rate, I can look up some name/info if folks out there have any kind of date references - that's how the book is organized. As a caveat, please don't send a "give me all the information on ..." kind of message - the way the book is written, I'd have to go through the entire thing for each request. This is the kind of info included: Jacob Funk built a tannery in 1810, on the north side of Main Street, near the intersection of Sigler Street. Funk sold his tannery to William Sigler in 1813. BTW: I don't subscribe to any of the groups that are gatewayed from RootsWeb, so if you make a request, it'll have to be to and from this ListServ group [WVPRESTO]. Joe H. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to WVPRESTO-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

RCF: Didn't see any, but this little book only seems to have info on folks who owned businesses or built large houses that were downtown or in the close vicinity of downtown Kingwood. There's quite a bit of stuff on certain people, but abolutely none on most of the others. One of my ancestors has a street names after him/her - the street is only a few block off downtown, but there's no mention of these folks except for one guy who apparently owned a small store! Joe H. =============================== RCF wrote: >Joe: >I'm a direct descendent of Jacob FUNK. I'd be interested in any more info >on Jacob FUNK during the time mentioned in your email below if there is any >in the book. > >Thanks! >Ryan >rcfunk@yahoo.com > >-----Original Message----- >From: wvpresto-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:wvpresto-bounces@rootsweb.com] >On Behalf Of Joe & Erin Hartman >Sent: Thursday, January 15, 2009 4:12 PM >To: wvpresto@rootsweb.com >Subject: [WVPRESTO] A book on Kingwood > >All: > >I have a small book on the History of Kingwood ("Indians plus the first 150 >Years") by Bill Williams. I've had it for some time, but just recently got >the urge to read it again. > >My original intention was to create a (sort of) index to the names included, >but his writing style isn't very organized (no offense, Bill) to do that, so >it early on became way more trouble that it would probably have been worth. > >At any rate, I can look up some name/info if folks out there have any kind >of date references - that's how the book is organized. As a caveat, please >don't send a "give me all the information on ..." kind of message - the way >the book is written, I'd have to go through the entire thing for each >request. > >This is the kind of info included: > > Jacob Funk built a tannery in 1810, on the north side of Main Street, >near the intersection of Sigler Street. Funk sold his tannery to William >Sigler in 1813. > >BTW: I don't subscribe to any of the groups that are gatewayed from >RootsWeb, so if you make a request, it'll have to be to and from this >ListServ group [WVPRESTO]. > > >Joe H. > > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >WVPRESTO-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes >in the subject and the body of the message > > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to WVPRESTO-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > >