In a message dated 1/13/2004 3:34:29 PM Pacific Standard Time, [email protected] writes: I'd like to know how you get in contact with the Raleigh County Genealogy Societyother then writing, no phone number shown. Margureitte I'm a member. Perhaps I can answer a question. For those of you interested, the mailing address to subscribe is Genealogical Society: Fayette and Raleigh Counties P.O. Box 68 Oak Hill, WV 25901-0068 The membership dues are $10 a year. A good investment for those interested in Raleigh and Fayette Counties. Since this is a new year, now would be a good time to subscribe. Make check payable to Fayette-Raleigh Genealogical Society. Include your Name, Address, Zip + 4 code. Include the Surnames you are researching. Include your email address. "News Notes" are published quarterly. The Winter 2003 issue is 24 pages. Jim Wood is transcribing sections of the Smith-Riffe Collection. This issue contains the Garten family. Also, a list of Members is included, along with the surnames they are researching.

A lookup resulted in some conflicting "facts". I am looking for the marriage of Robert H. Aliff and Sarah Jane Smith, 27 Oct 1884. I need to see if parents are listed for Robert, and any other available info. Also the Raleigh County Marriages book had listed a Woolwine marriage in Raleigh County in the index, and I wanted to see what that listing was, as we are having a hard time finding a connection for my grandfather William Birt Woolwine, born 3 Apr 1890 (we think). Birt was married to one of Sarah Jane and Robert's daughters, Macie. A lookup for Sarah Jane and Robert revealed no parents listed for Robert, and Sarah Jane's parents as Hulet and Angeline Smith, but with a notation as "no". Nyla Creed DePauk says: "Unfortunately, someone entered information in the official records years after the records were recorded.  There are many errors." I had been going on the assumption that Sarah Jane's parents were Joseph Lewis Smith and Nancy Williams, as the All Relative Tree at Ancestry.com has listed (on a search for Sarah Jane Smith. married to Robert Aliff) with the source as “Honaker 10-22-2003.FTW.” Does anyone have any clearer information? Any info would be welcome. Thanks, Anita (Woolwine) Hill