Please forward to Raleigh Co List Melissa, I visited your site & love the reference to the "Family Vine" - my mother- in-law passed away this month June 4 - about a month previous to that she had visitors from Monroe County, one of them brought her up-to-date on another cousin who had been married to 2 other cousins & divorced both times & was again dating yet another cousin (of course these are 2nd, 3rd & 4th cousins, but still cousins) Mom said "I wish she would leave our family alone, its messed up enough" - we then joked about me not working on the family tree but instead it was a vine since the family is so inter-twined... (Mother-in-law) Mom - Arzsula D. Wykle married Dad Walton W. Weikle - at the time they figured they weren't related, later Walton's grandfather figured they may be 5th cousins, my research made them 3rd cousins... I can add a little more info to a few names on your page - below I've underlined bits of info you don't have mentioned, hope this helps.... Also I'd like to compare some notes with you on Jane Ward... Launa Grace Weikle - b Mar 31, 1888 ( I believe you had Mar 3) d Sept 16, 1975 Raleigh Co bur. Mt Tabor Cem. married George Washington Hood, Jr. - b July 18, 1874 d Nov 7, 1956 Monroe Co. Launa was daughter of William Pembroke Wykle & Mary Alice Harper Children - Robert Hascal Hood - b May 27, 1910 d April 1975 married 4 times - Ruby Vanblancom, Lovey Unknown, Ruth Bailey & Shirley Evans Grethel Snow Hood - b Dec 14, 1912(?) d July 1970 married Barney Ferris George Talmadge Hood - b July 5, 1912(?) d Aug 22, 1976 married Emma McGraw Roy Homer Hood - b Mar 23, 1916 d July 11, 1917 Olinga Marie Hood b Oct 12, 1921 married Virgil Williams Jane Ward b June 7, 1837 Fayette Co d Aug 9, 1881 Raleigh Co married Thomas Pittman Jane's parents - Thomas Ward b 1814 Rockingham Co, VA d April 10, 1884 Raleigh Co (son of Robert Ward & Nancy Smailes) & Maria Harriet Morgan b 1810 VA d April 10, 1884 Raleigh Co Thomas & Harriet were married Feb 8, 1832 Greenbrier Co by Joel Burgess I had nothing on Jane but have other children of Thomas & Harriet - they are - Robert F. Ward - b 1833 d 1865 married Raleigh Co March 28, 1850 Delilah Pittman John H. Ward - b Feb 11, 1834 Fayette Co d July 12, 1909 - bur Shanklin Ferry, WV married Ann Hurt Mar 9, 1870 Raleigh Co George W. Ward - b 1810 Sarah Etta Ward - b 1844 d June 3, 1844 Thomas L. Ward - b 1846 married Sarah Beckett Mar 7, 1867 Nancy C. Ward - b 1848 Gilbert Ward - b 1852 married Mary Fitzpatrick As I said above I had no info on a Jane but do not doubt your records, I'd like to know more about where you obtained the info - we hope to go to Raleigh Co courthouse sometime this summer... Thanks Ellie wwirises@aol.com