My address is Bonnie Fretwell, 912 Northwood Drive, Virginia Beach, VA 23452. I hope to get up to Randolph County this August for a White family reunion (descendants of Levi and Mary Ann's son James who had 10 children), and have enough time to do some research while I'm there. Thanks,

THE HISTORY OF ALPENA Helen Senic with Angie Phillips http://www.swcp.com/~dhickman/journals/V4I2/alpena.html ALPENA! Yes, Alpena, West Virginia! To think of it . . . to know it . . . to leave and come back to it . . . Ah! to live in it . . . that is best of all! "Time has made a change in the old home place." The words of this old familiar song certainly remind me of the Alpena I have known. Alpena has not always been Alpena. In fact, it was not even named until 1879. But there were people here, lives being lived. Some of those lives were being lived by American Indians. We are sure of this because Mr. E.C. Wyatt found and marked the grave site OT Peter Shaver who was killed by Indians. The grave site can still be seen along the road as you travel from Alpena south to Glady. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------- Gloria Jean (Powers) Husk, 114 Arizona Street, Carrabelle, Fl. 32322 Surnames:Husk,Critchfield,Bissell,Wilson,Riffle,Helmick,Cox,Palmer, Dennis,Powers,White,Stout,Teter,McCally,Norton,Privett,Harris,Morris, Wyatt,Bennett,Sandlin,Woods,Karickhoff,Lantz,Casto,Rohr,Cooper Powers & Husk Families listed at: http://www.gloryway.com

Hello Bonnie, Send me your snail mail and here is mine Robin Kesling, 5935 Chaps Dr, Lakeland, Fl 33813. I will be happy to share with you . Thanks for what you already sent. Some of the info may have come from E C Wyatt. He wrote articles for the newspaper in Elkins, Wv. He did family genealogies for familys from Job, Harmon, Wymer and several places there in the Mts. He knew most of the people he wrote about. Even when I went to the mountains to visit the family said to go see E C he could tell me alot about the family. I did do that to. I know he did several White genealogies. Well it is late and I am up past my bedtime . I hope to hear from you soon. Robin in Lakeland.

Bonnie, I would be interested in what you have as well. I'm also descended from Levi. My grandmother, Leafy White Bohon, still resides in Elkins. Cindy

Hi Robin. What a great story! I am descended from Soldier White through his son Levi. Randolph County marriage records show that Thomas White married Mary Rains on August 28, 1821. Thomas White also married Lucy Raines on May 29, 1830. I don't know the connection between Mary and Lucy or who the parents were of either of them. Levi was born in about 1828 (he gives his age as 22 in the 1850 census; as 32 in the 1860 census; as 42 in the 1870 census; and as 52 in the 1880 census), which is why I believe his mother was Mary Rains. Soldier and Lucy Raines were married until his death on June 15, 1883. Lucy died May 26, 1884. They had 4 children that I know of. I do have a lot of information on the White family. Some of it is well-documented, but I'm not sure where some of it originated and don't know if it is 100% accurate. However, I would be happy to send you what I have. Much of it is not in the computer so it will have to be send snail mail. If you send me your address, I will be happy to send it. I would love to have copies of the information you have. If you need my mailing address, please let me know. Bonnie

Hello list, My husbands line is from Martha Patty White who wed Eli Carr. Martha Patty was a sister of Thomas E Soldier White . I have Thomas as married ot Lucy Raines. Is this what the rest of you have ? Eli Carr is my husbands Great Great Grandad and his son Solomon who wed Susanna Simmons is he Great Grandparents. Solomon later owned and operated the Joseph White Grist Mill . Emanuel White drowned at this site: Solomon and Susanna Simmon Carr has Flernoy Bernard Allen Patton Carr who wed Cora Bell Douglas. This is my husbands Grandparents. Solomon in the 1850 census was listed as a mulatto . This is due to the Native American blood in the White line. Eli Carr ran off with a Flanagan woman and they had a cabin in the woods they were found by her husband and son and Eli was shot and she had her throat slit and they also killed the baby and then burned the cabin down on them. This Flanagan man was John Flanagan Sr and his son Jacob Flanagan . They were never prosecuted as they made their own laws back then. I made contact with older family members in Job and Harmon back in the 70's . I have been researching this line off and on for 30 yrs. I have a partial history done by Mr E C Wyatt on the White family. If I can be of help to anyone just e-mail me. Robin in Lakeland, Fl

Clarksburg Telegram Exponent 3/01 Once, Long Ago by Gerald D. Swick Remember the Associated Press story from last November about a woman named Kimberly Ward from Hix, WV, who shot an eight-point buck from her kitchen window while her husband was freezing ni the woods, vainly hoping to bag a deer? Guys hate when that happens. A not-dissimiliar story comes to us from the pen of David Hunter Strother, an author illustrator who won fame writing for "Harper's New Monthly Magazine" under the name "Porte Crayon" back around the time of the Late Unpleasantness. A native of Martinsburg, many of his pieces were accounts of people he met in the Appalachian Mountains. This particular adventure was reprinted in "A History of Randolph County West Virginia From its Earliest Exploration and Settlement to the Present Time," by Dr. A.S. Bosworth (McClain Printing Co., Reprinted 1975). "Porte" and a traveling companion stopped for the night at a two-story, six room log cabin at Dry Fork on the road between Seneca and Beverly. It was the home of a fellow known as "Soldier" White--no one including White was quite certain how he had earned that nickname--and served as a sort of inn for cattle drovers and other travelers. Also residing in the house was White's lovely daughter, Martha. Porte described her as "rising of sixteen," so it is tempting to say she was in the flour of her youth, but we're not talking about that Martha White, okay? Bad puns aside, she apparently was a mountain flower, lovely as rhodedendron blossoms in a shaft of morning sunlight. Porte Crayone described her as "A sparkling brunette, lithe and graceful as a fawn, she is also, from the habit of meeting st rangers, more affable in her manners than most of her mountain cousins." Now there is just something about being in the moutains that sets a man's stomach a-hungrying for trout. Porte and his companion, the Major, asked if the lovely Martha understood cooking trout. "You'd better catch a mess first and try me," she responded, suggesting they might have good luck below the mill. Soon, the two men were happily drowing worms below the aforesaid mill. Martha was right about the fishing being good. Time and again, they cast their lines and pulled in small-or medium-sized fish. They were getting enough for a good fry, but that wasn't good enough. In the clear moutain stream, they saw titanic trout lying among the rocks, laughing at them. The fishermen offered a veritale smorgasboard of baits to these leviathans, only to watch in fristration as their quarry glided out from the boulders, rubbed a nose against the hook and returned to their resting spot with a look that distinctly said, you gotta be kidding. Pretty soon, Porte and the Major saw the lovely Martha wendering her way to the stream, holding a hickory wand with a horse-hair noose on its end. Smiling sweetly, she asked them to refrain from casting for awhile. Catlike, she crept over the rocks to where one of the finned monarchs of the river lay dreaming in the shadowns. She gradually slipped the noose into the water and slowly drew it toward the giant fish. The horse hair touched one of his fins, and he hesitately retreated half his length, apparently undecided about what had disturbed him. Moments later, Martha clarified the situation for him, looping her noose about him and yanking him from the stream. The men applauded, but she motioned them to be quiet. Three more times she noosed large fish that had avoided their hooks. One weighted in at two-and-a-half pounds. Martha attempted to show her guests how to use the horse hair noose, but they couldn't get the, ah, hang of it. To her credit, she not only refrained from chanting "Nanner-nanner boo-boo" at ther hapless attempts, she fried up the trout-brown as fritters-for their supper.

HI Here is the info that I have and anyone can correct me if I am wrong or add information. Soldier White had a son Emanuel, d. 11/3/1890 Emanuel married Caroline Elza (she was his second wife) Their daughter Columbia Caroline White (b. 3/1/1851) married George W. Kerns (b.9/23/1858) 9/28/1880 in Emanuel's home. George and Columbia Kerns are my husband's great grandparents. ----- Original Message ----- From: jeanne stook <stook1@gte.net> To: <WVRANDOL-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, June 22, 2002 9:13 PM Subject: Re: [WVRANDOL-L] Soldier White--Clarksburg Exponent-Telegram > Cathie, > So, tell us more! which line is he?? I am from his sister's line - Elizabeth > White! Jeanne or contact me at stook1@gte.net > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Cathie Peitzsch-Gibbs" <cpgibbs@worldnet.att.net> > To: <WVRANDOL-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Saturday, June 22, 2002 8:35 PM > Subject: Re: [WVRANDOL-L] Soldier White--Clarksburg Exponent-Telegram > > > > Hi > > Does anyone have a copy of the recent article or the original article for > > 1850s?? > > My husband is a descendant of Soldier White. > > Cathie Gibbs > > > > > > ----- Original Message -----. > > From: <UserF4068@aol.com> > > To: <WVRANDOL-L@rootsweb.com> > > Sent: Saturday, June 22, 2002 11:16 AM > > Subject: Re: [WVRANDOL-L] Soldier White--Clarksburg Exponent-Telegram > > > > > > > Hi, Jeanne. I, too, am descended from Soldier White. I understand the > > > article in question was a reprint of the article from Bosworth's History > > of > > > Randolph County, which was originally published in Harper's Magazine in > > the > > > 1850's. > > > > > > > > > ==== WVRANDOL Mailing List ==== > > > No Flaming allowed on this list! > > > > > > > > > ============================== > > > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy > records, > > go to: > > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== WVRANDOL Mailing List ==== > > Check out the Mid-Atlantic Roots Network at: > > http://midatlantic.rootsweb.com/ > > > > > > ============================== > > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, > go to: > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > > > ==== WVRANDOL Mailing List ==== > Check out the Mid-Atlantic Roots Network at: > http://midatlantic.rootsweb.com/ > > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > >

Cathie, So, tell us more! which line is he?? I am from his sister's line - Elizabeth White! Jeanne or contact me at stook1@gte.net ----- Original Message ----- From: "Cathie Peitzsch-Gibbs" <cpgibbs@worldnet.att.net> To: <WVRANDOL-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, June 22, 2002 8:35 PM Subject: Re: [WVRANDOL-L] Soldier White--Clarksburg Exponent-Telegram > Hi > Does anyone have a copy of the recent article or the original article for > 1850s?? > My husband is a descendant of Soldier White. > Cathie Gibbs > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <UserF4068@aol.com> > To: <WVRANDOL-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Saturday, June 22, 2002 11:16 AM > Subject: Re: [WVRANDOL-L] Soldier White--Clarksburg Exponent-Telegram > > > > Hi, Jeanne. I, too, am descended from Soldier White. I understand the > > article in question was a reprint of the article from Bosworth's History > of > > Randolph County, which was originally published in Harper's Magazine in > the > > 1850's. > > > > > > ==== WVRANDOL Mailing List ==== > > No Flaming allowed on this list! > > > > > > ============================== > > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, > go to: > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > > > > > ==== WVRANDOL Mailing List ==== > Check out the Mid-Atlantic Roots Network at: > http://midatlantic.rootsweb.com/ > > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >

Hi Does anyone have a copy of the recent article or the original article for 1850s?? My husband is a descendant of Soldier White. Cathie Gibbs ----- Original Message ----- From: <UserF4068@aol.com> To: <WVRANDOL-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, June 22, 2002 11:16 AM Subject: Re: [WVRANDOL-L] Soldier White--Clarksburg Exponent-Telegram > Hi, Jeanne. I, too, am descended from Soldier White. I understand the > article in question was a reprint of the article from Bosworth's History of > Randolph County, which was originally published in Harper's Magazine in the > 1850's. > > > ==== WVRANDOL Mailing List ==== > No Flaming allowed on this list! > > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > >

Hi, Jeanne. I, too, am descended from Soldier White. I understand the article in question was a reprint of the article from Bosworth's History of Randolph County, which was originally published in Harper's Magazine in the 1850's.

Hi Jeanne I saw your list of names and I have many of them in my files which you can check out below Major is HART, HORNBECK, CURRENCE { Default Signature #1 } Since my stroke of October 1998. I do not send long chatty letters, and sometimes I will be slow to answer as I only have my right hand to type with. From now on I am going to attempt to type normally instead of all capitals, of course sometimes I will be in a hurry or just plain lazy! So, then it will be all capitals. Thanks for understanding! :-) Good places to visit!! & MY way of sharing!! #1 http://www.mudcreek.ca/ #2 http://www.ancientfaces.com/cgi-bin/index.cfm regards SANDRA TYLER DUNCAN in Sacramento,CA GOOD SEARCH ENGINE & MY HOME PAGE http://www.progenealogists.com/genealogysleuthb.htm #2 search http://www.vitalsearch-ca.com/gen/ca/whatsnew.htm My page http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Acropolis/3577/ My WILMOTH Index http://www.rootsweb.com/~wvrandol/wilmoth.htm http://www.gencircles.com/users/purplevw1/1/ <======== PLEASE LOOK HERE www.criis.com http://www.genealogy.com/users/d/u/n/Sandra-Duncan/ http://www.rootsweb.com/~hcpd/norm all my mail scanned by Norton ----- Original Message ----- From: "MARTIN STOOK" <stook1@gte.net> To: <WVRANDOL-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, June 21, 2002 7:13 PM Subject: Re: [WVRANDOL-L] Soldier White--Clarksburg Exponent-Telegram > Cindy, > Hi! I was trying to sort through some of my old emails and saw this one of > your. Did you ever find the article? > Since this time I have discovered that Soldier was my Elizabeth's brother. > How are you related to him? > Thanks, Jeanne > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <C1ndysue1@aol.com> > To: <WVRANDOL-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Tuesday, March 27, 2001 10:33 PM > Subject: [WVRANDOL-L] Soldier White--Clarksburg Exponent-Telegram > > > > Does anyone here get the Clarksburg Telegram Exponent and if so, do you > keep > > your papers? I have been told that there was a story on Soldier White > (DOB > > 25 May 1805) that ran about 2 weeks ago. My father inadvertently threw > the > > paper away and I'd really like to read that article. It was probably in > the > > Sunday edition since many Randolph County residents get the Sunday > Clarksburg > > paper. I searched on http://www.cpubco.com and the article did not make > the > > web addition. > > > > Cindy Bohon > > > > Searching: Kittle,Tenney,Williams, Rader, Hart, Scott, Clark, Bohon, > Piercy, > > Westfall, Currence, Hornbeck, Cutright, Squires, Hyre,Liggett, Moats, > Goff, > > Carrico,White, Barkley, Hartman, Summerfield, Raines, Grubb, Friend, > Rexrode > > > > > > ==== WVRANDOL Mailing List ==== > > Check out the Mid-Atlantic Roots Network at: > > http://midatlantic.rootsweb.com/ > > > > > > ============================== > > Search over 1 Billion names at Ancestry.com! > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist1.asp > > > > > ==== WVRANDOL Mailing List ==== > Give someone some help and they may help you. > > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >

Cindy, Hi! I was trying to sort through some of my old emails and saw this one of your. Did you ever find the article? Since this time I have discovered that Soldier was my Elizabeth's brother. How are you related to him? Thanks, Jeanne ----- Original Message ----- From: <C1ndysue1@aol.com> To: <WVRANDOL-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, March 27, 2001 10:33 PM Subject: [WVRANDOL-L] Soldier White--Clarksburg Exponent-Telegram > Does anyone here get the Clarksburg Telegram Exponent and if so, do you keep > your papers? I have been told that there was a story on Soldier White (DOB > 25 May 1805) that ran about 2 weeks ago. My father inadvertently threw the > paper away and I'd really like to read that article. It was probably in the > Sunday edition since many Randolph County residents get the Sunday Clarksburg > paper. I searched on http://www.cpubco.com and the article did not make the > web addition. > > Cindy Bohon > > Searching: Kittle,Tenney,Williams, Rader, Hart, Scott, Clark, Bohon, Piercy, > Westfall, Currence, Hornbeck, Cutright, Squires, Hyre,Liggett, Moats, Goff, > Carrico,White, Barkley, Hartman, Summerfield, Raines, Grubb, Friend, Rexrode > > > ==== WVRANDOL Mailing List ==== > Check out the Mid-Atlantic Roots Network at: > http://midatlantic.rootsweb.com/ > > > ============================== > Search over 1 Billion names at Ancestry.com! > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist1.asp >

Genealogy Fair The VFW Hall on Back Fork of Webster Springs (Webster County) will be home for the Genealogy Fair, one of the activities planned for the Pioneer Family Reunion Aug. 24-25. The genealogy fair will run from 8:00 am to Noon on Saturday Aug. 24th. Anyone interested in Webster County families should be there and bringing some of their family charts and notebooks so we can exchange pictures and info. We've arranged to give away over $100.00 worth of door prizes, including Mark Romano's book "Pictorial History of Webster County" and Michael Henline's book and cd "Gone But Not Forgotten, Cemeteries of Webster County WV". CONTACT MICHAEL HENLINE FOR SPACE FOR YOUR EXHIBIT. michael henline <patchez4@hotmail.com>

Looking for info on my Gr Grandmother Nora N Bosworth married to Walter J Miller they had my Grandmother Grace Miller Matheny we think in Wv thats where they are in 1920 A Bosworth Researcher sent me this.... wondering if there is some connection. I would appreciate any help on this Nora Bosworth, she would have been born around 1878 she was 42 in the 1920 census Harrison County WV Thanks for any help .,,,, Diana in Okla Nora Bosworth in the 1880 census: Census Place: Streetsboro, Portage, Ohio Source: FHL Film 1255059 National Archives Film T9-1059 Page 420B Relation Sex Marr Race Age Birthplace L. F. BOSWORTH Self M M W 56 OH Occ: Farmer Fa: MA Mo: MA Anna BOSWORTH Wife F M W 43 OH Occ: Keeping House Fa: MA Mo: NY Elwood BOSWORTH Son M S W 19 OH Occ: On The Farm Fa: OH Mo: OH Nora BOSWORTH Dau F S W 17 OH Occ: At Home Fa: --- Mo: --- Walter CURTIS Other M S W 15 OH Occ: Help On Farm Fa: OH Mo: OH The other one was a Nora Etta Bosworth, age 3, in 1880: Census Place: Aleppo, Greene, Pennsylvania Source: FHL Film 1255133 National Archives Film T9-1133 Page 118C George BOSWORTH Self M M W 57 IN Occ: Farmer Fa: MA Mo: WV Rebecca BOSWORTH Wife F M W 46 PA Occ: Keeping House Fa: MD Mo: MD Mariah BOSWORTH Dau F S W 20 PA Occ: Home Fa: IN Mo: PA Elisabeth BOSWORTH Dau F S W 18 PA Occ: Home Fa: IN Mo: PA William BOSWORTH Son M S W 16 PA Occ: Work On Farm Fa: IN Mo: PA July Ann BOSWORTH Dau F S W 15 PA Fa: IN Mo: PA George B. BOSWORTH Son M S W 13 PA Occ: Work On Farm Fa: IN Mo: PA James B. BOSWORTH Son M S W 11 PA Occ: Work On Farm Fa: IN Mo: PA Hannah J. BOSWORTH Dau F S W 9 PA Fa: IN Mo: PA John C. BOSWORTH Son M S W 8 PA Fa: IN Mo: PA Jacob P. BOSWORTH Son M S W 6 PA Fa: IN Mo: PA Norah Etta BOSWORTH Dau F S W 3 PA Fa: IN Mo: PA Osa Bell BOSWORTH Dau F S W 3 PA Fa: IN Mo: PA

Families involved: Butler, Lewis, Price, Wright, Poling, Marsh, England, Kenney Mary Butler m. Thomas B. Lewis 1791 b. Mar 1, 1775 b. ca. 1771 Monongalia VA Monongalia VA | | Col. William Price m. (2) Mary Butler Lewis b. 1771 d, 1842 m. 9 Jul 1807 in | Morgantown VA/WV | (1) Sarah Polland | | | William Wright/Right m. Anna Marsh | | | Anna Right m. Martin Poling | b.1800 1816 b. ca. 1797 | | d. ? | | William Price m. Anna Poling b. ca. 1799 1819 b. ca. 1800 VA b. MD | (Wolf Run) | | | William G.W. Price b.1829 m. Elizabeth England b.1829 Isaac Price b. 1827 m. (1)Mary Elizabeth Stonestreet (2)Elizabeth England Kenney Silas R. Price b. 183X m. Sarah A. England John Price b. 1833 Mary Price Lewis Price b. 1831 As I understand it, in the History of Preston County by Oren Morton, Col. William Price was the father of William Price of Wolf Run? Is Col. William Price from Virginia, and who were his parents? Where is Sarah Poland/Poling from? Was Mary Butler Mary Butler Lewis? Did Thomas B. Lewis die before 1807? Was Anna Right Anna Poling? Did Martin Poling die before 1819? Did Anna Right inherit land from deceased husband Martin Poling? If so, what exact parcels were they? Does anyone have copy of birth record, death notice- obituary to this Martin Poling, or anyone above? Help on anything appreciated. Wayne Price

For three years Michael Henline has been traveling back country roads, searching through record books at the courthouse, and interviewing county residents in an effort to identify and record Webster County cemeteries. He has obtained the cooperation of numerous researchers and previously published authors to compile the most extensive and thorough study of Webster County cemeteries to date. This material is presented in two different formats, a CD version for computers and the traditional book form. The book is 230 pages long and contains transcriptions of 129 cemeteries, plus 25 pages of maps showing the approximate locations of over 250 Webster County cemeteries. It is estimated that the book contains in excess of four thousand burials. The Cd contains the same information as the book plus an additional six thousand names from the John Reed burial files, which lists burials from 1937-1995. The CDs are searchable with any computer word processing program, which makes finding your ancestor and where they are buried a snap. This book includes all the cemeteries and notes published by Ron Hardway in his two volumes, 'Historic Cemeteries of Webster County' (which were published in the early 1980's and are out of print and nearly impossible to find). It also includes most of the cemeteries published by Stanley Anderson in 'Cemeteries of Northern Webster County' taken from the 1978 edition of his book. In addition to the previously published work contributed by these two authors there are also cemeteries transcribed by about a half dozen other researchers. This book is more than just recording the information on tombstones, not only did researchers visit cemeteries and record the tombstones but in many instances personal intervies and records searches were performed to determine the identities of people in unmarked graves. Some cemeteries have biographical notes attached, to further identify the people and help put them in historical perspective. The following people made significant contributions to this project. Stanley Anderson Ronald Hardway and Ruth Knight Sherri Anderson Norma Hamrick Robert Lynch Susie Gallemore Roger Stanley Nettie Gregory and many others cost of CD is $20.00 plus $1.20 sales tax for WV residents Cost of book (includes printed maps) $30.00 plus $1.80 sales tax for WV residents Printed maps for CD (CD contains the maps in digital format so you can print them yourself) $4.00 plus $0.24 tax for WV residents EVERYTHING including CD, book, and printed maps $40.00 plus $2.40 for WV residents We accept checks or money orders only. Shipping is free. Send orders to: Pamela Henline 49a Erbacon RD Cowen, WV 26206 When placing order please send Pam an email at phenline@myfamily.com _________________________________________________________________ Send and receive Hotmail on your mobile device: http://mobile.msn.com

VFW Hall is reserved for Pioneer Family Reunion Aug. 24 in Back Fork of Webster Springs for our Genealogy Fair.....hope all of you have that date marked on your calendars!!! Anyone interested in Webster County families should be there bringing some of their family charts and notebooks so we can exchange pictures and info. We've arranged to give away over 100 dollars worth of door prizes, including Mark Romano's book 'Pictorial History of Webster County' and my book and cd 'Gone But Not Forgotten, Cemeteries of Webster County WV'. Mark is planning on being there to sign his book, the Webster County Historical Society will be there with copies of the Webster County Heritage book for sale as well as back issues of the Webster Independent. A representative of the Hacker's Creek Pioneer Descendents will be there with material as well as the Pioneer Family History Preservation Society. The Braxton County Historical Society has been invited as well as the Randolph County Historical Society. There should be lots of genealogy material for sale and there will also be a lot of family historians with ancestor charts, old photos, research etc. The fair runs from 8:00 am to 12:00 noon followed by cemetery tours of some of the pioneer cemeteries in the Fork Lick district of the county. Tables are FREE, admission is FREE, so plan to come out and spend the day with us. _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp.

Hello... I am researching SNEPERGERs who settled in Pickens WV in the early 1900s after emigrating from Croatia. Mark Sneperger or Sneberger was my great-grandmother's brother. I do not know his wife's name, but they had children Mary, Olga, Mark, Katie Helen, Rose, Tony Not sure which, if any, would show up in the 1920 census. The name might also be under SNEBERGER Any assistance would be most appreciated! Best, Jackie Researching: ~~~~~~~Poland~~~~~~~ ADAMOWICZ - BANASZEK - BURDA CHOJNACKI / HOJNACKI MIKULSKI / MIKOLSKY CIEBIEN~ - MAZIK - KROL / KRUL ~~~~~~~Croatia~~~~~~~ OCVIRAK / OCVIRK - SNEPERGER

Where can I find out what the law is pertaining to family cemeteries on private land. Can you erect a stone in a family cemetery for an ancestor who died 75 years ago? Would you need to have the permission of the absentee land owner to do this. Any help would be greatly appreciated.