You can purchase the 1900 Upshur Co., WV. census, go back to the Upshur Co., GenWeb page I maintain at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~wvupshur/ and go to the list of books or the Upshur Co Historical Society link, there you will find the information you need to order it. Good Luck, Patricia At 07:18 PM 1/11/99 -0700, you wrote: >Patricia: > > Thank you for the information on the marriage of Wm. Hyre and >Birdie Dean. Page 138 of my copy of the marriage book didn't print right, >and I couldn't quite make out what it said. I will just paste what you >sent over top of that entry. > The name Jenetta is a good clue that she was my William's mother. >You don't see that too often, so I am going with that for now. > Also what I was looking for when I sent the query was children of >William and Birdie. I am very interested in them because I am related >(distantly) to William Hyre on my mother's side, and Birdie (her mother >was Sarah Kiddy whose marriage shows up in the Lewis County book for some >reason or other) is my cousin on my father's side, so I am very interested >in their children, but can't find any. I don't have the census for 1900, >1910, etc, and I suppose that is where they would appear. Do you have >those records? > I am glad of any information I can get and appreciate your help. > >Kiddy > > > >>At 08:37 AM 1/10/99 -0700, you wrote: >>> I am looking for information on William HYRE (b. ca 1872) and >>>Birdie DEAN (b. 1865) who were married November 29, 1892, in Upshur County. >>> >>>Kiddy >>> >>Kiddy, what is it you are lookinig for?? >> >>William Lafayette Hyre was 20 yrs, born in Upshur Co., s/o E.W. & Jenetta , >>Birdie was 25 yrs. born in Upshur Co., d/o William when they married. >> >>There was a Elijah W. & Jenetta Hyre having children in Upshur Co. that >>could be Williams parents, but I did not find his birth information >> >>There was a William & Sarah F. Dean/Deen, a William J. & Mahala Dean having >>children in Upshur Co. in the 1860's. I did not find a Birdie listed in the >>Upshur Co. births. >>