Hi: I am new to the list so I will hang around a while and then start looking for my West Virginia people. Thanks for having me. Bill Covey Author of Watson Is Where It Wuz http://home.att.net/~billcovey/index.html

Hi, I was wondering if anyone might have copy of this book that would be willing to do some looking up in it for me???? Does anyone know if this book is being printed by someone? Appreciate any help anyone can give me on this subject. Thanks, Judy in Texas Researching: CORNS, FERGUSON & GLASGOWS

I just wanted to take this time to apologize to everyone for how far behind I have fallen with the Archives. This has been one heck of a summer :) But it's been fun, just extremely busy. I have updated the WV counties with files recieved during July, so those are already online for you to see. I am now working on the Virginia Counties. The first update I do will be for files rcvd in July, so if you've sent a file in August, it won't be on this update. I need to finish one month before I begin on another. My youngest just started kindergarten and I haven't started back to work yet, so next week I plan to spend getting everything all caught up. Assuming nothing goes wrong, I should have time to get it all done. Thank you all for your patience with me :) Also, I have inherited three new counties in Virginia and will begin working on those web pages after I have finished my work on the counties I have pending files for. Those counties are Goochland, Henrico, and Hanover. So be thinking of anything that you'd like to submit for those counties and soon I'll be posting new files there as well. Thanks again for all of you who have supported me and the archives. I hope to be more prompt in the future :) Jeannie ************* Now Available: "The Descendants of John Thomas Clay, Jamestown Immigrant and son of Sir John Clay of Wales" Also available: "The Descendants of James Bailey & Lucy Simms" For more info: http://www.trellis.net/users/madamx

Have much data on Valentine Bloss who fought in Rev War and moved to Cabell County c-1800 Dick Bloss __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Send instant messages & get email alerts with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com/

Hi all, Does anyone have the Death Record (or Birth or Marriage) for Earl Lee Lewis? He died between 1960-80 in Elkin, Randolph County, West Virginia. One of his wives was Emma West (another was an Indian woman named Maude). He married before 1918 in West Virginia (Children: Russell b.1918 and Mary b.1921). I just recently learned that I had this ggrandfather. Any help would be very appreciated. Thanks, Jeffrey Lewis Williams. [email protected]

If someone has access to a 1910 Wayne Co. census transcription I would appreciate a lookup of this family : Thanks so much... Charlotte William L. Jordan (age: abt 63 born in KY) Martha (abt 39 yrs. - b. KY) Robert Jordan (abt 20 yrs - b. KY) Albert Jordan (abt 18 yrs - b. KY) Cecil Paul Jordan (abt 12 yrs - b. KY) Ruby Jordan (abt 10 yrs - b. WV) May Jordan (less than 10 yrs) Michael Jordan (less than 10 yrs) Nellie Jordan (less than 10 yrs)

Hi, Wayne Co. Researchers, I am looking for information regarding this marriage. I believe that Taylor Wilson GLASGOW was a brother to Mary Ellen GLASGOW CORNS who was the wife of Colonel James M. CORNS, 8th Va Calvary. I believe that Taylor was in Co. H Unit, 110 PA Infantry. I believe he died in Washington, DC on Dec. 13, 1863. The little information I have on Mary FERGUSON is very small and not documented. What I have (IGI) says she was the daughter of Harvey FERGUSON & Elizabeth J. ROBERSON. Does anyone reconize this branch of the Wayne County FERGUSON family? Sounds to me that Mary and Taylor must have been like many others in that area "star-crossed lovers". Would love to know what happened to Mary FERGUSON GLASGOW.???? Thanks for reading this. Ever Searching, Judy West in Texas Other families reseraching: GLASGOW, CORNS/CORNES, STARK and others

Is there anyone out there related to Jason and Lydia (Parsons) Huffman. Died 73 and 75 respectively. Location of death unknown. Myrna Goddard 253-863-2422 [email protected] ________________________________________________________________ YOU'RE PAYING TOO MUCH FOR THE INTERNET! Juno now offers FREE Internet Access! Try it today - there's no risk! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj.

Debbie; I see in my records a Manville ADKINS b 1849 s/o Tilmon ADKINS md a Alafare ADKINS 9-15-1969 d/o Thomas and Kasiah ADKINS. Who posted bond for Oma ADKINS as she was under age for marriage or signed marriage records. Have you seen Ronnie ADKINS book of ADKINS. Also where in Wayne Co WV did Oma live. I am related to the ADKINS-GILKERSON lines before 1820. Dallas JOHNSON---GGGS of Rev John T. JOHNSON of Wayne Co WV ----- Original Message ----- From: Deborah Vance <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, July 18, 2000 8:36 PM Subject: Oma Adkins? > Hello- > I have quite a mystery on my hands, and thought maybe someone out there > could help me. We were always told that my grgrandmothers mother burned in a > housefire when she was young, and she was raised by an Aunt and Uncle. My > grgrandmother was Oma Adkins? b 11/7/1869 according to headstone, 1867 > according to marriage cert. All census records leads one to believe that > Manville Adkins b 1833 Wayne Co WV, s/o Jacob and Dicy Adkins and wife > Lucinda Farley b 1849 Harlan Co Ky, d/o ?? are her parents, but according to > their marriage cert. they were married 9/12/1874, several years after she > was born. Also the census records show several children for them, but none > are on record at the Wayne Co courthouse. It also states in the marriage > cert. for Manville and Lucinda that he was 39, she 25 and a widow. She was > married to a Frazier 1st??? My grgrandmother married Youngea Frazier > 4/24/1891 in Wayne Co WV. She was just 14 and he was 33, which proves family > hersay that her uncle made her marry at 14 and she was so afraid. So who is > Oma Adkins, is she an Adkins at all? Could she be a Frazier by Lucindas 1st > marriage, or a Farley, one of Lucindas brothers children, Or Adkins, one of > Manvilles brothers children??????The questions are endless, but I know the > answer is out there somewhere. If you have any info- PLEASE HELP!!!!!!!! > > Debbie > ________________________________________________________________________ > Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com >

Does anyone out there happen to know what became of the families of these folks? ... please email me if you know anything. Thank you, my site is at: < A HREF="http://hometown.aol.com/mitnwvnc/index.html">Jeffrey L. Williams Webpage</A> , - Jeff Williams Augustus1 ISAACS married Mary Frances MCCOMAS 1902 est. Mary died October 1, 1963. Augustus ISAACS and Mary Frances MCCOMAS had the following children: 2 i. Mary ISAACS was born, February 10, 1902. 3 ii. Perlina ISAACS was born, December 20, 1902. 4 iii. Beaulah ISAACS was born, July 27, 1904. 5 iv. Margaret ISAACS was born, January 28, 1905. 6 v. Grace ISAACS was born, Feb 24, 1907. Grace died 1930 at 23 years of age. 7 vi. Garland ISAACS was born, January 28, 1910. Garland died November 17, 1997 in Huntington, Cabell County, West Virginia, at 87 years of age. 8 vii. Alvin ISAACS was born, December 10, 1912. 9 viii. Augusta "Sue" ISAACS was born in East Lynn, Wayne, West Virginia, June 12, 1914. She married Samuel Owen "S.O." WILLIAMS in Madison, Boone, West Virginia, July 28, 1934. Samuel was born in Strange Creek, WV April 30, 1904. Samuel was the son of David Sheridan WILLIAMS and Elizabeth Jane PERKINS. Samuel died April 19, 1967 at 62 years of age.

Hello- I have quite a mystery on my hands, and thought maybe someone out there could help me. We were always told that my grgrandmothers mother burned in a housefire when she was young, and she was raised by an Aunt and Uncle. My grgrandmother was Oma Adkins? b 11/7/1869 according to headstone, 1867 according to marriage cert. All census records leads one to believe that Manville Adkins b 1833 Wayne Co WV, s/o Jacob and Dicy Adkins and wife Lucinda Farley b 1849 Harlan Co Ky, d/o ?? are her parents, but according to their marriage cert. they were married 9/12/1874, several years after she was born. Also the census records show several children for them, but none are on record at the Wayne Co courthouse. It also states in the marriage cert. for Manville and Lucinda that he was 39, she 25 and a widow. She was married to a Frazier 1st??? My grgrandmother married Youngea Frazier 4/24/1891 in Wayne Co WV. She was just 14 and he was 33, which proves family hersay that her uncle made her marry at 14 and she was so afraid. So who is Oma Adkins, is she an Adkins at all? Could she be a Frazier by Lucindas 1st marriage, or a Farley, one of Lucindas brothers children, Or Adkins, one of Manvilles brothers children??????The questions are endless, but I know the answer is out there somewhere. If you have any info- PLEASE HELP!!!!!!!! Debbie ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com

Looking for Joan (Hassig) Briggs. Myrna Goddard 253-863-2422 [email protected] or [email protected] (for attachments.) ________________________________________________________________ YOU'RE PAYING TOO MUCH FOR THE INTERNET! Juno now offers FREE Internet Access! Try it today - there's no risk! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj.

Hi: I'am new to this, but how do you recive the Wayne Country Genealogical and Historicial Society Newsletter/Quarterly or the WV Heritage Encyclopedia. My Grandfather was Richard Allen Billups b. 1883 from Wayne Country, and was maried to Lillian Virgina Billups b. 1892 from missiouri. They also were 2nd or 3rd cousin. They also lived in Kanasa were ther two Children were born and also lived in Calif before moving to Washington State. I heard about a Billups book, when was it published, and is it available. Thank you all for any info. Michael P. Billups 61 S. Camano Ridge Rd. Camano Island, WA 98282-7530

This was posted on another list and I thought it might be of interest to some of you here...I wonder what the cost will be ?????? Fran Hi folks, Thought this was interesting, can't WAIT till this fall!! From Eastman's genealogy newsletter: - Entire 1790-1920 U.S. Census to be Available Online Soon One of the dreams of genealogists is about to come true: the ability to view any or all of the original census records by using a home computer. You no longer need to travel to a distant library or Family History Center during the hours they are open. Soon you will be able to view the same images at any hour of the day or night while comfortably seated at home. This isn't the first online census database. A few smaller such databases have already appeared. However, these were quite small in comparison, featuring only the 1790 records or census records of particular cities or counties for a few years. Now SierraHome and their rather newly acquired Heritage Quest division have announced that they will be placing all the U.S. Census records online, from 1790 through 1920. Best of all, this database will contain actual images of the original records in the enumerators' handwriting. Such records are much more accurate than the more error-prone transcriptions made by clerk typists. One fact about this new database that fascinates me is its size: It will be about 3.5 terabytes on the day it launches, making it the largest single database on the Internet. (A terabyte is 1,000 gigabytes or one million megabytes.) The database is expected to grow to 10 terabytes as more data is added. Here is an extract from the announcement from Generations and Heritage Quest: GenealogyDatabase.com The World's Largest Online Family History Resource Breaking News -- What's the Scoop? This fall, SierraHome's Generations brand and Heritage Quest will be launching GenealogyDatabase.com with the very first online collection of all U.S. Census images from 1790 - 1920. (1920 was the last year released to the public because of the 72-year waiting period. The 1930 census will be released on April 1, 2002.) Heritage Quest is also working on indexes for each year, and has already completed 1790, 1800 and 1870. This is a monumental step forward for online genealogy resources and will be of great interest to serious genealogy enthusiasts and newbies alike. The census is widely regarded as the most important primary source for tracing one's family heritage. GenealogyDatabase.com will be the largest collection of primary source documents on the Web, many of which will be searchable through Heritage Quest's painstaking efforts to extract the names into indexes which link directly to the digitally enhanced image pages. GenealogyDatabase.com will also be accessible through HeritageQuest.com and SierraHome.com. The site will be subscription-based, comparable to other genealogy sites currently online. We will update you on the pricing model when it becomes available. The most important thing to keep in mind is that GenealogyDatabase.com will be the ONLY site offering the entire collection of U.S. Federal Census images for people to access from the comfort of home. Just How Big is This? The sheer magnitude of the site is newsworthy in its own right; it will be the world's largest known web-enabled database. We will be posting approximately 3.5 terabytes of images and data at launch, with a goal of 10 terabytes of Heritage Quest resources being posted in the foreseeable future. To put things in perspective, Microsoft's famed Terrabase Server of spy satellite images is 1.5 terabytes. In July 1999, Nature Magazine estimated the basic data in the entire World Wide Web to constitute roughly 15 terabytes, so this site is breaking new ground both in terms of size and importance to family history enthusiasts everywhere. The Census data alone is the equivalent of 12,555 rolls of microfilm and sells for $250,000. There will be 10 million images of Census pages at launch, representing more than 500 million Americans. Heritage Quest is committed to indexing new names at the astounding rate of 500,000 per week! Anything else I should I know about? Furthermore, we intend to make this a living Web community. One feature we're working on for the site will be a "sticky note" technology where members can leave messages behind for others looking at the same page of the census. Keep in mind that census entries were done door-to-door, meaning that families listed on the same census page were neighbors. Many genealogists believe it's essential to research in clusters, since people simply didn't move as often or as far back in the 18th and 19th centuries. GenealogyDatabase.com members can leave behind messages requesting information, pictures, or even correct errors that they know to exist on that particular census page. NOTE: This "sticky note" technology will not be available at launch, so genealogists should check back because we will be adding new names and features each week once the site launches! With a site this huge, we will be introducing new innovations in stages. Give me the nitty gritty details. At launch, GenealogyDatabase.com will offer: * Digital images of the U.S. Census from 1790 - 1920. * The most accurate indexes for the years 1790, 1800, and 1870, which will let site members type in the names of ancestors and link directly to the digital images of handwritten census pages. (Keep in mind that these are fresh extractions of the census. It was determined that existing indexes were filled with errors, which was unacceptable to us. Heritage Quest has recently completed fresh extractions of these three census years. Other years are in the works.) * Approximately 3.5 Terabytes of images and data - possibly the largest single database on the Internet, and definitely the largest genealogy database in terms of size And much more to come. . . Heritage Quest is the world's largest private supplier of genealogical data and we fully intend to bring these resources online to aid people in their quest to discover their family heritage. Who's Creating this Monumental New Web Resource? Heritage Quest is the world's largest private commercial supplier of genealogy data. In 1999, Havas Interactive acquired Heritage Quest, which became a part of SierraHome and the Generations line of CD-ROM and online genealogy tools. Heritage Quest's vast collection of family history data includes more than 250,000 titles of books, CDs, microfilm and the nationally acclaimed Heritage Quest magazine. These can be ordered online at www.heritagequest.com or by phone at 800- 760-2455. The "sticky note" feature looks particularly appealing. Even the original census records had errors; now genealogists will be able to append notes containing corrections or comments to individual census entries. You might want to keep an eye on the Web site at: http://GenealogyDatabase.com. There's not much available at that URL today, but that will change sometime later this year. I expect to write more about this new U.S. Census database as the launch date draws near. ============================================================ Copyright (C) 2000 by Richard W. Eastman. All rights reserved.

Carl is the son of James Frances Goddard/Etta Mae Lemasters. Carl was born 11/1917 and die 9/1966. He married Helen Fitzsimmons. Nothing is known of Helen except that after Carl's death she remarried. They had two children: Carl Fredrick Goddard lives in Weirton and Norma Jean Goddard (M Mr. Higgenbottom and lives in Florida). Does anyone have any other information about this family. Anything would be appreciated. Thanks Myrna Goddard 253-863-2422 [email protected] or [email protected] (for attachments.) ________________________________________________________________ YOU'RE PAYING TOO MUCH FOR THE INTERNET! Juno now offers FREE Internet Access! Try it today - there's no risk! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj.

Hi Dan-----I was in WV last fall and went to the library in Huntington----they have Herald-Dispatch microfilms for many years back. I found my great great grandmother Louisa (Ferguson)(Jones) Adkins and my great grandfather Wattson Cornwell's obituaries there from 1941. I visited Wat's grave at Dock's Creek Cemetery---Louisa's death certificate says she was buried in Adkins Cemetery in Wayne County, and I didn't have time to locate it. I hope to make it up to Kenova and the surrounding areas again, maybe next year, to do some more research. I think I can find a lot more from the Herald-Dispatch microfilms. If I remember correctly, the records go back to 1925, but I am not sure. Happy hunting! Karen Phifer ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: July 08, 2000 12:04 PM Subject: Obituarys > Hi List, > > I am searching for obituarys for several members of my family from Kenova who > died there. Can anyone tell me where I should look to try and find them? I > am trying to locate the following Obituarys: > > Elwood Cloyd WOOLARY d. Dec 9, 1920 in Kenova and buried Dec 10, 1920 > in > Crescent Hill Cemetery. > > John CHRISTIAN d. Nov 28, 1941 in Kenova and Buried Nov 30, 1941 in > Crescent > Hill Cemetery. > > Rosella Workman CHRISTIAN d. July 17, 1941 in Kenova and buried in > Crescent > Hill Cemetery. > > Eva Christian WOOLARY d. Dec. 25, 1979 in Huntington and buried in > Crescent > Hill Cemetery. > > Thanks, > Dan Woolary > >

Hi List, I am searching for obituarys for several members of my family from Kenova who died there. Can anyone tell me where I should look to try and find them? I am trying to locate the following Obituarys: Elwood Cloyd WOOLARY d. Dec 9, 1920 in Kenova and buried Dec 10, 1920 in Crescent Hill Cemetery. John CHRISTIAN d. Nov 28, 1941 in Kenova and Buried Nov 30, 1941 in Crescent Hill Cemetery. Rosella Workman CHRISTIAN d. July 17, 1941 in Kenova and buried in Crescent Hill Cemetery. Eva Christian WOOLARY d. Dec. 25, 1979 in Huntington and buried in Crescent Hill Cemetery. Thanks, Dan Woolary

The following files were uploaded to the Wayne County Archives in June. You may view these files at http://www.rootsweb.com/usgenweb/wv/wayne.htm Biography of William H. Fraley (fraley1.txt), file size 1.7 kb, submitted June 2000 by The Miles Family Biography of Reverend Charles Hanceford Gilkison (glksn1.txt), file size 2.5 kb, submitted June 2000 by The Miles Family Biography of Louis Maynard (maynard1.txt), file size 2.7 kb, submitted June 2000 by The Miles Family Many thanks to our submitters! Won't you consider preserving & sharing your treasured documents by submitting a transcription of your own? What a wonderful way to show pride in your heritage while insuring these resources will still be around for future generations! Thank you, Jeannie Watts, archivist. ************* Now Available: "The Descendants of John Thomas Clay, Jamestown Immigrant and son of Sir John Clay of Wales" Also available: "The Descendants of James Bailey & Lucy Simms" For more info: http://www.trellis.net/users/madamx

Hi list: Seeking parents for my gg-grandfather, Thomas SHELTON born abt 1813. He may have been "S. Thomas Shelton". He wed Elisabeth ALLEN of NC in 1835 in Patrick Co VA. So far, no record of birth or parents for him. Thomas and Elisabeth had children: 1835-1853 Josiah, William, Mary, James P, Charles Madison, Sarah E, Lucinda, Peter , Susan R, Martha A, Samuel and George W. Thank you. Debbie

Hi, I am looking for any information on my grandmother's family. My grandmother is Augusta "Sue" Isaacs who married Samuel Owen "S.O." Williams in Madison, Boone, WV in 1934. Her mother was Mary Frances McComas who married Augustus Issacs in approx 1901/2 (she later married David Hale in est. 1917). Mary Frances McComas died Oct 1, 1963. Do you have any information on the McComas - Isaacs line? Their children were: Mary ISAACS 1902. Perlina ISAACS December 20, 1902. Beaulah ISAACS July 27, 1904. Margaret ISAACS January 28, 1905. Grace ISAACS February 24, 1907. Garland ISAACS January 28, 1910. Alvin ISAACS December 10, 1912. Augusta "Sue" ISAACS in East Lynn, Wayne, West Virginia, June 12, 1914. Thanks very much, my site is at <A HREF="http://www.uftree.com/UFT/WebPages/JeffreyLWilliams/WILLIAMS/index.htm"> Cheek, Williams, Sparks Lineage</A> . - Jeff Williams http://www.uftree.com/UFT/WebPages/JeffreyLWilliams/WILLIAMS/index.htm