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Indian Massacres in the Clinch Valley Settlements

Sketches of Tazewell County, Virginia, Pioneer Families, Part 2

Sketches of Tazewell County, Virginia, Pioneer Families

Oldest Graves in Southern West Virginia

The Pioneers of Tazewell County, Virginia

Thomas McVey of Fayette County, Born 1804

George Everett Walter Wood

Prominent Mercer County Men

My Connection to Lewis "Bear" Green

What Do You Know about Nansemond Indians?

We're Going on a Bear Hunt

Annie Steele, Keeper of the Flame (1899-1995)

Virginia Troops in the French and Indian Wars, Part 4

Virginia Troops in the French and Indian War, Part 3

Virginia Troops in the French and Indian War, Part 2

Virginia Troops in the French and Indian War

The Van Bibber Family

The Morris Family

Sorting Out Jeremiah Meadows and Beyond

Indian Raid on the Home of Col. James Graham

Sister Visit

Will the Real Meador/Meadows, Please Stand Up?

Greenbrier County Settlers Born 1772-1774

About Rev. Josiah Francis Meador, Jr.

Father of William James Burdett

Kanawha and New River Links

Virginia Marriage Records

Greenbrier County Settlers Born 1770-1771

Pondering Poverty

Burdette and Cornwell + Other Spellings

Slavery in Southern West Virginia, Part 9

Tyree, Shumate, and Callison

Chancery? What's That?

Sorting Men Named Thomas Skaggs

1619: Virginia's Red-Letter Year (Part Three)

1619: Virginia's Red-Letter Year (Part Two)

1619: Virginia's Red-Letter Year (Part One)

Journal of Lewis Summers (1808)

Some Heavy-Duty Military Research

Blizzards in Southern West Virginia

National Park Sites in West Virginia

A Lesson Plan about Thurmond

Researching Immigrants and Early Settlers

Prosecutions of Quakers in England, Part II

Let's Begin Sorting Out the Houstons

Some Botetourt Resources

Hix & Hicks: Greenbrier County Court Records

Hicks and Hix Vital Records

Bailey Wood's Wife

Greenbrier County Settlers Born 1768-1769

Free Census Records at Ancestry.com

The Rest of the Story

Two Related Stories from Don Dean

James Patton, A Forgotten Colonial Patriot

Slavery in Southern West Virginia, Part 8

Greenbrier County Settlers Born 1766-1767

Prosecutions of Quakers in England

Slavery in Southern West Virginia, Part 7

McClung

Slavery in Southern West Virginia, Part 6

Slavery in Southern West Virginia, Part 5

Southern West Virginia Wills Before 1863

Shrewsbury and Dickinson

Slavery in Southern West Virginia, Part 4

Slavery in Southern West Virginia, Part 3

Slavery in Southern West Virginia, Part 2

Slavery in Southern West Virginia, Part 1

Slavery in the West Virginia Salt Industry

Early White Half-Runner Bean

Canterbury Vital Records and Burials

The Whipping Post of Kanawha County

Ebenezer McVey of East Bank

Southern WV Obituaries, #2

Coalsmouth, Tacket, Young, and More

Steven Michael Lusher's Search, Part 4

John Houston Pryor of Kanawha County

Steven Michael Lusher's Search, Part 3

Steven Michael Lusher's Search, Part 2

Steven Michael Lusher's Search

Helpful Early Maps of Southern West Virginia

Greenbrier County, WV, Early Burials

Final Documents of Craig Chapel

Family Connections: Young

Rabbits, Wild Horses, and a Raptor

Craig Chapel Minutes

Southern WV Obituaries

Greenbrier County Early Burials

Craig Chapel Minutes

True Tales of Southern WV Settlers

True Tales of Southern WV Settlers

The Lushers Are Coming!

Vandal and Wendell Vital Records and More

Craig Chapel Ledger

Fayetteville

Interested in Quakers?

Quaker Arrivals at Philadelphia

McVey, McVay, McVeigh Vital Records

My Brick Walls

Wood - Woods Vital Records

Craig Chapel Records, Pages 12-14

Augusta County, Virginia, Sources

Augusta County Historical Society Articles

The Estills - Vital Records

Craig Chapel Records, Pages 9-11

Craig Chapel Records, Pages 7-8

Craig Chapel Records, Page 6

Is Discretion the Better Part of Valor?

Horse Stealing in Virginia

Tales of Survival in Fact and Fiction

History of Augusta County, Virginia, Index

Augusta County Military in the Revolution

Ballengee Vital Records

Something Old, Something New

Tidbits

More Photos

Photos of People I Do and Don't Know

McVey Records & Photos

What Does the Future Hold?

Craig Chapel Records, Page 4/5

Aaron McVey

Jarrett Vital Records

Miscellaneous Photos, Mostly Repeats

Greenbrier County Settlers Born 1756-1760

West Virginia Vital Research Records

Mann: WV Vital Research Records

Craig Chapel Ledger, 2-13-1892

Old Kanawha and Fayette Photos

Photos Needing Definitive Identifications

Potentially Relevant Notes

Craig Chapel Records, April & Sept. 1892

A Monroe County War Diary

More Photos

Some Appalachia-related Videos

Greenbrier County Settlers born 1750-1755

Your Brick Walls

Skaggs and Parrish Vital Records

Mercer County Settlers at Find-a-Grave

Folks with Fayette County Origins

Greenbrier County Settlers Born 1775-6

Health and Healing, Then and Now, Part 6

West Virginia Vital Research Records

Rippetoe Vital Records

Greenbrier Burials at Find-a-Grave, Continued

Health and Healing, Then and Now, Part 5

Shaffer and Shafer Vital Records

Health and Healing, Then and Now, Part 4

Who Was William Patrick Moran?

Pack and Peck Vital Records

Charles Arnold & Martha Emma Skaggs

Bible Records

Health and Healing, Then and Now, Part 3

More Greenbrier County Burials

WV Vital Records: Deaths

Using the WV Vital Research Records

Training and Learning Opportunities

Health and Healing, Then and Now, Pt. 2

Health and Healing, Then and Now, Pt. 1

Event in Mount Hope on July 29

Sims/Simms Vital Records

McGraw & McGrew WV Vital Records

Falling in Fayetteville

Short and Sweet

Greenbrier Baptist Church

Jobs in Coal Mining

Bouldin Family

Look What Your Friends Have Done!

Photos: Mostly Skaggs, Steele, Fayette County

More About Greenbrier Burials at Find-a-grave

Newspaper Clippings, 1957-1959

Intermission

Radford

Articles, Resources, and a Few Photos

Some Southern West Virginia Hamricks

Kanawha County Withrow Autobiography

Fayette, Clay, and Kanawha Photos

Another Newsletter with Photos

Happy Fourth of July!

Fifth Grade West Virginia Test

Fayette County Photos

When We Moved to West Virginia

Four More County Courthouses

Nicholas, Fayette, and Kanawha County Clerks

You Learn Something New Every Day

Swope of Monroe

More Photos: Mostly (not all) Fayette County

Photos: Mostly Fayette County

Improved Order of the Red Men

My Trip to Point Pleasant

Beckley and Raleigh County

Ellis and Beyond

Ellis Vital Records

The Waters of West Virginia

Meeting Grandma Skaggs in 1954

My First Trip to West Virginia in 1952

Holcomb, Kious, Cole, Mooney, Hamrick, Price, Bragg, Houchins, Evans, Rader, Hiser, Legg, Humphries

Some Ansted Area School Photos

Unusual Tidbits from Summers County

Fraternal Organizations, Part 3

Fraternal Organizations, Part 2

Fraternal Organizations, Part 1

Military-Related Parks

Cabin Creek District High School, 1933

Facebook Page

Your Surnames in My Tree

Biographies

Your Surnames in My Tree

Survey Results and Some Links

Survey--Second Attempt

Augusta County Military

Education in Monroe County

Education in Greenbrier County

Education in Fayette County

Let's Get Educated!

Our Very Literate Ancestors

Anderson, Louisa, & the Kanawha Belle, Pt. 2

Tomahawk & Corn Rights & Later Settlements

Correcting Misconceptions about Roads

Wood Family Photos

West Virginia and Its People

Kanawha Belle #1 and #2

Sources for Specific Surnames in West Virginia

James M. and Frances Skaggs Steele Photos

Photos: Amos and Myra Skaggs Steele Family

Amos and Myra Skaggs Steele Family

Photos: Steele Descendants

Group Photos with Multiple Surnames

Skaggs Photos #4

Skaggs Photos #3

Skaggs Photos #2

Skaggs Photos

Cumulative Records for Fayette County

Relatives of Anderson and Louisa Ellis McVey

Tombstones: Children and Children's Spouses

Anderson, Louisa, and the Kanawha Belle

Cumulative Records for Monroe County

Cumulative Records for Greenbrier County

Columns by Shirley Donnelly, #3

Columns by Shirley Donnelly #2

Virginia Roots of Gen. Sam Houston

Columns by Clarence Shirley Donnelly

A Few Things

Transportation Photos

Sons of the American Revolution

Some Ancestors in the Revolutionary War

My Confederate Ancestors

Some of My Brick Walls

Birds' Eye View: Several Towns

A Few More Pages

A Personal Project

Greenbrier County Craftsmen, Part 2

Greenbrier County Craftsmen

Some West Virginia Death Records

Obituaries: Charleston and Parkersburg

Descendants of Rev. Allen Wood

Descendants of Jeffrey Oliver Steele, Jr.

Withrows in Several Counties, Part 2

Withrow in Several Counties, Part 1

A Few Withrows

Summers County Biographies, Part 2

Summers County Biographies, Part 1

Not Much Information About Summers County

First Settlers of Hinton

Some Summers County Families

Organization of Summers County

Guest Post: The Lost Town of Lilly

A Few Things About Summers County

Raleigh County Sources

Raleigh County Settlers on Findagrave

Photo Gallery: Family of William Alexander Skaggs

Photo Gallery: Family of Jane Miller Skaggs Withrow

Raleigh County Settlers on Findagrave

1880 Census Records for Raleigh County

Photo Gallery: Family of James Valentine Skaggs

Photo Gallery: Family of Parthenia Catherine Skaggs Cole

1880 Raleigh County Census

1880 Census Records from Raleigh County

Some Folks from Raleigh County

What Can We Learn About Raleigh County?

Photo Gallery: Family of Henry Hunter Skaggs

Photo Gallery: Family of Thos. Anderson Skaggs

Crime in Fayette County

Towns and Villages of Fayette County

Fayette Occupations Besides Farming, Part 3

Fayette Occupations Besides Farming, Part 2

Fayette Occupations Besides Farming, Part 1

The Tully Family: Fayette County, West Virginia

People of Fayette County, West Virginia

Nicholas County Links

Nicholas County in the Civil War

Sale of Land from Bailey Wood's Heirs

When Bailey Wood was in Nicholas County

The Mysterious Bailey Wood

Monroe County, WV, Links

The Districts of Monroe County

Monroe County Civil War Military Units

Revolutionary War Pension Application

Creation of Monroe County and the County Seat

A Few Short Monroe County Biographies

Kanawha County Churches

Kanawha County Marriages, Part 2

Early Travel in Kanawha County

Kanawha County Marriages, Part 1

Kanawha County in the Civil War

List of Delegates to the Virginia Assembly

Charleston's First Hanging

Who Are the Kanawha County Jarretts?

Greenbrier Baptist Church Marriage Records

Greenbrier County Physical Features

Greenbrier Baptist Church Records, Part 3

Minutes of Greenbrier Baptist Church, Part 2

Minutes of Greenbrier Baptist Church, Part 1

Lewisburg, Greenbrier County, WV

Greenbrier County, Virginia, Records

Some Greenbrier County, West Virginia, History

Greenbrier County, VA/WV

Augusta County, Virginia, Marriages

Augusta County Denominations

Augusta County Through the Years

Augusta County Military

Augusta County, Virginia, Court Records

History of Augusta County, Virginia

Augusta County, Virginia

Augusta County, Virginia

Augusta County, Virginia

Civilian Captives: War Between the States

Two Prominent Aldersons

Allen Taylor Caperton (1810-1876)

George Washington McVey (1815-1889)

Blizzard, Part 2

John Wesley Blizzard, Part 2

John Wesley Blizzard (1843-1941), Part 1

Judge William R. Bennett (Abt. 1865-1929)

Origins of Fayette County, WV, Place Names

This and That

About Huguenots and Other Protestants

Davy Crockett

Tazewell County, Virginia

Religious Groups and Passenger Lists

Church History of the Kanawha Valley, Part 2

Church History of the Kanawha Valley, Part 1

Raleigh County Settlers Born 1800-1815

Greenbrier County Settlers Born 1800-1815

Monroe County Settlers Born 1800-1815

Summers County Settlers Born 1800-1815

Nicholas County Settlers born 1800-1815

Fayette County Settlers born 1800-1815

Kanawha County Settlers Born 1800-1815

Chapter III-Manners and Customs

More about George Alderson of Fayette County

More About James Jarrett

Muddy Creek Lutheran Church Member Index

Bergstrasse Lutheran Church Member Index

Requests

Col. George Alderson

James Jarrett, Sr.

A Reminder, A Letter, A Pedigree

Ancestry.com Tips for Using Findagrave

Pictures: Southern WV Settlers Born Before 1800

Thirty Survey Responses

Preliminary Survey Results

Thoughts on My Document File

Morrison Family

A Few Family Search Links

What Is True?

Delegates and Speakers

Elected Representatives and House Speakers

The West Virginia Encyclopedia

More About Roads

Three Legends Related to Lovers Leap

Trails, Rocks, and Indians