Hello Folks,

      The regular monthly meeting of the Harrison County Genealogical Society was held this date on the first floor of the Waldomore. There were 13 in attendance.

      Won't it be nice to go to the Waldomore and not be cold in the winter and burn up from the heat in the summer? The workers were not working today but everything is covered over with plastic to keep the dust off the books and equipment that we have up on the second floor
      The annual picnic is set for August 14th at the Maple Shelter at Norwood Park (City Park) at 5:30. We will eat around 6:00. I am sure volunteers will be needed to make it a success. Please let Diana Email or at Darrell Email know if you will be able to help set things up for the picnic.

      The trip to Washington, DC is all set to go. If you are planning on going, please let Darrell Email know. The cost will be the same for members and non members $30.00.

      Dick Wilt is the webmaster of our new webpage and he and I want to thank you for stopping by and taking a look. Please contact Dick to make suggestions, improvements, or changes.

      Dick needs more family stories or histories. Ethel Nielsen one of our lifetime members sent him one, but he needs more, so that he can change them more often. He also needs someone to write a feature story containing anywhere from 500 words to 2000 words. I am sure we all have stories to tell. He would like to have them in regular text form. Please send them to him at
Web Master

      I also think we need to offer some free records such as census, births, deaths, obits, etc but we have to be sure they are not things that are copyrighted. If any of you have something you can contribute, please let Dick know.

      This webpage belongs to the Society and if you are a member you are part of it. Dick also said, that photos are welcome.

      David was wanting to hold a class on using our new copy machine but due to the fact we did not go upstairs today, he had to cancel it.

      Laura Goff Davis donated several books on the Stackpole Family of America.

Our next meeting will be on July 6th.

Ruby Casto
Membership Chairman of HCGS

HCGS July 6, 2007

Notes by Ruby

Hello Folks,

The Harrison County Genealogical Society held their regular monthly meeting this date with 14 in attendance. The air conditioning really made a difference in the temperature of the room. If you have ever volunteered or done research in the summer you know how stifling hot it could get.
Plans are coming together for our annual picnic which will be held on August 14th at the Maple Shelter in Norwood Park. We will plan to eat around 6:00 P.M. David Story from Morgantown will be entertaining us with music. If you would like to help please e-mail Diana Johnson. Most of the students that submitted their genealogy have given us permission to publish their stories in the upcoming newsletters. Darrell Waugh, president, advises that it is possible we will be able to present three scholarships next year.
David Houchin, librarian, discussed the roof and that it is still leaking and whenever it is made water tight, the society has proposed to have the upstairs History Room painted.
The trip to Washington, DC was discussed and Darrell does not have a list yet of the ones going, although he has had several that wants to go. We will be making the three stops at the DAR, Archives and the Library of Congress, but the main sight seeing place of interest to several will be at Mount Vernon. Cost per person is $30.00. If you plan on going please e-mail Darrell and get your name on the list. David Houchin, had several books that were donated by Barbara Tharp:

1. Rollins Family in New Hampshire
2. Eberhart/Everhart Comprehensive Manual 1727-1995
3. Index to 1810 Census of VA
4. Cemeteries of Roane County Vol I
5. Births of Roane County
6. Deaths of Roane County 1901-1955
7. Braxton County Deaths 1921-1948
8. Roane County Marriages 1856-1919
9. Roane County Deaths 1856-1900
10. Marriages of Pendleton County 1788-1853
11. Rockbridge County, VA Cemeteries
12. Monmouth County, NJ Deeds
13. Ritchie County Marriages 1916-1945
14. Central WV Cemeteries Vol III by Craig A. Smith

We also received our Pioneer Index of Randolph County and the Farm Bounty Maps from Ritchie County. The maps are of Harrison County.
David also told us that on the 4th of July he went on a historical tour with Joseph Cheverount descendants. He said that the Good Hope Mini Mart is on the Cheverount homeplace.
Everyone is well pleased with our www.wvhcgs.com webpage and the webmaster, Dick Wilt. If you have stories be sure to send them to Dick.
The June newsletter was mailed on the 26th of June and if you don't already have yours, you should be receiving it shortly. For some reason I did not receive mine so I had to pick one up at the library this morning. If you do not receive yours please contact Diana.

Until next time.
Ruby
Membership Chairman of HCGS

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HCGS August 3, 2007

Notes by Ruby

Hello Folks,

The Harrison County Genealogical Society held their regular monthly meeting this date with 10 in attendance. It was good to have Betty Williams from Florida with us once again. She will also be here for the annual picnic.
The annual picnic will be held this year at the Maple Shelter in Norwood Park. The date for the picnic is August 14th. We will gather at 5:30 and plan on eating at 6:00 P.M. Entertainment will be by David Story of Morgantown, WV.
In the past month we were in receipt of a nice donation by a non member and we all want to thank this nice lady. David Houchin, librarian, said that Barbara Tharp had donated more books.
Darrell Waugh, president, said there were between 15 and 20 signed up the Washington, DC trip on October 2nd and if you plan on going and have not signed up, please contact Darrell.
Dick Wilt, webmaster, still needs more stories to post on our webpage. If you have a story you would like to submit, please contact Dick.
Also if you have a publication on local genealogy or history, that you would like to post to the webpage, please contact him at the above e-mail address.
If you have not been to our webpage before you finally made it. Please send the address to a friend.
We will be ordering more pens with the new web site address on them. Diana Johnson, editor of the newsletter, has volunteered to do lookups on the material at the Waldomore. Dick Wilt said that he is volunteering to go to any cemetery in Harrison County and take a digital picture of an individual grave for you; however he will need to have specific directions to the cemetery you wish for him to visit. Of course we know the major cemeteries in Harrison County, but don't tell him to go to Skunk Hollow without giving him directions to Skunk Hollow. Contact Dick. Be sure to mark your calendar and join us at the picnic. Hamburgers, hotdogs and drinks will be furnished.

Ruby
Membership Chairman of HCGS

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HCGS September 7, 2007

Notes by Ruby

The Harrison County Genealogical Society held their regular monthly meeting this date with 10 members present.
MOST IMPORTANT: For all of the ones that was planning on taking the annual trip to Washington, DC on the 2nd of October, please make note that the trip has been CANCELED, due to the lack of interest. Darrell only had payment for about six and only about twenty signed up. SORRY. The Christmas dinner was discussed and Darrell will check with Eat N Park to see if we can get their room for Friday, December 14th. We will let you know more when he sets the date.
Dick Wilt brought our pens with the new website on it. If you are at the Waldomore be sure to pick up a new pen. It is good publicity for our group.
Dick also took some pictures home with him of members and former members and will be putting them on the page.
He also said he has some feature stories but if you want your story on the site, please send it to him. Also if you would like to have your picture on the site, please send him a single picture of yourself and he will be more than glad to post it.
Sharon, Would you believe that we discussed the Old Factory Cemetery, but did not come up with any concrete answers. Someone even mentioned the possibility of it being on one of the maps in our Harrison County Heritage Book. Could it have been the old Jackson Cemetery, way back when, I don't imagine East Pike Street looks like it does now. What time period are we talking about?
If you have an illusive family, why not put a query out on the list and see if you can get some help. I know we all have them. This is your list and we look forward to hearing from you.

Until next time,
Ruby
Membership Chairman of HCGS

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HCGS October 5, 2007

Notes by Ruby

Hello Folks,

The Harrison County Genealogical Society held their regular monthly meeting this date with only 8 in attendance.
We missed several of our regular's. It was good to have one of our members, Bob Blankenship, with us from Akron, Ohio and I think he enjoyed himself at the meeting.
We had a discussion on the time for the Christmas dinner which will be on the 14th of December at the EatN Park Restaurant. It will be between 6:00 and 6:30 P.M. The society will be paying the gratuity. This is always a gift exchange with a gift that can be used by either a man or woman.
I'm sure Diana Johnson will come up with something exciting to do at the dinner. David did not have anything to report on new books. Our Harrison County Heritage book is completely sold out and it is good to get them all sold. I'm sure Patti feels a sense of relief after about 15 years working with that book.
West Virginia has been having some lovely Fall weather and hot for this time of year. The trees are beginning to show their bright colors.

Ruby
Membership Chairman of HCGS

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HCGS November 2, 2007

Notes by Ruby

The Harrison County Genealogical Society held their regular monthly meeting this date with 12 members in attendance. Our visiting member was Bill McAfee from Michigan. It is always good to have members that can't attend the meetings regularly.
David Houchin, librarian, reported that he had the book by Bob Anderson on Gen. Lightburn and that Suzanne Monroe donated a book on the descendants of James Scarff Griffin and Charles Murray.
David will be going to James & Law to purchase books in the near future. Cataloging of the books should go faster now than they have in the past.
He also said that the city started working on the roof of the Waldomore trying to get the leaks stopped.
Don't forget the Christmas dinner which will be held on Friday evening, December 14th at 6:00 P.M. and the society will pick up the gratuity. This year we will meet at the EatNPark restaurant. The gift exchange will be something that can be used by either a male or female.
Bob and I took a couple from Utah to the EatNPark Restaurant and they thought it should be ParkNEat. This was several years ago.
We voted to renew our membership to the Convention Business Center.
The Bridgeport Library has Heritage Quest and Ancestry.com on line which can be used if you are member of the Bridgeport Library. In the near future both of these services may be available from your home computer.
We also voted to donate a set of our cemetery and census books to the Bridgeport Library if they would like to have them.
It was mentioned that WV's slogan will be changed to "Wild Wonderful West Virginia" from the "Open for Business" ones that are now being used.
Someone mentioned Dr. Gordon and was wondering how he was doing. We miss our regular members when we don't see them for awhile.
Dick Wilt, webmaster, said he still needs stories to put on for the feature story. He tries to change them twice a month.
Diana Johnson would also like for someone to help her with the newsletter. After so many years it is getting harder to find materials to put in it, I'm sure. The December issue of the newsletter always contains our surname lists.

Until the next time.
Ruby
Membership Chairman of HCGS

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HCGS December 7, 2007

Notes by Ruby

As you will notice these are not notes from Ruby. Ruby was with Bob in Morgantown for a doctor’s appointment. Please keep them in your thoughts and prayers.
Here is my attempt to fill some very big shoes. Please bare with me.
The Harrison County Genealogical Society held their regular monthly meeting today starting at 10 AM with 7 members in attendance. It was a very bad snowy day and I can’t really blame other members for staying at home.
The meeting was called to order by Darrell. David had to make a trip to the main library to get a printed copy of the minutes because the technician has not installed the router so that our printer/copier is not attached to the computer yet.
The minutes were accepted as read as was the treasurer’s report.
Darrell brought to our attention to remind everyone that the Christmas Dinner will start at 6 PM Friday December 14, 2007 at Eat'n Park. Hope to see as many as possible to attend and please remember to bring a small gift that would be suitable for either a male or female.
Darrell received a letter stating that the Archives were not moving but there would be a snack area available in the area in the future.
Information was presented that Harrison County court records are now available on LDS microfilm and it was proposed that David investigate what microfilm records are available from the LDS and the cost. He will make a report of his findings at the regular monthly meeting in January 2008.
The meeting was adjourned a few minutes before noon and went out to face the snow on their way home. This hope we have betty weather for the Christmas Dinner.

Until the next time.
Dick

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HCGS January 4, 2008

Notes by Ruby

The Harrison County Genealogical Society held their regular monthly meeting this date at the Waldomore.
There were only 8 of us in attendance and that was good since it was only 0° and someplaces had below 0.
Dick Wilt, webmaster, was wondering if anyone read his stories he puts on the webpage. He said he was two days late getting a story on and no one reminded him that it was late. He puts them on the 1st and the 15th of the month. Dick does a very good job with our webpage.
David, said that Barbara Tharpe is down sizing and had given the society more books. Some he could not accept as they were damp. We do thank Barbara for her donations.
David was suppose to check with the LDS on the purchase price of the Harrison County Court Records and he says before the next meeting he will have a report for us.
There was a discussion and vote on the $500.00 scholarships being given to a graduating senior of a Harrison County High School. We voted to give four (4) $500.00 scholarships this year. The applications will be going to the schools the later part of this month or early in February. Darrell says he will hand deliver them to the schools this year to make sure each school gets the applications.
Sharon Bramhall has volunteered to do the heading for our the officer's page in the front of the newsletter. We do want to thank Sharon and if anyone else would like to volunteer to work on the newsletter I'm sure Diana would be elated.
We had a letter from a lady in Canton, OH looking for this family from around 1947 in Clarksburg. It looks like the man's name was Gino Presitti and the woman's name she had listed was Rose Marie Berilacyua (Bevilock). The spelling wasn't to easy to read. She did have an e-mail address and if you think you might be able to help her, send me an e-mail and I will give you her e-mail. We think she was talking about them living in Kelly Hill.
David in on Winter hours now and the only morning he is in will be Saturday. He does not work on Monday. Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday he is in from 1:00 to 5:00 .M. Lately he has been working 1:00 to 5:00 instead of the regular hours due to the fact that the light is not working down on the patio.
If you are planning on being in Clarksburg and wanting to do research in the Winter it would be best if you would call 304-627-2236 and ask for the Waldomore.
Darrell mentioned before the close of the meeting that he read in the paper that Bill McAfee's stepmother had died. We do send our condolences to Bill and his family. We got to meet Bill at a recent meeting.
Thanks to all of you who have renewed your membership. I mailed twice this week and have several more to work on this weekend. I will try to get your card in the mail to you on Monday. Be sure to check out our webpage if you haven't done so. www.wvhcgs.com.

Ruby Casto
Membership Chairman of HCGS

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HCGS February 1, 2008

Notes by Ruby
The Harrison County Genealogical Society held their regular monthly meeting this date at the Waldomore.
Ruby could not make the meeting so I will try to fill in. Please bare with me.

     The weather was really lousy today, rain and more rain. Tomorrow is supposed to be worse. You are stuck with me because Ruby could not make it today.      The February meeting of the Harrison County Genealogical Society was called to order by Darrel Waugh, president, at 10:00AM. David read the minutes from the January meeting and the Treasures report given, with both being accepted as presented.

     David has received the CD from the Virginia Henning Statutes and can be accessed any time at the Genealogy Room in Waldomore for those who are interested.

     There will be four Scholarships for Harrison County students to be awarded this year by the HCGS and the applications must be postmarked no later than April 15th to be considered. An essay related to family history is the requirement. Check with you student councilor at your school for an application. If you councilor does not have an application please contact Darrell for information. Members of the Scholarship will committee for this year will be Dot, June, and Darrell.

     A work shop is planned for later this spring and will be discussed at a later meeting depending on the availability of David and John.

     A short discussion was held pertaining to the purchase of Micro film from the LDS covering local information. Price and need will be discussed at later meetings.

     The annual HCGS picnic will be held this year on Tuesday August 11, 2008 at Norwood Park, the pavilion location will be announced at a later date depending on availability.

     We received a donation from Susan Park, stating that she was impressed by the quick response of David to her inquiry.

     The HCGS has been awarded a free trial to Newsbank Online  containing Archive of Americana and America's GenealogyBank. Access to the web Site requires a Username and Password. Please contact David a Username/Password. This offer runs until February 29, 2008. David would appreciate a critique of the site to find if the site is of any value to HCGS members. That’s about all I have for today, hope Ruby will be back with us at the March meeting. One more reminder: Make sure your dues are paid.

Hope Ruby is back for the next meeting
Dick

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HCGS March 7, 2008

Notes by Ruby

     The Harrison County Genealogical Society, Clarksburg, WV held their regular meeting this date with seven members in attendance. We might have had a small attendance but we got several things accomplished.

     The trial period for the newsbank ended on the 29th of February and there were not to many favorable comments made on it. To subscribe to it is rather expensive so we decided to forget about it.

     We do have two (2) Harrison County Heritage books left and when they are gone there are no more. Price for one book is $60.00 picked up at the Waldomore or $64.00 mailed to your home address. All the proceeds from the book has been turned into our treasurer.

     David Houchin, librarian, advised that he had received several books from the Jean Rapking, estate.

     John Hines was not in attendance but it was discussed that maybe John and Davie Heise would like to hold a workshop in the Spring on the FTM program. It probably would be held at the Caperton Center on West Main Street in Clarksburg.

     Darrell Waugh, president, advised that if he can get twenty five (25) people to sign up for a Fall trip to Washington, DC by the next meeting, he would schedule it, otherwise he will not do so. Several people have been asking him about another trip. E-Mail Darrell at Click Here

     We discussed at length about volunteers of the Society helping to work on another publication. David is suppose to check with the library on the cost of printing out a copy of the 1930 census of Harrison County, WV. It would have to be printed out in sections. Do you think there is an interest in the 1930 census in book form like the others we have for sale?

     We voted on buying the Harrison County Court Minutes from the LDS from 1784-1900. They will be on Micro-Film but David has to check this out first also. That would be 116 years of Court Minutes.

     A motion was made and seconded to keep the same officers for the upcoming year.

     Don't forget that the "Harrison County Genealogical Society---Ash---Davis---Hammond" Scholarship Applications have been taken to all five high schools in Harrison County, so if you have or know of a senior in one of the schools, please have them check with their guidance counselor if they are interested in genealogy. They have to be post marked back to the Society by the 15th of April.

     The date for our annual picnic is August 11th and it will be at the Clarksburg City Park, Norwood Park, and we feel pretty sure that it will be at the same pavilion as last year.

Ruby
Membership Chairman of HCGS

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HCGS April 4, 2008

Notes by Ruby

      The Harrison County Genealogical Society held their regular monthly meeting this date on the second floor of the Waldomore.

      There were 12 in attendance and we also had a guest, Terry McLaughlin from Littleton, CO. He is a relative of Darrell & Betty Waugh. We were having a hard rain at the time of the meeting, but this afternoon the sun is trying to come out.

       The officers for the next year will be the same as they have been the past year. To date we have only received one essay from a senior in high school applying for the scholarship. They need to be postmarked by the 15th of April and the committee to pick the winning essays will meet at 1:00 P.M. on the 22nd of April. Last year the most of them were postmarked on the deadline.

       Darrell Waugh, president, said he still does not have the required amount of 25 people interested in taking a Fall trip to Washington, DC. If you are interested please get in touch with Darrell The next meeting is as long as he can wait to make arrangements.

       Our picnic is scheduled for August 12th at Norwood Park at the large shelter as you go in the gate. We have it rented for all day but the picnic will be about 5:00 P.M.

       David Houchin, librarian, said he has the paper work for the micro film to be ordered from LDS but he still has to talk to Susan Thomas, at the Courthouse.

David is also back on his Summer hours.

       Dick Wilt, webmaster, said he had 30 to 35 responses on the color of the webpage. He tried to make it lighter and easier to read.

       John Hines said he would have to talk to David Heise about a workshop which would probably be in the Fall.

       If you have not received your newsletter please let us know. We had two members that had not received theirs and they should be mailed in the next couple of days. The only way we have of knowing is for you to let us know. We don't want to miss anyone.

Ruby Casto
Membership Chairman of HCGS

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HCGS May 2, 2008

Notes by Ruby

      Everything is go for our annual picnic on August 12th and it will be held at the same shelter in Norwood Park (Clarksburg City Park) as last year at 5:00 P.M. There was no mention of entertainment yet, so if you have something in mind, please let us know.

      The trip to Washington, DC will be taking place on Tuesday, October 7th. We have a former member from Weston that has between 30 & 40 people wanting to go so Darrell said, this will be on a first come, first served basis. If you plan on going get in touch with Darrell. The price will be the same as in the past $30.00

      The scholarship committee met and picked out four finalist; however there were four others that were good enough, so we voted to do a one time award and this year we will be awarding eight $500.00 scholarships. Hopefully the eight students that will be receiving the awards will be able to attend the June meeting. The committee said all of the essays were very good this year. This year we would like to have the newspaper and maybe the TV station to be on hand when the awards are handed out.

      Dick Wilt said our website has had over 8000 hits in the year that it has been up and running. He does a very good job of changing stories and keeping it up to date. You need to go back and check links every now and then.

      After the last meeting Barbara Hamilton did take a copy of all of our publications which we voted on donating to the Bridgeport Library.

      We discussed possibly doing an index for our obituaries but it would not include all names down in the body of the obit.

      Once again we discussed doing something with the 1930 census of Harrison County. They talked about putting them on thumbnails, (I think that is the word they used) and that way they could be done from the computer. I was way before computers.

      David is getting the paper work done in order to purchase the Harrison County Minutes.

      David also had 23 rolls of micro film of the William and Mary quarterlies.

      Don't forget articles for the newsletter if you have them and your stories for the webpage. Feel free to post a query to the list and also send it in for the newsletter. Not all members are on the members only list.

Until next time.
Ruby Casto
Membership Chairman of HCGS

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HCGS June 5, 2008

Notes by Ruby

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       Sorry that I haven't gotten a chance to put my notes on earlier but I had a very busy afternoon. We had 24 in attendance at the meeting this morning which was held in the downstairs of the Waldomore instead of on the second floor. We had the recipients of the scholarship fund and their parents and WBOY our local TV station was suppose to show up; however they did not make it.

       It was good to have one of our members from down Atlanta, Ga. way with us today. He was home visiting his mother. Good to put another face to a member Jeff Williams.

       Darrell said the trip to Washington, DC is set for the 7th of October at a cost of $30.00. If you want to go please e-mail at Darrell. We will be keeping the bus and taking a tour of Mount Vernon.

       Darrell also said the Family History Center at the new LDS church here in Clarksburg is open on Tuesday afternoons from 12:00--3:00. They also have a new website you might want to try out. New Site.

       David Houchin, librarian, has been in contact with our County Clerk and we have the permission to purchase the Court Minutes of Harrison County from LDS 1784-1900 and we will be allowed to publish and sell material from them.

       Dot Sandy said the DAR has a new book out with every chapter of the DAR in it along with members and Rev. Soldiers. David is interested in purchasing it for our collection at the Waldomore. They also have another book on Native American and Black Soldiers of the Rev. War.

       Darrell did buy five flashdrives for our computer and David has put the Local WWII project on one which contains about 400-500 pages. Our webmaster, Dick Wilt, was suppose to the photographer today when Darrell handed out the scholarships to the recipients but for some reason or other Dick did not make it. (Sorry, due to the flooding I had to work at the Red Cross Shelter)

       We had several people there with cameras so a lot of pictures were taken.

       The recipients in attendance were: Cory Brown, graduate of RCB, Robert C. Byrd High School and he will be attending WVU. Benjamin Defazio, graduate of RCB and he will be attending WVU. Dakota Sabo, graduate of Bridgeport High School and he will be attending WVU. Catherine Wheeler, graduate of Notre Dame High School and she will be attending Duquesne. Sarah Suan, graduate of Lewis County High School and she will be going to Glenville. Sarah does live in Harrison County but attended Lewis County High School. She lives at Johnstown with a Lost Creek mailing address. Cody Gilmore, graduate of RCB and will be attending Glenville. Shay Maunz and Thomas Bailey were not in attendance.

       We had 22 applications ; however we did not receive any from Liberty and South Harrison High Schools. I look forward to reading their stories in future newsletters.

       Our next meeting will be on the 11th of July since the 4th of July is on the 1st Friday.

       Don't forget our upcoming picnic which will be held at Norwood Park on August 12th at 5:00 P.M.

Ruby Casto
Membership Chairman of HCGS

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