Ruby's Notes
HCGS July 10, 2010
Notes by Ruby
The Harrison County Genealogical Society held their regular monthly meeting this
date with 15 persons in attendance. There would have been 16 but the treasurer
had another function that she needed to attend.
We awarded one of the scholarships today and the other recipient could not
attend due to illness. We presented Sarah Wheeler with a $500.00 scholarship
and she said she would be going to Duquesne this fall. She and her mother
Valerie Wheeler were in attendance.
We also had Bob Blankenship from Ohio along with new members John & Nancy
Rohrer.
David has talked to Country Roads and they have penciled us in for a trip to
Washington, DC on the 5th of October. If you are interested in going, please
let us know. We are not sure of the cost at this time but the cost of taking
the bus has gone up, so it will probably be slightly higher this year.
David also had some new books that are being published by Dianne Zimmerman:
As American as Apple Pie, on the Harbert/Herbert families.
A Yankee Volunteer in the Civil War.
Pvt. Joseph R. Thompson
Andrew Smith & James Smith Families: Aaron Smith line
Captain James Davies
Ancestors of Boggess's of Harrison County.
We discussed our annual picnic which will be after the next meeting on August
7th. We will hold the meeting at 10:00 and following that we will car pool to
Diana Johnson's house. It will be held outside and if you must bring something,
she said, to bring a dessert.
We also set the date for the September meeting to the 11th due to the 4th being
the Labor Day weekend.
See you at the Meeting on August 7th and the picnic to follow at Diana's Home
Ruby Casto
Membership Chairman
of HCGS
Ruby's Notes
HCGS June 4, 2010
Notes by Ruby
The Harrison County Genealogical Society held their regular monthly meeting this
date with 11 persons in attendance.
We had lifetime member William M. "Sonny" Desist and his wife Shirley Bartlett
Desist attending today. They are from California.
David Houchin, librarian, said he has ordered the micro film from the LDS
library.
David also had a call about a trip to Washington, DC in the fall. If there is a
trip it will be on the first Tuesday in October. David will contact Country
Roads and we will know more about it at the July meeting. There are several DAR
groups wanting to go.
The names of the two students that will be receiving the scholarships were not
announced today, however they will be notified and be at the July meeting to
receive their scholarship.
We did make the plans for the annual picnic which will be held on August 7th.
That is also the meeting date and we will have our meeting at 10:00 A.M. and
then we will car pool to Diana Johnson's house for the picnic. We will know
more about the details at the July meeting. I'm not sure if it will be a
covered dish or not, Diana will have to tell us.
Diana also said, she needs articles for the newsletters.
The new slate of officers were also installed at this morning's meeting. They
are President, Theodore "Ted" Wolfe, Vice President, Diana Johnson, Secretary,
David Houchin, Treasurer, Dottie Riffle, Board of Directors, 1 year, John Hines,
2 years, Betty Rinehart and 3 years, Patricia Dennison.
Due to the first Saturday in July being the 3rd we decided to hold the next
meeting on July 10th.
Ruby Casto
Membership Chairman
of HCGS
HCGS May 8, 2010
Notes by Ruby
The Harrison County Genealogical Society held their regular monthly meeting this
date with 8 members in attendance.
Due to the absence of both the president and vice president, David Houchin,
presided over the meeting.
David did purchase some books from the Hacker's Creek Pioneer Descendants, since
the last meeting:
Family stories & Bible Records taken from the Clarksburg Exponent Telegram: 1933 Volumes 3 & 4.
Yesteryears: Volumes: 1986-1987-1988-1989-1990 & 1991.
1910 Census of Upshur County, WV.
Lewis County Death Records: Volume 111 1906-1929
Cemeteries of Lewis County & Adjacent Counties: Machpelah Cemetery.
Betty Waugh stated that when she mailed the last newsletter, she was told that
postage will probably be going up again in the near future. Also be sure if you
move and change your mailing address, it is important to let us know, as the
newsletters will not be forwarded.
David, said that our member Diane Zimmerman had new publications which we are
going to purchase.
A report was given on the Scottish Heritage Festival and although they only sold
one book, they gave out several packets with genealogy charts and a pen, and
they also had a lot of questions about how to join the society.
It was also discussed that we may need to buy some type of shelter to take with
them to other festivals. The Scottish Heritage Festival furnished the shelter,
but most places do not. Other festivals discussed were the Black Heritage
Festival, the Apple Butter Festival, Shinnston Frontier Days and the Blackberry
Festival.
The committee from the Scottish Heritage Festival said that Diana Johnson did an
exceptional job. Thanks, Diana.
Since, Ted Wolfe, president could not be in attendance today, he was at the
Waldomore yesterday and read all of the scholarships and left his opinions on
them to be matched with the committee that stayed after the meeting to read
them.
Donna Henline of Weston was talking to a member and she said, the DAR from
Weston, Buckhannon and Fairmont would like to go to Washington, DC this year and
was wondering if we were considering a trip. If anyone is interested in taking
another trip to DC let David Houchin at the Waldomore know.
There also was a discussion on our annual picnic and we decided it might be best
just to go out to a restaurant and eat like we do for the Christmas dinner. We
tentatively set the date for Saturday, August 14th, without a time or a
restaurant. It will be discussed more at the June meeting. Which restaurant
would you like to go to?
Betty Waugh said that Darrell's inurnment will be held at 2:00 P.M. on the 23rd
of May at the Heavener Cemetery in Buckhannon, WV. You are invited to attend.
The next meeting will be held on June 5th.
HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY TO ALL OF THE MOTHERS ON THE LIST.
Ruby Casto
Membership Chairman
of HCGS
Scottish Heritage Festival
May 1, 2010
Today was the big day. The Scottish Heritage Festival held at Bridgeport City Park.
It was a beautiful day. The five from the Harrison County Genealogical Society were
Darla, Betty, Bertha, Diana, and Dick. It was in the high 50s when we arrived at
7:30 to set up our display. We had several publications that the Society has for
sale to the public.
We wondered if being a Genealogical
Society we would not have much interest because
most of the public attending were interested in the Clans and of course watching the many
activities going on throughout the day. We were surprised by having well over a hundred
inquiries pertaining to what the Society had to offer and wanted to know where we
were located and the hours of operation. We passed out calling cards, sample Newsletters
and a packet of Genealogical forms for starting collecting family information to get
an individual started in family history searches and data collection.
The majority of the visitors were here from out of state
with roots in West Virginia. The day went very fast because of a steady flow of spectators and individuals
wanting to get information to expand their family histories and family trees.
We did get a chance to observe several Bagpipe Marching Bands all dressed in their gala
Clan colors but didn't have long breaks to watch some the great displays and activities.
It appeared to me that the Festival was a great success and we will be looking forward to
next year and more of the local festivals for the rest of the year of 2010.
The temperature got into the 80s and lots of sunshine, enjoyed by all attending, especially
Bertha when she was judging the knees.
We will be listing other activities and festivals so please keep an eye on the Web Site and
Reading Ruby’s Notes.
Ruby’s Notes will be back after our next Harrison County
Genealogical Society next Saturday, May 8th at 10:00 AM upstairs at Waldomore.
HCGS April 17, 2010
Notes by Ruby
The Harrison County Genealogical Society held their April
meeting this date with 11 members in attendance. Our
member Marvin Stemple was with us once again.
David didn't have anything to report on the book committee,
only that he wants to buy some new books from Hacker's
Creek Pioneer Descendants.
There are no trips planned at this time.
Diana Johnson reported on the Scottish Festival which
will be held in Bridgeport on the 1st of May. The members
working it will have to be there at 7:30 A.M. They are
Diana Johnson, Bertha Webb, Betty Waugh and Dick
Wilt. In order to get in they will need name tags.
Diana is going to take pedigree charts, pens, and a
copy of each of our publications to the festival.
We had twenty five applications for the scholarships and
the committee to read them will be meeting on the 8th of May
at noon. That will also be the date of our next meeting. The
committee to read the stories will be Betty Waugh, June Conrad
and Ted Wolfe.
After the meeting was adjourned several of us stayed over
to help with the newsletter. It should be mailed the first
of next week. When I left David was having a paper jam
with the labels.
Remember the next meeting will be May 8, 2010.
Ruby Casto
Membership Chairman of HCGS
HCGS March 6, 2010
Notes by Ruby
The Harrison County Genealogical Society held their regular monthly meeting this
date with the new president, Ted Wolfe, presiding.
There were 12 persons in attendance and one of them became a new member. It was
also good to see John Nuzum, vice president.
Betty Waugh did take the scholarship applications to each of the high schools
and Dick Wilt wrote up the article for the newspaper and it has already been in
the paper.
Diana Johnson has been checking with some of the festivals which are held in
the area and we voted to see about attending three of them. The Scottish
Heritage Festival is held in Bridgeport, WV on April 30-May 2nd, the Black
Heritage Festival is held in September and the Apple Butter Festival is held in
Salem, WV sometime in October. We would like to participate in all three of
them and we do have volunteers to work them. Diana Johnson, Betty Waugh, Dick
Wilt, Darla Everly and Bertha Webb. If anyone else would like to help, please
contact Diana Johnson.
David Houchin, librarian, has been getting some of our publications reprinted
and in the Simpson District Cemetery book pages 312-315 are missing and he will
make copies of them for the books as they are being sold.
He is also going over the list of material that Hacker's Creek Pioneer
Descendants have for sale to see if we need any of their publications.
We also received the book from Ethel Nielsen, on the Ash-Davis-and Hammond
lines.
June Conrad said she will need volunteers to help read the scholarship
genealogies and the following committee was set up: Betty Waugh, June Conrad,
David Houchin and Ted Wolfe. They will meet in early May.
There was a discussion about giving out more scholarships, which we can't do
this year and one thing that was mentioned, might be to take the profits from
one of our publications and set it aside for scholarships. The applications for
the scholarships needs to be postmarked by the 15th of April.
A person is wanting to donate an old family Bible to the society which belonged
to the West family. David said he could copy the births, marriages and death
records for the files and then store the Bible.
Betty Waugh said there will be a memorial service for Darrell on the 23rd of May
at 2:00 p.m. at the Heavener Cemetery in Buckhannon to inter his ashes.
Bertha Webb was wondering how people could remove persons buried in the Point
Pleasant Cemetery from a list when they are buried in the cemetery and have a
stone. They aren't planning on removing the bodies from the cemetery, just
removing them from a list.
Diana Johnson said that the March newsletter is almost assembled but she is
going to hold off sending it out until the end of the month, that way more
people will have an opportunity to renew their memberships, if they wish to do
so.
Dick Wilt took a group picture today and it should be on the webpage.
I hope I haven't missed anything as we had a very productive meeting today.
Ruby Casto
Membership Chairman of HCGS
Meeting Saturday, March 6, 2010
HCGS Feburary 5, 2010
Notes by Ruby
The Harrison County Genealogical Society held their regular monthly meeting this
date and thanks to John Hines, I did get there. He came and picked me up.
The December, 2009 newsletters have been mailed and they are the ones with the
surname list in them. Hope everyone has received their copy.
Dick Wilt, ordered new pens and they are in, so if you are at the Waldomore and
don't see any pens out make sure you ask for them.
You will find pedigree charts in the back of the December newsletter and we hope
that you will take the time for fill them out and return them to us. Harrison
County Genealogical Society, P O Box 387, Clarksburg, WV., 26301.
Ethel Swiger has volunteered to index them and Roberta Cook to proof read the
index. Thanks to those two women for their help.
We discussed the scholarship applications and David made copies of it and Betty
Waugh is to deliver them to the schools. We were only going to have enough for
one $500.00 scholarship this year but we voted to give out two. We will use
funds from the general fund to help defray the second one. Dick Wilt is to put
an article in the local paper and hopefully more students will apply for the
scholarship.
We voted to make a donation of $100.00 to Darrell Waugh's church in lieu of
flowers which the family requested.
David Houchin, librarian, will buy the five volumes from Draper's Manuscripts.
He will also buy the new obits from the Hacker's Creek Pioneer Descendants. He
will subscribe to the Binn's Genealogy which will be around $40.00 per year.
We did elect a new president. Theodore "Ted" Wolfe, Jr. The day of the
meeting has been changed to Saturday mornings at 10:00 A.M. due to Ted's work.
We will elect a new vice president but not until the new slate of officers are
installed in April.
We had a discussion on a Genealogy Fair but not in great length. If we would
have one it would be on a Saturday sometime in early May. Any ideas from
members as to what you would like to have at this fair?
Hopefully we won't get the 5 to 8 inches of snow they are predicting for tonight
and tomorrow.
Don 'to forget your dues. $10.00 mailed to Harrison County Genealogical
Society, P O Box 387, Clarksburg, WV 26301. March is just around the corner
and if they are not paid by the time the March newsletter is mailed, you will
not receive one and also removed from the members only list. I picked up
several today and will try to get the cards out in the mail tomorrow.
Ruby Casto
Membership Chairman of HCGS
HCGS January 15, 2010
Notes by Ruby
There were only five of us in attendance at the meeting of the Harrison County
Genealogical Society this morning.
In the absence of Darrell Waugh, president and John Nuzum, vice president, David
Houchin librarian filled in as the acting president.
The Christmas dinner was held in December and Dick Wilt, webmaster, said
pictures of those that attended are on the webpage.
David said that he and Diana Johnson have been looking at catalogs to see if
there are any books that we need to order.
We did get the labels on the newsletters and they are ready to mail. Dick Wilt
would have taken them to be mailed today, but David wasn't exactly sure how to
separate them by zip codes. He will try to get them mailed on Tuesday since
Monday will be a holiday.
Dick Wilt, webmaster, said that you will be able to get Ruby's notes on your
phone at
http://www.wvhcgs.com/pda.html He also said all notes and stories are in the
Archives on the web page.
We also decided that we will be needing new pens, so Dick is going to see about
ordering them.
I picked up a lot of renewals today so I will try to get the membership cards in
the mail the first part of the week.
If you haven't paid your dues, they are $10.00 and can be paid by mailing them
to:
Harrison County Genealogical Society
P O Box 387
Clarksburg, WV 26301
Darrell' wife Betty called me and she still does not know the results of his
tests and said it would not be until Tuesday because of the holiday on Monday.
Weather permitting the next meeting will be held on Friday, February 5, 2010.
I was going to remind you if you change your e-mail address or your mailing
address please let us know so we don't have e-mails bouncing back.
Send them to
David Houchin
Houchin@clark.lib.wv.us
David Kuhl
dbkuhl@bellsouth.net
Ruby Casto
recasto47@verizon.net
Ruby Casto
Membership Chairman of HCGS
Ruby Casto
Membership Chairman of HCGS
HCGS Chrismas Dinner
USA Steak House December 11, 2009
Notes by Ruby
I just came home from the HCGS Christmas dinner and we had fourteen people in
attendance and we all had a very good time.
Dick Wilt took pictures and he will have them up on the website sometime this
weekend.
We played two Christmas song games and that was very interesting and we also
played four games of bingo. Esther had the bingo card that won the most. She
even traded with Dick Wilt's grandson and he won on the card.
Most of all we need to remember our president, Darrell Waugh, who was not able
to attend this afternoon. We need to keep him in our prayers. If you would
like to send Darrell a get well card, send me an e-mail and I will send you his
address.
Diana Johnson said she will be willing to start doing the newsletter once again
and several of us told her to call when she needed help. She said it will be
the Christmas break from school that she will try to get it mailed. Diana has a
full time job.
Ruby Casto
Membership Chairman of HCGS
HCGS December 4, 2009
Notes by Ruby
The Harrison County Genealogical Society held their regular monthly meeting this
day with 8 members in attendance.
The first thing we all need to do is to keep our president, Darrell Waugh, in
our prayers. Darrell is having some serious health problems. If he goes to
Pittsburgh for a heart catherization he can't get an appointment
until the 16th of March.
David Houchin, librarian, said a new family history book had been donated "Our
McCutcheon Family", which is about the five brothers, John, James, Samuel,
William and Robert who immigrated from Scotland to Virginia in the early
1700's. This book will not be on the internet and it is not for sale.
Don't forget to mark your calendars for the Christmas dinner which will be next
Saturday, December 12th. It will be at 2:00 p.m. at the USA Steak Buffet and
it will also be a gift exchange. Something that can be used by either man or
woman.
Someone had asked about our vice president, John Nuzum and also Dr. Gordon but
no one had any information on either of them.
Also remember it is dues time once again. Our dues runs from January 1st
through December 31st each year. They are $10.00 per year and can be mailed to:
Harrison County Genealogical Society
P O Box 387
Clarksburg, WV 26301
Due to the fact that the first Friday in January, 2010 is New Year's Day the
next meeting will not be until the 8th of January 2010.
Ruby Casto
Membership Chairman of HCGS
HCGS November 6, 2009
Notes by Ruby
This is the report on the Harrison County Genealogical Society's meeting held
this date on the second floor of the Waldomore, Clarksburg, WV.
There were only nine members in attendance but it was rather cold this morning
but it has turned out to be a Indian Summer day.
Don't forget to mark your calendar for the annual Christmas dinner which will be
held on December 12th at 2:00 P.M. at the USA Steak Buffet. It will also be a
gift exchange. A gift that can be used by either man or woman.
David Houchin, librarian, passed out the new hours for the LSD Library which is
located on route 98 out of Nutter Fort. They are open Tuesday and Thursday from
10:00 a.m. to 2:00 P.M. On Wednesday they are open from 5:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
If you can't make it on those days please call Toni Haws at 304-842-7329 for an
appointment. It also says if the door is locked, please ring the doorbell
located to the right of the door.
David is also collecting Revolutionary War pension applications.
Darrell still has not gone to Pittsburgh for his heart problems and does not
have a Dr's appointment until the 17th of November, with his doctor here in
Clarksburg.
Tomorrow, November 7th if you are in the area you are invited to attend the 50th
Wedding Anniversary celebration for our president, Darrell Waugh and his wife
Betty. It will be at the Senior Citizen Center on W.Main Street, Clarksburg, WV
from 4:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.
HAPPY 50TH ANNIVERSARY
DARRELL & BETTY.
Also if you have queries or material for the newsletter be sure to get in touch
with us, so we can keep the newsletter going.
Thanks to all of our Veteran's and we need to keep our service personnel in our
prayers at Fort Hood, Texas, or wherever they are around the world.
Ruby Casto
Membership Chairman of HCGS
HCGS October 2, 2009
Notes by Ruby
The Harrison County Genealogical Society held their regular monthly meeting this
date with twelve members in attendance. Patricia Dennison was off today and
she got to attend. It has been about three years since she has been to a
meeting. It was also good to have John Nuzum back with us. We did miss Dick
Wilt, he must have over slept. lol
Darrell Waugh, president, said there are no trips planned at this time.
The Christmas dinner has been set for December 12th at 2:00 p.m. at the USA
Steak Buffett. We would like to see a good turnout this year, better than the
picnic.
David Houchin, librarian, said he has been given seven boxes of material from
Robin Kesling.
David also said he needs to order the 1st Harrison County Land Entry book and he
will try to get it done soon.
David also did not know if Diana Johnson had ordered the Harrison County
Personal Property list or not. I'm sure she will let us know.
The Wetzel County Genealogical Society has folded but their publications can
still be bought at the Wetzel County Library and we will continue to send our
newsletter to the library. The address is Wetzel County Library, 160 Washington
Street, New Martinsville, WV 26155.
Darrell also said he is need of material for our newsletter, of course the
December issue will have the surname list in it.
David also had some new books:
Baptismal & Marriage Registries
of the
Old Dutch Church of Kingston,
Ulster County, New York
1660-1809
The Magna Charter Sureties
1215
by: Frederick Lewis Weis,
Th D
Cows-Classes & Co-Eds
by Grayson Edward Richards, PRD
His two years at Potomac State College 1951-1953
Darrell also said he went to the doctor and he kept telling Darrell, "Well at
your age.",so Darrell said he felt like he must really be old and have to live
with is condition.
If you have a story, query, or material for the newsletter you can e-mail it to
Darrell at dwaugh@ma.rr.com or mail it to the society at Harrison County
Genealogical Society, P O Box 387, Clarksburg, WV 26301.
Ruby Casto
Membership Chairman of HCGS
HCGS September 11, 2009
Notes by Ruby
The Harrison County Genealogical Society held their regular monthly meeting this
date with twelve members in attendance. Patricia Dennison was off today and
she got to attend. It has been about three years since she has been to a
meeting. It was also good to have John Nuzum back with us. We did miss Dick
Wilt, he must have over slept. lol
Darrell Waugh, president, said there are no trips planned at this time.
The Christmas dinner has been set for December 12th at 2:00 p.m. at the USA
Steak Buffett. We would like to see a good turnout this year, better than the
picnic.
David Houchin, librarian, said he has been given seven boxes of material from
Robin Kesling.
David also said he needs to order the 1st Harrison County Land Entry book and he
will try to get it done soon.
David also did not know if Diana Johnson had ordered the Harrison County
Personal Property list or not. I'm sure she will let us know.
The Wetzel County Genealogical Society has folded but their publications can
still be bought at the Wetzel County Library and we will continue to send our
newsletter to the library. The address is Wetzel County Library, 160 Washington
Street, New Martinsville, WV 26155.
Darrell also said he is need of material for our newsletter, of course the
December issue will have the surname list in it.
David also had some new books:
Baptismal & Marriage Registries
of the
Old Dutch Church of Kingston,
Ulster County, New York
1660-1809
The Magna Charter Sureties
1215
by: Frederick Lewis Weis, Th D
Cows-Classes & Co-Eds
by Grayson Edward Richards, PRD
His two years at Potomac State College 1951-1953
Darrell also said he went to the doctor and he kept telling Darrell, "Well at
your age.",so Darrell said he felt like he must really be old and have to live
with is condition.
If you have a story, query, or material for the newsletter you can e-mail it to
Darrell at dwaugh@ma.rr.com or mail it to the society at Harrison County
Genealogical Society, P O Box 387, Clarksburg, WV 26301.
Ruby Casto
Membership Chairman of HCGS
HCGS Picnic August 12, 2009
Notes by Ruby
The Harrison County Genealogical Society held their annual picnic this evening at the Clarksburg
City Park (Norwood Park). This was the least amount we have ever had at one of our picnics but
we had a good time with plenty of food. There were only nine of us and it was good to have John Hines
be able to come and eat with us. Always before he was on afternoon shift.
I'm sure Darrell and Betty must have had a twinge of disappointment since they went to so much
work to get everything prepared. Betty had hot dogs, barbecues, meat loaf and two kinds of chicken.
Thanks, Darrell & Betty for what you did to make the picnic a success and on one of the hottest days
we have had so far this summer.
Ruby
HCGS JULY 10, 2009
Notes by Ruby
The Harrison County Genealogical Society held their regular monthly meeting this
date with eight members in attendance.
It was good to have our president Darrell Waugh home from the hospital and back
with us.
David Houchin, librarian, said that the cataloging of the books is still in
progress. We voted to buy the Harrison County Personal Property tax records on
CD from 1784-1807. We also voted to buy the Land Entry Books from the LDS on
micro film and they will cover the first three books.
The June newsletter is late but Darrell said he would try to finish it up next
week and then it will probably be another week to ten days before it is mailed.
Marion County Genealogy Gleanings is having the same problem with their June
newsletter.
The trip to Washington, DC is progressing very nicely and Darrell has a good
number of persons interested in going. He did say however that he has to have
an itinerary into the bus company by the 29th of September. He has not had much
response on where you would like to go. If he does not have some suggestions
you will have to go where he picks outs.
The trip to Morgantown, WV has tentatively been set for the 3rd of August. We
will leave at 8:00 A.M. here and probably leave Morgantown about 5:00 P.M. The
HCGS is going to pay to rent the van which holds 15 people. There are six (6)
seats left and they are on a first come first served basis. So if you want to
go please contact Darrell Click Here
The picnic will be held on August 11th and Betty Waugh said we will have chicken
and a surprise as the society is furnishing the meat. It will be a covered
dish picnic as before.
It was announced that Dr. Gordon fell up town so we want to remember him.
Ruby Casto
Membership Chairman of HCGS
HCGS June 5, 2009
Notes by Ruby
David Houchin, librarian, had a new book on the John Varner family of Salem, by
Jean Marks.
We discussed the annual picnic which will be held on the 11th of August at the
Clarksburg City Park (Norwood Park). Betty Waugh will be doing chicken breast
and if you want another meat let us know if you prefer hamburgers or hot dogs.
Then we will just have a covered dish like we have had in the past. The society
will furnish the meat.
We discussed a trip to library in Morgantown. We can rent a van from R. G.
Motors for $100.00. If you want to go, please let Darrell know.
dew38@verizon.net.
Also the trip to Washington, DC on the 6th of October was discussed and is still
open for suggestions. Please e-mail Darrell about it also.
The four recipients of the scholarships present were Abby Webb from Liberty High
School who will be going to Fairmont State University to study nursing.
Katelyn Hamrick from Liberty High School going to Wesleyan to study nursing.
Joel Abraham from South Harrison going to Wesleyan to study Mathematics.
William Manley from Notre Dame going to WVU to study Architecture.
The one girl that wasn't there was Kaityln Kemmner from Robert C. Byrd High
School and will be going to Ohio State.
The next meeting will be on July 10th due to the Fourth of July holiday.
Ruby
HCGS May 1, 2009
Notes by Ruby
The Harrison County Genealogical Society held their regular monthly meeting this
date with only seven members in attendance. It was very rainy this morning so
that is probably the reason more members didn't venture out.
David Houchin, librarian, has bought a CD on the papers of Sir William Johnson.
He also said that Heritage Books are now printing on demand.
Darrell Waugh, president, has not done anything on the Washington, DC trip as
yet due to the fact he has not had much response. If you would like to go in
October, please get in touch with Darrell at dew38@verizon.net
The pavilion for the annual picnic has been reserved but Darrell has not talked
to anyone yet about catering it. His wife Betty said she would consider
catering it. Let us know your thoughts as to what foods you would like to have
for the picnic and if you plan on coming. It will be the second Tuesday in
August.
Darrell Waugh and June Conrad met on the 25th of April and read the genealogies
submitted for the scholarships. There were 25 returned and this year all of the
high schools in Harrison County were represented. They picked out two of the
best for scholarships but they had three more that were deserving of something
also. We voted to add enough money to give out five scholarships this year.
There were two from Liberty High School, one from Robert C. Byrd High School,
South Harrison High and Notre Dame High School. What better way to promote
genealogy?
Darrell contacted R. G. Motors about renting a van to take a trip to Charleston.
The cost would be $100.00 plus whatever gas was used. However, when discussing
the trip there seemed to be more interest in going to Morgantown instead of
Charleston. If the trip is to Charleston it would be sometime after the 21st of
June as that is the date the new museum will open. Let Darrell know which
location you would prefer. We can get a van that holds 15, 12 or 8 persons.
dew38@verizon.net
Don't forget queries, stories, obits or whatever pieces of genealogy you have to
submit to the newsletter.
Ruby
HCGS April 3, 2009
Notes by Ruby
The Harrison County Genealogical Society held their regular monthly meeting this
date with 8 in attendance. It was a very rainy day so I can see why people did
not come out.
We bought some new books from the Upshur County Historical Society: Upshur
County Marriages 1924-1932, Upshur County Obits 1912-1917, Upshur County Obits
1918-1920, Wills #49 and the 1880 census of Upshur County which is much more
detailed.
Darrell did inquire about renting a van from the Senior Citizen Center for a
trip to Charleston, WV and the cost of the van would be around $220.00 and
everyone going would have to be a member of the Clarksburg Senior Citizen
Center. He did not do anything about it and said maybe we could rent a van and
he will check on that also.
The pavilion at Norwood Park has been rented for our annual picnic for August
11th and it will be a catered affair but he has not gotten a chance to check
about a pig roast yet.
The March newsletter is printed and ready to be mailed and hopefully it will be
mailed out one day next week. We still need articles for the newsletters in
the coming months.
It was announced about the dedication of the marker for Jonathan Ogden's
gravesite on the 16th of May.
Our website has been renewed for two more years. Thanks to Dick Wilt who
manages it and he does a very good job. He did mention that he still needs
stories.
I had asked if we could possibly hook up a Magic Jack phone to our computer, but
Dick said he was not sure it could be done. It would have to be approved by
the main library.
The committee for choosing the recipients of the scholarships this year will
be meeting at 11:00 A.M. at the Waldomore, on Saturday, April 25th.
For the election of officers it was voted on to retain the same ones for another
year.
If your family will be having a reunion or meeting of any kind in this area this
summer please let us know and Dick will get it on the webpage.
Thanks,
Ruby Casto
Membership Chairman of HCGS
HCGS March 6, 2009
Notes by Ruby
The Harrison County Genealogical Society held their regular monthly meeting this
date with Darrell Waugh, president, calling the meeting to order.
David Houchin said that he had received material that Joanne Coontz had sent to
the Waldomore and it had been misplaced. It was on the Boring and Berkley
families.
He also had a book on Henry Weaver 1747-1830 descendants by Carlton D. Weaver.
Also Background of the Shenandoah Valley Genealogies by Hazel Tidler See.
Darrell does not have very many responses to a DC trip so far. If there is a
trip it will be on the 1st Tuesday in October.
Darrell also is going to see about renting the pavilion at Norwood Park for the
annual picnic. The owner of Audia's Restaurant in the old Dave's Restaurant
roasts pigs and Darrell is going to contact them about roasting a pig or part of
one. We will know more about it at the next meeting.
A trip to Charleston has been mentioned. Darrell went to the Senior Citizens to
see if we could still rent the van for a day, but the lady in charge will not be
in until next week, so we might know more about that later also.
The scholarship forms have been taken to all six of the high schools in Harrison
County and this year we will only be giving out two $500.00 scholarships.
Darrell had an accident in his house where he fell and busted his nose so he
hasn't done anything on the newsletter yet, but he will be working on it the
week of the 16th. If you would like to go to the Waldomore and give him a hand
e-mail him at dew38@verizon.net.
As all of us local members know, Darrell does have a handicap. He said we will
have a March newsletter.
David is working on the Robinson line of Lumberport and also on the Ice family
which will be in a newsletter.
Bertha Webb has made a map of the Point Pleasant Cemetery on the Jarvisville
Road and David was resizing it for her. Thanks Bertha for doing the map and
naming the ones buried in this cemetery.
It was good to have John Hines back with us today and also our member Marvin
Stemple.
Don't forget if you haven't paid your dues you will still have another week or
so to get them in before you are removed from the list and will not get the
newsletter.
Spring is right around the corner and really feels good here in WV today. We
are enjoying a temperature of 71°.
Ruby Casto
Membership Chairman of HCGS
HCGS February 6, 2009
Notes by Ruby
The Harrison County Genealogical Society held their regular monthly meeting this
date with 13 in attendance. It was good to have Polly Dennison with us once
again after a long absence. We also had Bob Blankenship from Akron, Ohio and a
new member Lisa deGruyter.
Darrell called the meeting to order with the reading of the minutes and the
treasurers report.
David Houchin, librarian, told us that Linda Fluharty has a new book out "Union
Casualties in the Civil War of WV."
Darrell has had a few inquiries about the D.C. trip which we will probably take
on the 6th of October. Someone had asked about a visit to the White House.
Does anyone know how to go about making reservations for that? If so let
Darrell know. dew38@verizon.net.
He also has received about five or six autobiographies but we need many more.
He also will be taking the scholarship forms to the local schools and this year
we will be giving out two scholarships.
We also need to be working on the March newsletter and if anyone would like to
help Darrell work on it please volunteer by sending him an e-mail at
dew38@verizon.net
We voted on catering the annual picnic this year and it will be held on the 11th
of August at the Clarksburg City Park "Norwood Park." More information will be
put out when we come closer to the date. Darrell will see about renting the
pavilion.
Don't forget that dues are due. If you haven't paid your dues by the time the
March newsletter is ready to be mailed, you will not receive it. Dues are
$10.00 mailed to Harrison County Genealogical Society, P O Box 387, Clarksburg,
WV 26302.
Ruby Casto
Membership Chairman of HCGS
HCGS January 2, 2009
First of the New Year
Notes by Ruby
The Harrison County Genealogical Society held their regular monthly meeting this
date with nine (9) members in attendance.
It was good to have Lu McDougal back with us after a few months absence.
We talked about the following books and made a motion to have David buy them for
us.
Barbour County in the Civil War and he can get this one from James & Law. The
other book is Bemis and Glady, WV, a history of two mountain towns. If anyone
would like to get a copy of it you can order it from :
Steve Bodkins
P O Box 994
Morgantown, WV 26507
I did not get the price of it.
Darrell said, if you would like to take a fall trip to Washington, DC, to let
him know where you would like to visit this time. Darrell dew38@verizon.net.
Darrell also said he will be getting the letters out to the schools in February
concerning the scholarships. We will only be giving two this year.
He also stressed the fact that he still wants an auto-biography of the officers
of HCGS and also from our members. Please get these into us so that we can use
them in future newsletters. If you have articles that you would like to place
in the newsletter please e-mail them to us, or mail them to us. We are going to
need all of the help that we can get to make our newsletters a success.
Regardless of where you live you are a member and we need your help.
David Houchin, librarian, wants to make up a packet and give to visitors that
come to the Waldomore. In the packet he will include, one of our brochures,
ancestor chart, an old newsletter as we have a lot of them on hand along with a
pen with our logo on it. Dick Wilt also mentioned it would be nice to have a
card with our information on it to be included in this packet.
Next meeting we will discuss what to do about our annual picnic. Are there any
volunteers to plan it or should we have it catered? If we have it catered we
will need to know how many plan on attending. Darrell said it is no problem to
get the pavilion at Norwood Park on a weekday evening. Please give us some
input on this. We do have those that plan their vacations around this event.
Don't forget dues are due. They are $10.00 mailed to Harrison County
Genealogical Society, P O Box 387, Clarksburg, WV 26302.
Ruby Casto
Membership Chairman of HCGS
HCGS December 13, 2008
Christmas Dinner Notes
Notes by Ruby
Our Harrison County Genealogical Society's Christmas dinner was held this
afternoon at the USA Steak Buffett.
There were only 12 of us in attendance but we all had a very good time with
plenty of food.
As usual Diana Johnson came through for us with the entertainment. We want to
thank her from the bottom of our hearts for all she has done for us.
She had a small gift bag and told us that there were 30 items in it from around
the house and sight unseen we were suppose to name what was in the bag. Mary
Webb, Blanche Day's daughter named 13 items. We knew it had to be something
small, like paper clip, pen, pencil, etc.
For the gift exchange she gave everyone the gift they had brought and while she
was reading a version of the Night Before Christmas when she said right, we
passed the gift to the right and if she said left, we passed them to the left.
That was very interesting.
Those attending were Darrell & Betty Waugh, Ted Wolfe, Diana Johnson, Blanche
Day, her daughter Mary Webb and Mary's daughter Lisa Ables, Betty Rinehart, Dick
& Joan Wilt, Esther Duncan and Ruby Casto.
From the Harrison County Genealogical Society we want to wish everyone a very
Merry Christmas and a healthy and Happy New Year.
Ruby Casto
Membership Chairman of HCGS
HCGS December 5, 2008
Notes by Ruby
There were only seven of us at the meeting today, but it was very cold so I can
understand why.
The first thing Darrell Waugh, president, told us was that he and his wife had
gone to Buckhannon, WV to reserve a place for a reunion and had to be there at
5:30 A.M. Standing in line he met one of our members Karen Andrew.
After the treasurer gave her report Darrell also said, it looks like we will
only be giving out two scholarships this year.
David said that a donation had been made by Mr. Allman on Lewis County deaths.
He also received some high school year books of Jane Lew High School and Weston
High School.
Don't forget out Christmas dinner will be next Saturday, December 13th at 2:00
P.M. at the USA Steak Buffett. It will also be a gift exchange. Just some
small gift that can be used by either male or female.
Darrell also said that if anyone is thinking about another trip to Washington,
DC next year to let him know and where you would like to go if they keep the
bus. He has to start talking to them around April.
We discussed the newsletter and Darrell said that David Kuhl has agreed to
maintain the membership list and surname list that is published in the December
newsletter, and that David Houchin, librarian, has pulled out all of the Wilbur
Morrison features that have not been published by anyone.
David Houchin would also like to have a copy of the book by Christopher Lowther
about William Lowther. Does anyone know where he can get a copy of this?
Darrell came up with the idea if each of us would write up an autobiography that
we could publish in the newsletter that would be a big help. He would like for
all of the officers and past presidents to do it by the next meeting. When you
get them written please send them to, Harrison County Genealogical Society, P O
Box 387, Clarksburg, WV 26302. I think it is a great idea and that way we could
get to know our officers and members. If you have a picture of yourself we
would like to have a copy of it also. Nothing that has a copyright as MCM will
not print them.
DON'T FORGET THAT DUES ARE NOW DUE. Dues are $10.00 mailed to Harrison County
Genealogical Society, P O Box 387, Clarksburg, WV 26302
Starting Monday the Waldomore will be open on the winter hours. David will be
in Tuesday and Wednesday from 1:00 P.M. to 5:00 P.M. Thursday from 1:00 P.M.
to 4:00 P.M. and then from 5:00 P.M. to 8:00 P.M. Friday is 1:00 to 5:00 and on
Saturday 9:00 A.M. to Noon.
Ruby Casto
Membership Chairman of HCGS
HCGS November 7, 2008
Notes by Ruby
The Harrison County Genealogical Society held their regular monthly meeting
this date with 12 people in attendance. We had Marvin Stemple as a visitor and
it was good to see Mike Greer at the meeting once again.
Before Darrell Waugh, president, started the meeting, he said since most of
us were senior citizens he had a good exercise for us.
He said to take two five pound potato bags and hold them out at arms
length and after you had that mastered take ten pounds, then twenty pounds and
then get it up until you could master one hundred pound potato bags for a few
seconds. Then after you have that mastered for a few seconds put the potatoes
in the bags.
We did not have any minutes of the last meeting due to David Houchin,
librarian, being absent. David has two cats, who he calls his boys, and one of
them died, so David had to take care of it.
Darrell reported on the trip to Washington, DC and he said he thought
everyone that went had a good time. Forty people had paid to go and thirty
seven went so that really was a good turnout.
He still has not named the committee to work on the newsletter and he did
not have any volunteers from the message he sent out. Diana will still do the
December newsletter, but after that we will need lots of help. You don't have
to be local to help, we have David Kuhl down in Mississippi who does the surname
list for the December newsletter. I'm sure a lot of you have old obituaries of
your families or stories that would be suitable for the newsletter. Please try
to help us in order to have a good newsletter, four times a year. You can
contact Darrell at dew38@verizon.net
Don't forget our annual Christmas dinner which will be held on the 13th of
December which is a Saturday and it will be at 2:00 P.M. at the USA Steak
Buffett. It will also be a gift exchange. Just bring some small gift that can
be used either by male or female.
The scholarships for the graduating class of 2009 was discussed a little
and due to interest rates dropping we may be down to two this year.
Bertha Webb told us she is trying to map the Point Pleasant Cemetery which
is above her house. She lives in one of the twin houses on Route 50 West. She
is about the only one that knows who is buried in that cemetery. She found
three veterans, one from the Civil War, one WWI and another WWII. She uncovered
one with a name of Ehud and another just had a name of Bertha on it. Thanks,
Bertha for trying to save this cemetery.
We have been enjoying 70° weather here in West Virginia, but I think it is
about to come to an end.
Ruby Casto
HCGS October 3, 2008
Notes by Ruby
The Harrison County Genealogical Society held their regular monthly meeting
this date, October 3rd with 8 members in attendance.
Darrell Waugh, president, read the minutes due to David Houchin, secretary,
being at an appointment with the eye doctor.
It was good to have our member Bob Blankenship with us at another meeting.
Bob lives in Akron, Ohio.
At the last meeting Darrell said he would appoint a newsletter committee,
but due to his wife Betty being in the hospital for ten days he did not get it
done. We wish Betty a speedy recovery. I told him he should have let someone
know that she was in the hospital.
Darrell also advised that he has 39 people going on the trip to DC, next
Tuesday, October 7th. You need to be behind the library at 4:45 A.M. as they
want to leave Clarksburg at 5:00 A.M. sharp. For further information contact
Darrell at dew38@verizon.net
He also said that if you are planning on going to Mount Vernon there will be
an additional charge. The regular fee is $14.00 and for senior citizens it will
be $12.00.
Don't forget to mark your calendars for the Christmas Dinner, which will be
on a Saturday afternoon at 2:00 P.M. It will be on the 13th of December at USA
Steak Buffet.
The Harrison County Court Minutes we ordered on micro-film are in and ready
to be used.
Darrell also said that the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, are
getting a lot of use from the books we donated to them. They are also sending
people to the Waldomore to do research.
We missed our web-master, Dick Wilt at the meeting today.
If you have material for a future newsletter like obits or family articles
please feel free to send them to:
Harrison County Genealogical Society
P O Box 387
Clarksburg, WV 26301
Ruby Casto
Membership Chairman
HCGS September 5, 2008
Notes by Ruby
The Harrison County Genealogical Society held their regular monthly
meeting this date with 13 in attendance and two late comers. It was great to
see John Nuzum, Vice President, after a long absence.
Also in attendance was Daniel Edgell who was attending his first meeting,
also Louise Righman and her neighbor Violet Mouser.
If you are planning on going to Washington, DC on the 7th of October, you
must contact Darrell and get your fare paid. It is $30.00 and his e-mail
address is
dew38@verizon.net and his phone number is 304-623-0222. He said,
there is a great possibility that this will be that last trip to DC.
We received the two books on the DAR. One is "A Comprehensive History of
WV DAR State Society. " The other one is "Forgotten Patriots African American
and Native American Indians in the Revolutionary War."
David Houchin, librarian, is going to check on the publications for sale
from Bath County, VA. He said we are in need of them.
Our annual picnic committee which consists of Betty Waugh and Diana Johnson
has announced that they are resigning. They said it was far to much work to get
ready for the picnic with no more than was in attendance this year. I made a
suggestion that next year we have it catered.
We are still without a newsletter editor. Diana will put out the December
issue then it will be necessary for someone else to take over. I asked about
forming a committee of a few members to work together on it. Darrell said by
next meeting he will see if he can have a committee named.
If you have old obits stored away in notebooks, shoeboxes or whatever, we
would appreciate if you would make copies and share them with us. All obits
have a lot of genealogy information in them.
Darrell said he read in the Buckhannon, WV newspaper that one of our members
mother had died. We want to send our deepest sympathy to French Earl Johnson.
Dot Sandy reported that she had donated a copy of our newsletter to the DAR
in honor of the resigning newsletter editor, Diana Johnson.
Don't forget to mark your calendars for the annual Christmas Dinner. This
year it will be held on Saturday, December 13th at 2:00 P.M. at the USA Steak
Buffet.
Until the next time,
Ruby Casto
HCGS August 1, 2008
Notes by Ruby
The Harrison County Genealogical Society, Clarksburg, WV, held their
regular monthly meeting this date, August 1, 2008.
There were 13 in attendance and it was good to have Betty Williams
attending the meeting from Florida. We also had a new member that attended the
meeting for the first time. It was good to meet Donna Eakle. Also in
attendance was Lu McDougal who has been absent for quite awhile. Everyone
introduced themselves.
The micro-film of the Harrison County Court Minutes have been ordered.
URGENT: We need someone to volunteer to take over the society's
newsletter. Diana Johnson has resigned as of the first of January. I'm sure
Diana will be more than willing to help get you started with it. We just need
several people to submit information for the newsletter, obits, family stories,
etc.
Diana Johnson donated several books to the society on Wood County, WV,
Roane County, WV and Washington County, OH. Thanks Diana.
Darrell Waugh, president, will need your monies if you plan on going on the
Washington, DC trip. Contact him at dew38@verizon.net
August 12th is the date of our annual picnic at 5:00 P.M. at Norwood Park.
It is a covered dish affair with hot dogs and hamburgers being furnished by the
society. Betty Waugh and Diana Johnson are busy working on this event. We
need some kind of entertainment, any suggestions, time is running out.
The Christmas dinner has been set for December 13th at 2:00 P.M. at the
U.S.A. Steak Buffet. Mark your calendars now and plan on attending.
Darrell also told me that he was having good results finding ancestors and
descendants on the following web page:
www.search.labs.familysearch.org
The next meeting will be held on September 5th.
Ruby
HCGS August 12, 2008
Annual HCGS Picnic
Notes by Ruby
The Harrison County Genealogical Society held their annual picnic this date at
the Clarksburg City Park (Norwood Park) with 16 people in attendance. I'm sure
by tomorrow Dick Wilt, webmaster, will have pictures on the website.
A great big thanks to Diana Johnson, Darrell & Betty Waugh for all of their work
putting it together. Betty had done the hamburgers and hotdogs at home and
brought them in a roaster already cooked. They tried every socket in that
shelter trying to get the crockpots and roaster hooked up to electric without
any results.
There was plenty of good food and we all enjoyed just sitting around talking
with one another.
Those in attendance were: Dick & Joan Wilt, Betty & Darrell Waugh, Paul "Perk" &
Patti Hickman, Alice Ashcraft Hall, Diana Johnson, Ruby Casto, Betty Williams
from Florida, David Houchin, Bertha Webb, Betty Rinehart, Retta Jean West,
Louise Righman and Wilma Durnall.
We missed several of our regulars and we know that some of you are just not up
to coming and I'm sure that you were mentioned.
Ruby
HCGS July 11, 2008
Notes by Ruby
The Harrison County Genealogical Society held their regular monthly meeting this
date with 8 persons in attendance.
After the reading of the minutes and the treasurer's report Darrell told us that
he had given a copy of "The Marion County Picture Book" to the society.
Darrell and his wife Betty took a set of our cemetry books to the new LDS
Library and they were very appreciative of them. The LDS library is open on
Tuesdays from 12-3:00 P.M. It is located on Route 98.
Darrell read a couple of very nice thank you notes from the scholarship
recipients. He also took the picture that was taken at the June meeting with a
write up about the recipients to the Clarksburg Exponent Telegram and to date it
has not been in the paper.
The regular three stops will be made on the Washington, DC trip, DAR, Archives
and Library. The bus will also be kept and a tour of Mt. Vernon can be taken.
If you plan on going and have not signed up yet please contact
Darrell
Someone has asked for a brochure of the DC trip so David said he will make up
one and we will get them printed off. We also are going to get some new
brochures for the society.
The annual picnic will be held on Tuesday, August 12th at Norwood Park. Betty
Waugh and Diana Johnson has volunteered (that is by Darrell) to be in charge of
the food once again this year. Bring a covered dish and plan on joining us.
This I hate to report. Diana Johnson is resigning from being our newsletter
editor as of January 1, 2009. She has done it for ten years. Hopefully we have
someone that will volunteer to step in and help get our newsletter published.
The Upshur County Exhibit for the Summer of 2008 is the
Old Newspapers. They are open on Sunday's, June through September from 1:00 to
4:00 P.M. The are located on Main Street in Buckhannon.
We also discussed that the Waldomore is handicapped accessible and David said he
will put a sign up over the doorbell at the side door and all you have to do is
ring it and he will bring the elevator down.
We also want all of our members to feel welcome at the meetings or any events
that we have.
We discussed the annual Christmas dinner and have decided to have it on a
Saturday afternoon at 2:00 P.M. on December, 13th if possible. Darrell is going
to check with USA Steak Buffet. Several of us do not like to drive at night and
sometimes the roads are bad, so we will see if this is any better.
Dick Wilt, web page manager, is in need of feature stories.
Ruby
Membership Chairman of HCGS
HCGS June 5, 2008
Notes by Ruby
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
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
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
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
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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
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
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
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
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
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
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.
We all thought the annual picnic was a success and look forward to the one next year.
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
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
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
HCGS June 1, 2007
Notes by Ruby
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 May 4, 2007
Notes by Ruby
The Harrison County Genealogical Society, held their regular monthly
meeting this date with 12 in attendance along with five guests.
Darrell Waugh, president, opened the meeting and had the reading of last
months minutes and the treasurer's report.
Darrell advised that the shelter has been rented at Norwood Park for our
annual picnic which will be held on Tuesday, August 14th. We have the shelter
for all day but we will plan to eat at 5:30 P.M. We also will need someone to
step in with planning since this was all left up to Jerry.
David Houchin, librarian, said he will look through the Hacker's Creek list
of publications along with Wes Cochran's to see if there are any new books we
need to purchase. We will purchase the Veterans of Central West Virginia book
which Hacker's Creek will be putting out.
Darrell and John Hines did go to MCM after the meeting last month and
purchased us a new copy machine. David knows how to operate it and he will be
teaching the ones that need to know how to operate it. It is much different
than the one which we had.
Darrell, has made plans once again to take a trip to Washington, DC on the
2nd of October. Cost once again will be $30.00. We will retain the driver and
know that we want to go to Mount Vernon. If you have another site you would
like to visit, please let Darrell know. dew38@msn.com
Darrell gave the society the book "The Little Girl Dressed in Blue." It was
written by a local lady who use to sell newspapers on the streets of Clarksburg.
I forgot to check the author's name. Darrell please let us know.
David said that phase II on the Waldomore will possibly begin next week.
That is work on the vents and duct work.
The two recipients of this years scholarships were in attendance with
parents and their reports were very well received.
Megan Bennett who will be attending Alderson Broaddus College in the
nursing program was one of the recipients and had a very interesting story on
her life as a small town girl growing up in Summit Park.
Her surnames are Sprouse, Snead, Bennett, Cosner, Davis, Anderson, Ashcraft and
Lehosit.
Logan Michael Maxwell was the other recipient and he will be attending West
Virginia University in the general agriculture program. His surnames are
Maxwell, Morrison, Corder, Starkey, Smallwood, Gifford, Park, Scranage, Riley,
McIntire, Smith, Thompson, Tetrick, Morgan and Barker. His uncle Ronald
Morrison has a webpage which you might want to take a look at.
Ronald Morrison
After the meeting was adjourned Dick Wilt showed us what he had set up for
our new web page. He should have it up and running in a few days. The items on
the page will be, History, Family Histories, Members and surnames, Contact Us,
Publications with an order form, Events, Archives, Queries and Reunions.
Dick will need all of our help in keeping this page up to date. He would
like a family history from you, he also wants to put on the events going on
around the county, such as Scottish Festival, Blackberry Festival, Italian
Festival, etc.
Also if your family is planning a reunion regardless of where it is going
to be held, please let him know. We will give you the webpage as soon as he
gets it finished.
His e-mail address is cn8ff@aol.com He wants it all in straight text.
Let's help him all that we can. I'm sure we all have a story to tell. Dick if
you have anything to add, please do so.
Thanks,
Ruby Casto
Membership Chairman of HCGS
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