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Wes Cochran Publications
Wes Cochran
2515 10th Avenue
Parkersburg, WV 26101-5829
e.mail: wescochran@juno.com
#067 - Roane County WV Marriages 1856-1919 ...........................$
17.00
#068 - 1900 Roane County WV Census (Curt/Gear/Harp/Reed) ....16.00
#185 - 1900 Roane County WV Census (Smithf/Spenc/Walt) ........ 16.00
#069 - Roane County WV Deaths 1856-1900 ....................................
9.00
#070 - Roane County WV Deaths 1901-1955 ..................................
17.00
#237 - Roane County WV Deaths 1956-1967 ..................................
10.00
#071 - Roane County WV Cemeteries (30) .....................................
14.00
Order from above address. WV residents please add 6% state sales tax.
Mountain Heritage Books
Bill White
101 Bryan Drive
St. Mary's, WV 26170-9623
304-684-2529
e.mail: mhbks@yahoo.com
website: http://www.mountainheritagebooks.com/
Roane County Historical Society, Inc.
The Roane County Historical Society offers a wide range of books covering births, cemetery readings, and other history and genealogy topics.
website: http://www.wvroane.org/modules/news/article.php?storyid=23
INDEX TO HISTORY OF ROANE COUNTY, WV 1774-1927
Compiler -- Ruth Flesher Robb
Cost -------- $12.50 --- (total)
Ruth Flesher Robb
9295-101 Lake Park Drive, SW
Ft. Myers, Florida 33919-4822
ROANE COUNTY, WV CEMETERIES
Compiler -- Evelyn Fisher
Other ------ Transcribed from WPA Records 1938-1942. Indexed, spiral bound
Curtis / Geary Districts ....... Feb 1996 .. 17.00
Harper District .................... Feb 1995 .. 13.00
Reedy / Smithfield Dist ........ Jul 1996 .. 17.00
Spencer District .................. Apr 1997 .. 17.00
Walton District ................... Feb 1995 .. 20.00
Costs include p/h fees. If buying all 5 books cost is $70 total.
Evelyn Fisher
130 Litton Heights
Scott Depot, WV 25560
e.mail - corny@citynet.net
S. Canterbury Publications
S. Canterbury
Route 11 Box 27
Marietta, OH 45750
HISTORY OF ROANE COUNTY, WV
Author -- (then) Spencer attorney Edward Corder (pen name Josephus, Jr.)
Other ---- regular newspaper features in 1903-04 in The Weekly Bulletin
newspaper.
Cost ----- $12 --- (total) --- compiled, indexed
DEATH RELATED NEWSPAPER ARTICLES FROM THE WEEKLY BULLETIN, ROANE COUNTY,
WV
Compiler -- S. Canterbury
Other ------ Death related news items before obits became regular
- Cost ------ Volume 1 -- 1882-1897 -- 51 pgs, indexed -- $ 8.00 --
(total)
- Cost ------ Volume 2 -- 1898-1902 -- 91 pgs, indexed --- 11.00 --
(total)
SOME DESCENDANTS OF URIAH, SR. AND SUSANNAH GANDY/GANDEE
Compiler -- Anna Herbertson
Cost -------- $22.00 --- (total)
Anna Herbertson
17675 Hwy 83
Colorado Springs, CO 80908-1352
email - wv.grandma@earthlink.net
