[Genealib] familyhistory101.com

[sarnoldwv1]

MessageHi,

I haven't heard about the website you refer to, but can you tell me where or how I can subscribe to the West Virginia Archives and History News?
I have been doing genealogy research for myself for about 33 years, and I am currently Vice President and Program Chairman for the West Virginia Chapter, Palatines to America (a genealogical society for people seeking German-speaking ancestors).  Also, my wife, Susan, is currently State Treasurer for the D.A.R.

Stephen Arnold
1283 Kings Road, Morgantown, WV  26508
Phone: 304-284-9278
email: sarnoldwv1 at aol.com



In a message dated 02/05/09 11:07:42 Eastern Standard Time, Susan.Scouras at wvculture.org writes:
Does anyone know anything about the Web site Familyhistory101.com, copyrighted by Genealogy, Inc.?  Someone who sent a research request referred to a Web site called mywestvirginiagenealogy.com, so I took a look at it.  The site is an offshoot of Familyhistory101.com.  I was not happy to find that their "Burned courthouses" section consisted in large part of my research and often my exact words from three articles in West Virginia Archives and History News.   

The West Virginia site also has a major flaw in that it states that for pre-1863 records researchers must go to Virginia sources, which is incorrect, since the counties all retained their own records from inception as Virginia counties on throught West Virginia statehood. Accompanying the incorrect statement is a link to the site's Virginia pages--which have nothing about the counties that became West Virginia.  

Susan Scouras
Librarian
WV Archives and History Library
The Cultural Center
1900 Kanawha Blvd. East
Charleston, WV  25305-0300
(304) 558-0230, Ext. 742
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