Genealogy #69

I tried going on to Heritage Quest Persi and looked up "Kercheval" to see what I could turn up. I have a great-great uncle who wrote the History of the Valley of Virginia. I did find a listing for him! He was listed in the Virginia Magazine of History and Biography V. 67 Issue 3 in July of 1959. I think I'm going to have to order a copy of that one!

Genealogy Post #68

I became interested in oral histories when it was too late to do much about it. Most of the relatives that I would have liked to get an oral history from were no longer alive when I started doing research. I definitely would consider it is I had anyone to go to. The only living relative I have is my mother so I will probably pursue that before it is too late as she is now almost 84. I am most interested in her mother's family; however, my grandmother did not want to talk about her family so I have hit a deadend there.

The cemetery I looked at is in the Barnes Community Cemetery in Indiana where my paternal grandparents are burried. The oldest grave belonged to Thomas Stonehouse. The date of death was illegible except for 19, 1841 ; however, since the stone stated "months 18 days."