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|Tichina Arnold (R) with sister Zenay
Tichina's sister, Zenay Arnold, was diagnosed with lupus eight years ago, along with rheumatoid arthritis, Sjogren's Syndrome, Mixed Connective Tissue Disorder (MCTD), and Raynaud's disease. She was told there was no cure and that these diseases could lead to her demise.
"Living with lupus can be terrifying" Zenay says. "You have so many questions and are on a constant quest for answers. However, being around friends and family who understand the devastating impact of the disease can be a motivating force each day."
Through the support of her family and friends like Kim Dansby, whom she met at a rheumatologist's office, Zenay was introduced to resources on living well with lupus. As her disease became better managed, she became determined to give back to others who are living with lupus and rally for more education, support services, and research funds. She joined Kim's walk team at the Los Angeles Walk for Lupus Now event (now named Walk to End Lupus Now) and asked Tichina to join the fight as well.
Tichina put out the call to her more than 280,000 followers on Twitter and encouraged all of them to support the walk by donating and to learn more about lupus, a devastating and unpredictable disease. Their walk team raised over $20,000 to support the Lupus Foundation of America's efforts to solve the cruel mystery of lupus while giving caring support to those who suffer from its brutal impact.
However, Tichina did not stop there. While doing publicity for other projects, she always spoke out about lupus to educate the public about the disease and the Foundation. Tichina would be sure to pass out the Lupus Foundation of America's purple awareness bracelets to everyone in the audience and encourage others to learn more.
Join Tichina and get involved with the Lupus Foundation of America. Find a chapter or walk near you today. Learn more at www.lupus.org.


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What is the Research Core?
The Research Core is a group of epidemiologists, biostatisticians and programmers who work with the Global Health Delivery Partnership faculty and staff to develop our mission to link research to the teaching and service activities of the Partnership. Based at the Department of Global Health and Social Medicine at the Harvard Medical School, it provides support for a range of research activities including study design, development of research tools and databases, study protocols, IRB input, grant writing, teaching and training, data analysis, development of methods, and research dissemination through publication of scholarly articles. Members of the Core collaborate with both Boston and field-based faculty and staff. Core members include epidemiologists, Molly Franke, Ann Miller and Megan Murray, biostatistician, Bethany Hedt-Gauthier, programmers Zibiao Zhang and Sidney Atwood, qualitative and mixed methods researcher Katrina Nelson, research assistant Kevin Savage, research associate Julia Coit and administrator, Caroline McCallum.
What kinds of projects does the Core work on?
To date, we have assisted faculty and staff on projects that span 6 countries and range from sample size calculations for grants to the design and development of a vaccine trial in Haiti. We have helped complete analyses and draft manuscripts for studies that have long been in the making, for example, reporting on the outcomes of HIV care in Rwanda as well as helped kick start new projects like the evaluation of HPV screening in Rwanda, the assessment of HIV care in Papua New Guinea and the measurement of under 5 mortality in Mali. We are particularly interested in developing methods that can be used to address some of the most important questions we are asking across multiple sites, including how to evaluate the impact of our community health programs and how to measure the impact of our socio-economic inputs.

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Prometheus, Meet Thomas Jefferson: On Fire, Stealing And Sharing
from the an-xkcd-parable deptMeet Prometheus:
Zeus... assigned Prometheus the task of forming man from water and earth, which Prometheus did, but in the process, became fonder of men than Zeus had anticipated. Zeus didn't share Prometheus' feelings and wanted to prevent men from having power, especially over fire. Prometheus cared more for man than for the wrath of the increasingly powerful and autocratic king of the gods, so he stole fire from Zeus' lightning, concealed it in a hollow stalk of fennel, and brought it to man.Meet Thomas Jefferson:
If nature has made any one thing less susceptible than all others of exclusive property, it is the action of the thinking power called an idea, which an individual may exclusively possess as long as he keeps it to himself; but the moment it is divulged, it forces itself into the possession of every one, and the receiver cannot dispossess himself of it. Its peculiar character, too, is that no one possesses the less, because every other possesses the whole of it. He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me. That ideas should freely spread from one to another over the globe, for the moral and mutual instruction of man, and improvement of his condition, seems to have been peculiarly and benevolently designed by nature, when she made them, like fire, expansible over all space, without lessening their density in any point, and like the air in which we breathe, move, and have our physical being, incapable of confinement or exclusive appropriation. Inventions then cannot, in nature, be a subject of property.And... take it away xkcd:
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State Government Records AccessionedArchives and History. Letter from Mrs. Roy Bird Cook to house clerk Oshel Parsons, 1949 July 18. 1 item. Transfer from clippings. Ar1988
Auditor. List of tracts of delinquent land, Jackson County, 1865-1870. 1 item. Unknown donor. Ar1991
Board of Registration for Sanitarians. Minutes, correspondence and other records, 1958-2001. 3 boxes. David P. Thornton, Board of Registration for Sanitarians, Charleston. Ar1980
Capitol construction. Notes on cornerstone laying and contents for Main Building, 1930. 2 pp. Transfer from clippings. Ar1812acc
Greenbrier County. Percentage of attendance in county schools, 1941. 1 item. Unknown donor. Ar1992
Hardy County. Tax assessment book, including county and parish levy as well as livestock, 1800-1806. 1 volume. Bob Beanblossom, DNR. Ar1984
Highways. Bridge section non-current and replaced structures, 1960s-2010. District 3, Division of Highways. Ar1895acc
Highways. Files from communications office, ca. 1962-1990s. 2 boxes. Terry Lively, DOT. Ar1993
Jefferson County. Papers of Commonwealth of Virginia vs. John Brown..., 1859-1860. 1 roll microfilm. Jefferson County Circuit Clerk, Charlestown. Ar1994
Kanawha County draft cards. Information on drafted county residents, 1918. 2 boxes. Unknown donor. Ar1982
Manchin, First Lady Gayle. Correspondence, schedules, programs, cards, 2000-2010. 21 boxes. Office of the First Lady. Ar1995
Mason County Infirmary. Record of patients, 1887-1949. 1 volume Patty Dillon, Charleston. Ar1979 Ar1979
Military commission, Pratt. State of West Virginia vs. "Mother" Jones et al's speech of Hon. M. E. Matheny of Charleston for defendants, 1913 March 7. 1 item. Transfer from clippings. Ar1989
Naturalization records. Summers County, 1904-1956. 7 volumes and 8 items. Summers County Circuit Clerk, Hinton. Ar1878acc
Natural Resources. History of Administrative Development by Charles W. Lewis, 1973 December. 1 volume. Marge Butcher, DNR. Ar1985
Nicholas County. Overseer of the Poor records; deceased voter registration cards; 1819-1833, 1852-1889, 2002-2007. 2 volumes and 1 box. Nicholas County Clerk, Summersville. Ar1983
Rehabilitation Services. General correspondence and committees, director's office, 2001-2004. 1 box. Rehabilitation Services. Ar1943acc
Secretary of State. Application for amendment of charter of the Strouds Creek and Muddlety Railroad Company, 1944. 1 volume. Robert Craigo. Ar1931acc
State Road Commission. Construction manual, 1942. 1 volume. Unknown donor. Ar1986
Virginia legislature. Bills, most dealing with roads, turnpikes, and banks, 1858. 32 items. Purchase. Ar1981
West Virginia Commission for the Celebration of the Two Hundredth Anniversary of the Birth of George Washington. Letter to Governor Herman G. Kump submitting report, 1934 July 19. 1 item. Unknown donor. Ar1987
Work Projects Administration. Letter accompanying Inventory of County Archives of West Virginia, Gilmer County, n.d. 1 item. Transfer from library. Ar1990
Manuscripts AccessionedArthurdale. Telegram from J. O. Walker to Lois Ford about opening of town and Eleanor Roosevelt attending, 1938 April 22. 1 item. Transfer from clippings. Ms2010-064
Billheimer, Gordon E. Sr. Collection. Diaries of Montgomery resident, 2010 April - June. 1 folder. Gordon Billheimer, Montgomery. Ms2008-101acc
Bird, Ann Embleton Collection. WWII letters from Jerry P. Hall, various materials on Charleston and Kanawha Valley, history of Faber family, 1933-1993. 1 box. Ann Embleton Bird, Charleston. Ms2010-152
Brooke County. Deed between Andrew and Jane Smith to Nathaniel Hunter Jr., 1854 May 13. 1 item. Sara E. Staton Kelly, Colorado Springs, CO. Ms2010-061
Brown, J. Slidell. Pocket diary and letters of Kingwood resident, 1901-1906. 3 items. Joe Geiger, Huntington. Ms2010-060
Caldwell, Victoria Collection. Genealogy and Fayette County history, ca. 1940-1995. 1 box. Victoria Caldwell, Oak Hill. Ms2010-153
Thomas, Jean Collection. Genealogy and research materials, much of it Blizzard family and mine wars, 1720s-2003. 6 boxes. Jean Thomas, Winfield. Ms2010-154
Civil War. Diary of Kanawha Valley merchant, farm manager and/or surveyor, including North Charleston to Institute and hand-drawn map of Battle of Scary Creek, 1861-1862. 1 volume. Purchase. Ms79-18.1:82
Cochran, Wes Collection. Family histories, obituaries, mainly from East Liverpool, OH area, n.d. 15 folders and 2 volumes. Wes Cochran, Parkersburg. Ms2009-018acc
Compton and Sergent families. Letters and other notes removed from inside cover of music book, ca. 1848-1929. 6 items. Transfer from library. Ms2010-067
Corley family. Descendants of Richard and Efferilla Corley, n.d. 2 volumes. Edith Harris, Jamestown, NY. Ms2010-030
Cross, Lucius Sr. and Thirza Stanley Cross Collection. Additional materials on descendants of Governor William Bradford, Mayflower index and Stanley Families of America, 1887, 1951, 1960. 3 items. Dorothy Staats Kerns, Ripley. Ms2009-142acc
First United Methodist Church, Huntington. Biographies of ministers by Rev. J. A. Earl, 1970. 1 item. Transfer from clippings. Ms2010-058
Henderson, Edna and Harry. Correspondence, other papers of maker of First Lady dolls, 1897-1996. 1 box. Steven Fox, St. Albans. Ms2010-001
Hinkle family. English essays of Eloise Hinkle; Christmas cards sent to Ote and Edna Hinkle of Webster Springs, 1943, 1948. 1 volume and 17 items. Unknown donor. Ms2010-070
History of the West Virginia Athletic Union Basketball Tournament Package compiled by Dr. Bob Barrett (photocopies), n.d. 1 folder. Dr. Bob Barrett, Huntington. Ms2010-148
Holcomb, Thomas S. Jr. Transcript of diary of WWII sailor aboard USS Barton (DD722), 1943-1946. 1 item. Tom Holcomb, Charleston. Ms2010-105
Holt, Rush. Article run against Holt during 1944 campaign for governor linking him to Nazis, ca. 1944. 1 item. Unknown donor. Ms2010-068
Lake Superior Coal Company Collection. Records including fire boss and section boss books, 1942-1947. 1 box. Transfer from Historic Preservation. Ms2007-054acc
Lawson, Robert W. Collection. Diaries, telegrams and other materials, 1936-1961. 2 boxes. Steven Fox, St. Albans. Ms2010-028
Letter. Lillian Cox accepting instructor of music position at West Liberty, 1871 October 2. 1 item. Unknown donor. Ms2010-065
Lewisburg Elementary School. Remarks, minutes, photos and other materials regarding replacing school, 2000-2006. 1 volume. Unknown donor. Ms2010-032
Literary manuscript. Autobiography of Freeman Collins written by John Conrad Smith and illustrated by Leo Johnson, 1994. 1 item. Dr. George Deike, Cass. Ms2004-102acc
Literary manuscript. The Story of Lost River State Park by Ellen Anderson and supporting information about Lee Cabin, ca. 1960-2010. 1 volume. James W. Rogers, Davidsonville, MD. Ms2010-059
Literary manuscript. Timothy Lawrence Barber by Dr. James David Barber, ca. 1994; talk about Timothy Barber given by D. N. Barber to Charleston Anvil Club, 1946. 2 items. Dr. James David Barber, Durham, NC; transfer from clippings Ms2010-056
Loving, John and Marvine. Biographical information, n.d. 1 item. John Loving, Cross Lanes. Ms2010-057
Mine disaster. Oglebay-Norton's Burton Mine, Richwood Sewell Coal Company, Nicholas County information, 1958 October 28. 1 volume. Millie Hammonds Stinnett, Richwood. Ms2010-063
Odd Fellows. Incorporation papers, Acts of Legislature and history of Odd Fellows home, Elkins, 1907-1980. 1 folder. John B. Bennett, Winfield. Ms2010-011
Patent. Benjamin R. Murphy of Parkersburg improvements in loom for weaving blinds (photocopy), 1872. 1 folder. Thomas E. Gendreau Sr., Shakopee, MN. Ms2010-062
Poem. "Rafting on the Guyandotte" by Thomas Dunn English, published in Appleton's Journal (photocopy), 1872/01/06. 1 item. Transfer from library. Ms2010-033
Smith, Bill Collection. Correspondence, articles and other research materials of Charleston Daily Mail sportswriter and author, 1970-2010. 3 boxes. Mary Lou Smith, Charleston. Ms2010-035
Spanish-American War. Discharge of William B. Petitt, Company B, 2nd Regiment, WV Volunteers, 1899 April 10. 1 item. Richard Petitt, Waynesville, MO. Ms2010-017
Spanish-American War. Notes and lists of members of First West Virginia Regiment, 1898-1899. 1 volume. Transfer from library. Ms2010-031
Stacy, Ted Collection. Papers of Raleigh County legislator, 1944-1986. 2 boxes and oversized. Dwayne Sellerds, Beckley. Ms2010-071
Thorn Lumber Company, Martinsburg. Correspondence and company history, n.d. 2 items. Joe Geiger, Huntington. Ms2010-034
West Virginia Conservation Education Council. Minutes, 1958-1961. 1 folder. Unknown donor. Ms2010-066
World War II casualty information including prisoners and wounded, ca. 1944. 1 folder. Unknown donor. Ms2010-069
Photographs Accessioned
B&O freight depot, Wheeling. B&W and negatives, 1974. 23 items. Transfer from Historic Preservation Unit. Ph2010-101
Band. B&W of IOOF Home Band, Elkins, ca. 1930s. 1 item. John B. Bennett, Winfield. Ph2010-011
Barber family. B&W copy prints, ca. 1880-1905. 3 items. Dr. James David Barber, Durham, NC. Ph2010-056
Beury-Nichol family. B&W of members of families including Daisy Beury, Thomas Nichol and Thomas (Tom) Nichol Jr., ca. 1910-1925. 8 items. [oversized - Ar Proc drawer 43] Dr. Robert E. Stevenson, Madison, CT. Ph2010-012
Bowyer, John Collection. Copy negatives of Kanawha Valley area, ca. 1900-1910. 9 items. John F. Bowyer, Cross Lanes. Ph2010-081
Boy Scouts. B&W of Troop 4, Charleston, outside Calvary Baptist Church by Bollinger, ca. 1925. 1 item. Nancy Warner Austin, Hurricane. Ph2010-093
Cabin Creek flood, Dawes. Copy prints, 1916. 15 items. James R. Troy via George Arthur, Eleanor. Ph2010-083
Caldwell, Victoria Collection. B&W prints of Caldwell and related families, n.d. 2 boxes (119 items). Victoria Caldwell, Oak Hill. Ph2010-153
Carpenter, Warren Collection. B&W and copy prints of Monroe County family and farm, ca. 1920s-1990. 32 items. Carolyn Whitaker Crowley, Fort Worth, TX. Ph2010-022
Clevenger family, Layne/Comer store. Copy negatives of Role Patrick Clevenger and family at Fairview, Webster County home; interior of Comer store at Owens, Kanawha County; n.d., 1918. 2 items. Gregory R. Burton, Ellenboro. Ph2010-079
Coal miners. Print of scan of 5 McDowell County miners - Delbert P. Bailey, Aaron H. Lambert, Harvey Bailey, George W. Sadler and Joseph C. Lambert, ca. 1898. 1 item. Robert D. Sadler, Anawalt via Stan Bumgardner. Ph2010-008
Cooper, Bob Collection. Slides of historic West Virginia prints, n.d. 34 items. Bob Cooper, Rochester, NY. Ph2010-151
Davis and Elkins. May Day crowning of queen Beth George, 1946 May 11. 1 item. Unknown donor. Ph2010-010
DuPont High. B&W of band with director Howard Carson, ca. early 1950s. 1 item. Tom Stamper via Gerald Ratliff, Charleston. Ph2010-102
Estep family. Copy negatives of Enoch and Pauline Workman Estep, Ruben and Eliza Estep; n.d. 2 items. Novella Estep-Green, White Sulphur Springs. Ph2010-080
Flood, group. Aerials of 1937 flood in Huntington; Friends of Walter Holder group at Ward; 1937, n.d. 3 items. Nancy V. Waggoner, Malden. Ph2010-092
Golden Horseshoe. Color prints of Golden Horseshoe activities, 1996. 290 items. Department of Education. Ph2010-015
Greenbrier. B&W and postcard of plaque commemorating "The Old White," 1940. 2 items. Transfer from clippings. Ph2010-038
Greenbrier. Copy print of daguerreotype of resort, ca. 1860s - may not be reproduced. 1 item. University of Virginia, Charlottesville. Ph2010-014
Harpers Ferry. B&W prints and 4x5 copy negatives, 1860s-1880s. 12 items. Delaware Public Archives, Dover, DE. Ph2010-089
Highways. B&W and color and negs of highway projects, logos, 1970s-1990s. 31 items. [oversized - Ar Proc drawer 43] Transfer from DOH. Ph2010-013
Hinkle family. B&W, ca. 1940s-1950s. 9 items. Unknown donor. Ph2010-070
Holmes, Gladys and Henry Collection. B&W and carte de visites, most by Wheeling photographers including LaBelle workers, members of Glass and Woodward families, 1860s-1900. 33 items. Boca Raton Historical Society, Boca Raton, FL. Ph2010-086
Holsberry, Beattie, Rainelle. B&W and copy prints of Rainelle Home Guard, Meadow River Lumber employees, and family members, 1940s-2000. 5 items. John Holsberry, Royal Palm Beach, FL. Ph2010-009
Kennedy, John F. Digital scans of color slides of rally at capitol, 1960 April 11. 5 items. David Todd Carden, St. Albans. Ph2010-078
Koglegard family. Copy negatives of Weston family, ca. 1900-1910. 28 items. Joy Stalnaker for Koblegard family, Horner. Ph2010-077
Legislative reception. Color negatives, ca. 1969-1973. 136 items. Unknown donor. Ph2010-090 Slides. "It's West Virginia" by Dr. and Mrs. Arthur C. Pritchard, 1963. 75 items. Unknown donor. Ph2010-091
Locks, Charleston, B&W of Marmet locks, house on Kanawha Boulevard, 1940s. 8 items. Kanawha Valley Genealogical Society. Ph2010-006
Manchin, First Lady Gayle. Photos and CDs of digital images, 2004-2009. 115 folders and CDs. Office of the First Lady. Ph2010-155
Marion County. Copy negative of William H. Pickett, n.d. 1 item. Elizabeth Freeman, Fairmont. Ph2010-082
Marion County. Copy negatives, 1870-1986. 146 items. Marion County Historical Society, Fairmont. Ph2010-082
Marion County. Copy negatives, 1894-1916. 6 items. Edith Shaver, Fairmont. Ph2010-082
Marion County. Copy negatives of James Samuel Northwest, Mannington flood, n.d. 2 items. Dora Grubb, Fairmont. Ph2010-082
Marion County. Copy negatives of telephone system, ca. 1950s-1961. 2 items. Martha Cox, Fairmont Telephone Museum, Fairmont. Ph2010-082
Maybach, Rupert George Collection. B&W prints and negatives, most Oak Hill, Minden tipple, strike against local Kroger, 1937-1938. 36 items. Jennie Sievers Weckelman, Naples, FL. Ph2010-085
Moore, L. Owen Jr. Collection. B&W of South Charleston High football team, swimming on Coal River, scout camp, Swann etchings, ca. 1923-1968. 16 items. L. Owen Moore, Jr., Lemoyne, PA. Ph2010-026
Musicians. B&W and color of Bill and George Phillips and other assorted musicians, including dedication at Coonskin Park, 1950, 1970s-2000s. 27 items. Georgia Dobbins, Exeter, NH. Ph2010-005
Panoramic. Wheeling delegation to Y.P.C.U. conference, Kansas City, MO, 1927 July 22. 1 item. Unknown donor. Ph2010-114
Pezzoni, Don Collection. B&W negatives of Sweet Springs resort, industrial buildings, machinery and houses at Cass, Green Bank National Radio Observatory taken by Pezzoni, ca. 1981. 26 items. Don Pezzoni, Lexington, VA. Ph2010-150
Phillips, George Collection. Color prints of fiddler and other musicians, 1960s-1990s. 33 items. Georgia DeBlois, Exeter, NH. Ph2010-084
Postcard. Battleground about ten miles from Dunlevie-Winterburn, Civil War, ca. 1890s. 1 item. Joe Geiger, Huntington. Ph2010-072
Postcard. Blue Creek Oil Field tank fire, n.d. 1 item. Joe Geiger, Huntington. Ph2010-003
Postcard. Doddridge County courthouse, ca. 1907. 1 item. Joe Geiger, Huntington. Ph2010-074
Postcard. Historic Wheeling scene, 2000s. 1 item. Transfer from library. Ph2010-075
Postcard. WWI soldier with girls, message on back from Emory Melton, Camp Greenleaf to Bill England, Gassaway, 1918 March. 1 item. Unknown donor. Ph2010-004
Postcards. Anna Jarvis birthplace, smallest church and smallest post office at Silver Lake, ca. 2010. 7 items. Joe Geiger, Huntington. Ph2010-113
Postcards. Historic Bramwell, City-County Building Wheeling, New River valley, autumn, ca. 1890, 1990s-2000s. 4 items. Unknown donor. Ph2010-073
Postcards. Various West Virginia scenes, 1940s-1990s. 13 items. Marcia Daoust, Huntington. Ph2009-008acc
Road construction. B&W of road construction as well as scrapbook of projects, 1918-1934, 1960s-1970s. 4 volumes and 1 envelope (estimated 2600 images). DOT Office of Communications. Ph2010-029
Silver Bridge. B&W, bridge before collapse, wreckage and recovery efforts, 1967. 28 items. Ottie Adkins, Huntington. Ph2010-027
Slides. WV Covered Bridges slide show and script, ca. 2000. 81 items. Transfer from Historic Preservation. Ph2010-007
Smith, Bill Collection. B&W and color photos of Charleston Daily Mail sportswriter and various sports figures, 1963-2010. 1 box. Mary Lou Smith, Charleston. Ph2010-035
Spanish-American War. Color scan of Cecil C. Monroe, 1898. 1 item. Tom Rung, Union, NJ. Ph2010-094
Stacy, Ted Collection. B&W including legislative and military service, 1944-1980s. 1 box and oversized. Dwayne Sellerds, Beckley. Ph2010-071
Stone House Inn. B&W of inn near Romney, n.d. 1 item. Transfer from clippings. Ph2010-087
Summersville lake, dam. Color views, n.d. 3 items. Transfer from clippings. Ph2010-076
Third House. Copy negatives of annual show of Capitol press corps, ca. 1980s-1996. 12 items. Bob Brunner, Beckley. Ph2010-116
Thomas, Jean Collection. B&W and color, including Blizzard family, 1920s-1970s. 1 box (88 items). Jean Thomas, Winfield. Ph2010-154
Weston State Hospital. B&W of staff and patients insides, 1900. 1 item. Richard Bowyer, Fairmont. Ph2010-082
Winding Gulf Coal Inc. B&W, color prints, negatives and slides of Winding Gulf operations, Hampton, Westmoreland, Boone County, ca. 1953-1978. 1 box (54 negs, 521 slides, 94 prints). Martha Quigley, Bobby Davis Museum and Park, Hazard, KY. Ph2010-149
Wood, James Lee Jr. Collection. B&W, postcard and copy prints of mostly Raleigh County and southern West Virginia, 1903-1960. 15 items. James Lee Wood, Jr., Beckley. Ph2010-021
World War II. US Navy War photographs, ca. 1946. 1 volume. Transfer from library. Ph2010-104
Worthington Defense Area. B&W of honor roll board dedication, 1943 September 19. 21 items. Joe Geiger, Huntington. Ph2010-103
Yeager, Charles. B&W prints autographed to West Virginia State Archives, ca. 2009. 2 items. Culture and History. Ph2010-088
Young, John J. Jr. Collection. Negatives and contact prints of B&O and related railroads, primarily northern panhandle and Kanawha Valley, 1895-2001. 6325 items. Estate of John J. Young, Jr., Elizabeth Davis Young, Executrix, Charleston. Ph2010-023
Special Collections AccessionedAdvertisement. Cover of pocket notebook advertising Red Coon Chewing Tobacco found in case file, n.d. 1 item. Betsy Castle, Preston County Circuit Clerk, Kingwood. Sc2010-120
Arbogast, Josie K. Collection. Scrapbooks, certificates of Elkins City Hospital nursing graduate; bylaws, minutes and scrapbooks of WV State Nurses Association, 1942-1997. 7 volumes, 1 folder and 1 oversized folder. Marvin and Luretta Rinehart, Elkins. Sc2010-025
Bible. Myers family, 1823. 1 volume. Roderick W. Wilson, Montgomery. Sc2010-054
Bible. Roycroft family with genealogy, 1840-2009. 1 volume. William R. Roycroft, Charleston. Sc2010-037
Blotter. Gray-Da Casting Company of Wheeling, n.d. 1 item. Pauline Rieger, Shadyside, OH. Sc2010-108
Blueprints. Clay Center. 470 sheets. Chris Parsley, Charleston. Sc2010-146
Blueprints. West Virginia State Parks, 1863-2004. 3551 sheets. DNR Parks and Recreation Section, South Charleston. Sc2010-147
Blueprints. Wheeling Civic Center location site plans, 1974. 4 items. Unknown donor. Sc2010-106
Broadside, card. Specifications and prices for cross ties for Norfolk and Western Railway, 1921-1923. 2 items. Paul Solar, Huntington. Sc2010-020
Brochure. Yesteryear Toy Company, Charleston, 1982. 1 item. Unknown donor. Sc2010-139
Calendar. Gilmer County scenes, 2010. 1 item. Gilmer County Historical Society, Glenville. Sc2010-115
Calendars. Wolf Creek Printery, 2008-2009. 2 items. Richard Fauss, Elkview. Sc87-41acc
Campaign materials. Letter and flyer, Okey L. Patteson for Governor, 1948. 2 items. Debby Sonis, Charleston. Sc2010-123
Campaign memorabilia. Paper autographed by both John F. Kennedy and Hubert H. Humphrey at Kanawha City Krogers, 1960. 1 item. Mike Steorts, Hurricane. Sc2010-118
Catalogue. Cecil Kraft Shop, Wileyville, 1988. 1 item. Dean Six, Harrisville. Sc2010-138
Catalogue. The Coal House, White Sulphur Springs, 1989-1990. 1 item. Unknown donor. Sc2010-140
Catalogue. A Plan Book of Harris Homes, 1923. 1 volume. Wes Cochran, Parkersburg. Sc2010-018
Catalogues. Jeffrey mining equipment, n.d. 3 items. Unknown donor. Sc2010-046
Certificates. Commissions as corporal and sergeant for Homer Duff, Company E, 27th Infantry, 1899, 1901. 2 items. Lino DeMarchi, Charleston. Sc2010-039
Corrick's Ford Confederate Monument. Invitation and letter to dedication ceremony, 1985 July 13. 2 items. Unknown donor. Sc2010-135
First Baptist Church, St. Albans. Report and pledge form for new building fund, n.d. 1 item. Unknown donor. Sc2010-096
Forms. International Working and Dues Book of the Bricklayers, Masons, and Plasterers International Union of America for W. W. Conaway, Union #4 of West Virginia, 1916-1925. 1 item. Woody Moore, Weston. Sc2010-099
Greenbrier. Historical information and articles, ca. 1940-1969. 1 folder. Transfer from clippings. Sc2010-038
Hudnall, Bill Collection. Clipping of letter to Charleston Daily Mail editor regarding Catholics taking over country, 1958 September 2. 1 item. Becky Hudnall, San Francisco, CA. Sc2010-044
Invitation. Inaugural reception and ball of Governor John J. Cornwell, 1917 March 5. 1 item. University of South Florida - Tampa Campus, Tampa, FL. Sc2010-053
Invitation. Rededication of bell of USS West Virginia armored cruiser ACR5 at WVU, 1987 December 7. 1 item. Unknown donor. Sc2010-134
Invitations, programs. Unveiling of Francis Pierpont statue in Statuary Hall, Washington, 1910 April 30. 8 items. Transfer from clippings. Sc2010-050
J. R. Clifford Project. Brochures and other information about project to celebrate life of 1st African-American attorney in West Virginia, 2004-2007. 8 items. Thomas Rodd, Charleston. Sc2010-137
Letterhead. E. I. DuPont de Nemours Company, Polychemicals Department, Belle, 1952 July 19. 1 item. Transfer from clippings. Sc2010-045
Letterhead, forms. Hotel Wells, Tyler County Bank, Sistersville, ca. 1904-1916. 6 items. Joe Geiger, Huntington. Sc2010-047
McKinney, Rosa Collection. Publications of various sorts, 1907-1986. 3 items. Rosa McKinney, Hurricane. Sc2010-019
Moore, L. Owen Jr. Collection. Assorted materials of Charleston High and WVU graduate, including birth, death and marriage records for Shearer and Moore families, 1882-1973. 1 box and 1 oversized folder. L. Owen Moore, Jr., Lemoyne, PA. Sc2010-026
Mount de Chantal Visitation Academy. Newsletters, publications and poster of Wheeling school (1848-2009) operated by Sisters of the Visitation, 1948-2009. 1 box. Mount de Chantal Visitation Academy, Wheeling. Sc2010-036
Notes. Information on Beckwith family removed from book, n.d. 4 items. Transfer from library. Sc2010-127
Parkersburg Area Community Foundation. Annual report and calendar, 2008. 2 items. Transfer from Governor's Office. Sc2010-097
Pfister, Phil. First day cover and program honoring Charleston resident and World's Strongest Man 2006 (autographed), 2008 September 3. 2 items. Nancy Waggoner, Malden. Sc2010-109
Program. Champion Wheelers Souvenir Game Program and Scorebook, Charleston Wheelers, 1993. 1 item. Unknown donor. Sc2010-052
Program. "It's a Long Lane" annual senior class play Sutton High (photocopy), 1938 May 19. 1 item. J. Robert Flint, Sutton. Sc2010-040
Program. Memorial service for Cecil H. Underwood, Christ Church United Methodist, Charleston, 2008 December 1. 3 items. Debra Basham, Elkview. Sc2010-121
Program. Theater West Virginia 50th season, 2010. 1 item. Unknown donor. Sc2010-144
Programs. Special masses at Sacred Heart Co-Cathedral, Charleston, including inaugural masses for Governor Manchin, 2005-2009. 14 items. Richard Fauss, Elkview. Sc2008-054acc
Programs. Third House performances by Capitol press corps (photocopies), ca. 1980s-1996. 5 items. Bob Brunner, Beckley. Sc2010-116
Publication. Contract Employees League of Widen miners and Elk River Coal and Lumber Company (photocopy), 1955. 1 item. Ronald Cottrell via Goldenseal, Summersville. Sc2010-100
Publication. The Crusader comic book set on fictionalized WVU campus, 1974. 1 item. Unknown donor. Sc2010-142
Publication. Diocese of Wheeling-Charleston Eucharistic Conference, 2003 June 21-22. 1 item. Debra Basham, Elkview. Sc2010-122
Publication. European Magazine and London Review with article on Daniel Boon (photocopy), 1791 January. 1 item. Unknown donor. Sc2010-126
Publication. History of the USS Wharton 1940-1947 (photocopy), 1996. 1 item. Dewey Robinson. Sc2010-117
Publication. "A June Jaunt" by Brantz of journey by B&O Railroad from Baltimore to Wheeling published in Harper's New Monthly Magazine, 1857 April. 1 item. Unknown donor. Sc2010-119
Publication. Leading Facts in Wheeling History, 1905. 1 item. Roy Kovalski, Wheeling. Sc2010-124
Publication. Little Pilot newsletter, Iaeger Graded School, 1942 March-April. 1 item. Debbie Null, Alum Creek. Sc2010-130
Publication. Morgan County courthouse fire reprinted from Morgan Messenger, 2006 August 8. 1 item. Transfer from clippings. Sc2010-042
Publication. Mountain State Art and Craft Fair, 1969 July 2-6. 1 item. Transfer from library. Sc2010-049
Publication. Old-Time Blue Laws, n.d. 1 item. Unknown donor. Sc2010-141
Publication. Powhatan College and St. Hilda's Hall, Charlestown, 1902-1927. 6 items. Purchase. Sc2010-095
Publication. Presenting a Nice Place to Live Featuring St. Marys, ca. 1953. 1 item. Transfer from library. Sc2010-051
Publication. Searchlight, Lincoln Junior High, Charleston, 1933 May 31. 1 item. ? Hitchman, Charleston. Sc2010-043
Publication. WWVA 20th Anniversary Family Album with autographs of several performers, 1946. 1 item. Gerald Ratliff, Charleston. Sc2010-131
Publication, envelope. US Senate report #598 concerning electoral votes for president and vice-president and senate envelope from Henry G. Davis mailing it to Hon. B. Hayes of Wheeling, 1877 January 18. 2 items. Unknown donor. Sc2010-143
Publications. Assorted political party publications, mostly Republican, 1896-1937. 1 box. Unknown donor. Sc2010-145
Publications. Fayette Journal with death notice of Colonel Joseph L. Beury and clipping of death of his assistant Charles E. Beman, 1903, 1927. 2 items. Robert Edwin Stevenson, Madison, CT. Sc2010-012
Publications. 4-H Leadership Conferences, 4-H camp Jackson's Mill, 1931, 1932. 3 items. Transfer from clippings. Sc2010-041
Publications. Law publications belonging to W. G. Caperton, 1894-1910. 1 box. Nat DeBruin, Marshall University, Huntington. Sc2010-002
Ration books. World War II belonging to Staley family, ca. 1942-1945. 8 items. Orvel Jans, Williamsburg, VA. Sc2010-112
Scrapbook. Political materials, mostly Democratic, 1949-1979. 1 volume. John D. Law, Charleston. Sc2010-055
Scrapbook. St. Francis School of Nursing Class of 1945, compiled by Violet Deck Nemky, 1945-1985. 1 item. Marvin Cole, St. Albans. Sc2010-024
Scrapbooks. Campaign and election materials, 1960s-1980s. 2 volumes. Joe Geiger from Christina Hudnall, Huntington. Sc2010-016
Scrapbooks. West Virginia NOW, 2007-2009. 4 volumes. Bettijane Burger, Charleston. Sc97-27acc
Script. Radio play "Jones' Raid on Morgantown" by Mabel DeVries Tanner, 1951 November 7. 1 item. Transfer from library. Sc2010-136
Sheet music. Thomas Jefferson Junior High class song by John W. Newton and Jack Jackson, ca. 1956. 1 item. Virginia Johnson, Charleston. Sc2010-129
Sheet music. West Virginia All-State High School Chorus music, 1938. 1 item. Carol Gallion. Sc2010-098
Sheet music. Witnesses of the Light by Dana Dorsey, Summersville, 1940 August 5. 2 items. Carol Vandevender, Hurricane. Sc2010-048
Spring Hill Cemetery. Brochures and maps of cemetery, 2009. 6 items. Transfer from library. Sc2010-128
Sprouse, James. Letter and announcement of decision to run for governor in 1968; letter abolishing "flower fund" as chairman of State Democratic Executive Committee, 1967. 3 items. Unknown donor. Sc2010-111
Stock certificate. Elkana Castle Hall Association, 1921 March 4. 1 item. John Fore, Charleston. Sc2010-125
USS West Virginia. Newsletters and crossing the equator publication from service time of Gordon E. Bishop, July 1940 - August 1941. 13 items. Ed Bishop, Sedro Woolley, WA. Sc89-51acc
USS West Virginia. Officer list for 1923 and crew list for 1924 (photocopies), 1923-1924. 2 items. Transfer from clippings. Sc89-51acc
USS West Virginia submarine. Decal for SSBN 736, ca. 1990. 1 item. Unknown donor. Sc2010-133
West Virginia Broadcasting Hall of Fame. Program for Third Annual Induction Ceremony, 2008 October 25. 1 item. Richard Fauss, Elkview. Sc2008-053acc
West Virginia Heritage Quilt Search Inc., Files, minutes and other documentation of project and book, 1985-2001. 1 box. Juanita Reed, Charleston. Sc2004-042acc
West Virginia Review. Form letter explaining combined issue, 1942 February. 1 item. Transfer from library. Sc2010-110
Westvaco. Inspiration for Printers. #62, 68, 69, 70, 80, 87, 88, 93 published by West Virginia Pulp and Paper, 1931-1934. 8 items. Harold Rubin, New York, NY. Sc2010-132
Westvaco. Inspiration for Printers. #65, 78, 83 published by West Virginia Pulp and Paper, 1931-1933. 3 items. Unknown donor. Sc2010-132
Westvaco. Inspiration for Printers. #97-107 published by West Virginia Pulp and Paper, 1936-1937. 1 volume. Purchase. Sc2010-132
Westvaco. Publications for papers and printing tips; annual report for West Virginia Pulp and Paper 1959; Typographic Quest #1-3; Our Papersmakers Look to the Woods; Working with West Virginia Pulp and Paper Company; 1957-1965. 7 items. Transfer from library. Sc2010-132
Wheeling Steel. Agreement between Wheeling Steel Corporation and United Steelworkers of America, 1945, 1947. 2 items. Unknown donor. Sc2010-107
Yearbook. Dunbar High 1961. 1 volume Unknown donor. Sc2005-003acc
Yearbook. Glenville State 1974. 1 volume. Charles Julian, Wheeling. Sc2005-003acc
Yearbook. Glenville State, 1998. 1 volume. Susan Supinger, Rainelle. Sc2005-003acc
Yearbook. Newell High Rhododendron, 1923. 1 volume. Sue Waldman, Mill Valley, CA. Sc2005-003acc
Yearbook. Parkersburg High, 1956. 1 volume. Wes Cochran, Parkersburg. Sc2005-003acc
Yearbook. St. Mary's Purple and Gold, 1925. 1 volume. Joe Geiger, Huntington. Sc2005-003acc
Yearbook. Shinnston High, 1958. 1 volume. Rex Wilson, San Antonio, TX. Sc2005-003acc
Yearbook. WV State College Arch, 1995. 1 volume. Carol Gallion, Miami. Sc2005-003acc
Yearbook. West Virginia State College, Arch, 1998. 1 volume. Greg Carroll, Hurricane. Sc2005-003acc
Yearbook. Winfield Middle School, 2004. 1 volume. Greg Carroll, Hurricane. Sc2005-003acc
Yearbooks. Andrew Jackson Jr. High 1986, Nitro High 1987-1989. 4 volumes. Christina Young Pocrnich, Charleston. Sc2005-003acc
Yearbooks. Cabell Midland High, 2008-2009. 2 volumes. Cabell-Midland High School, Ona. Sc2005-003acc
Yearbooks. Cedar Grove High 1985, DuPont High 1987-1988, WV Institute of Technology 1989-1990, 1992. 6 volumes. Tony Pocrnich, Charleston. Sc2005-003acc
Yearbooks. Charleston Catholic High School, 1993; Sacred Heart Grade School (Charleston), 2009. 2 items. Greg Carroll, Hurricane. Sc2005-003acc
Yearbooks. Charleston High, 1962, 1967. 2 volumes. Donna Briggs, Williamstown. Sc2005-003acc
Yearbooks. Clendenin Elementary, 1980-1989. 8 volumes. Cathy Miller, Elkview. Sc2005-003acc
Yearbooks. Fairmont State 1974-1975. 2 volumes. Jeanne Unger, Bridgeport. Sc2005-003acc
Yearbooks. Glenville State, 1924-2004. 28 volumes. Glenville State College Office of Alumni Affairs, Glenville. Sc2005-003acc
Yearbooks. Horace Mann Junior High, 1978-79, 1981-1989. 12 volumes. Patty Dillon, Charleston. Sc2005-003acc
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Yearbooks. St. Albans 1970, Triadelphia 1970. 2 volumes. Becky Reger, South Charleston. Sc2005-003acc
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Yearbooks. WV State College Arch, 1968, 1974. 2 volumes. Greg Carroll, Hurricane. Sc2005-003acc
Yearbooks. West Virginia Wesleyan, West Virginia State College, Charleston High, 1935-1983. 5 volumes. Unknown donor. Sc2005-003acc
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- 1 Introduction
- 2 What You Are Looking For
- 3 Steps
- 3.1 Step 1. Identify where your ancestor was living at a given time.
- 3.2 Step 2. Determine which denomination your ancestor attended during that time.
- 3.3 Step 3. Find the records of your ancestor's church.
- 3.4 Step 4. Search the church records.
- 3.5 Step 5. Make a copy of the information you found.
- 3.6 Step 6. Analyze the information obtained from the church records.
- 4 Tips
- 4.1 Tip 1. How can knowing the country of origin of my ancestor help me decide what church he or she might have attended?
- 4.2 Tip 2. How can I determine the denomination ofmy ancestor?
- 4.3 Tip 3. How can I find where the church records of my ancestor's church are kept now?
- 4.4 Tip 4. What if I can't find church records for my ancestor?
- 5 Where To Find It
Church records in the United States began in the early 1600s. Church christening, marriage, and burial records are excellent substitutes for civil birth, marriage, and death information.
Church records are kept at local churches, in church archives, at historical and genealogical societies, and in libraries. Many church records have been published in books and periodicals.
Your ancestor may have changed denominations for reasons of convenience or by conviction. When the family moved into a new community, they may have started attending a church located there, or they may have changed denominations by conversion.
Besides christening, marriage, and burial church records, other records may include communion, admissions and removals, financial records, Sunday School lists, an annual church census, church-related newsletters, and other church publications.
For background and history of American churches, see the Church Records section in the United States Research Outline, and E. Kay Kirkham's book, A Survey of American Church Records, 1978.
To learn more about the church records and their repositories in a state, click on a state below to see the "Church Records" section in the Family History Library's research outline.
|N Mex
|N Dak
|S Dak
What You Are Looking For
The information you find in church records varies from record to record. These records may include:
- Christening information
- Marriage information
- Burial information
The following 6 steps will help you locate and use church records.
Step 1. Identify where your ancestor was living at a given time.
Identify the town where your ancestor was living at a given time, such as when he or she was born, was a child, was married, had children, or died. Your ancestor probably attended a church in a town or city where the family lived.
For help in identifying the town of residence of your ancestor at a given time, see How To Locate Your Ancestor in the United States.
Step 2. Determine which denomination your ancestor attended during that time.
To determine which denomination your ancestor belonged to, consider:
- Family traditions and artifacts.
- Which country your ancestor came from.
- Family histories.
For the relationship between national origin and religious denomination, see Tip 1.
For further suggestions on how to determine which church your ancestor attended, see Tip 2.
Step 3. Find the records of your ancestor's church.
For records available at the Family History Library, click on Family History Library Catalog In the window to the left. State records will be shown automatically.
To find town records:
- Click on the Town tab.
- Select the town of your ancestor.
If you do not find church records for the town, check for church records for the county by clicking the county tab. You may also need to check for records for the state.
If the records you need are not in the Family History Library Catalog, see Tip 3.
Step 4. Search the church records.
Determine how the church records, which you are looking at, are organized. Church records may be organized by:
- Date
- Event and then by date
- Event and then in alphabetical order by surname
Once you determine how the records are organized, search the records for your ancestor.
Step 5. Make a copy of the information you found.
Make photocopies of the pages with information about your ancestor's family.You will want to refer to these copies again as you gain new information about family members.
Add new information you find on family group record forms and pedigree charts, and include the source.
Step 6. Analyze the information obtained from the church records.
Analyze the information by asking questions such as these:
- What new information did you find about your ancestors or their in-laws?Notice the names of witnesses and bondsmen, since they were often relatives or close friends.
- Does the information fit with what you already know about the family?Use a Timeline to compare what you already knew about your ancestor with the information you found.
- Did the records mention the church where they formerly lived or moved to?
For more help on comparing new information with what you already knew about your ancestor, see How To Recognize Your United States Ancestor.
Tip 1. How can knowing the country of origin of my ancestor help me decide what church he or she might have attended?
Persons from France, Germany, Italy, Poland, and the Latin American countries were often Roman Catholic and usually attended that church. If your ancestors were from one of these countries and were Protestant, sometimes they were very loyal to their denomination. Other times they may have attended the Protestant church closest to their home.
French Huguenots were protestant.
Persons from the Scandinavian countries (Denmark, Finland, Norway, and Sweden) were generally Lutheran, because the Lutheran church was the state religion in Scandinavia. Immigrants from Scandinavia very likely attended the Lutheran church in the United States.
Scottish ancestors very likely attended the Presbyterian church in the United States. The Church of Scotland was the state church in Scotland. It is known in America as the Presbyterian church.
English ancestors may have attended the Church of England, which is often called the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States. Also, many ancestors from England belonged to one of the dissenting groups, such as the Quakers.
For additional ideas on determining your ancestor's religion, see "Locating Church Records" by Val D. Greenwood.
Tip 2. How can I determine the denomination of
my ancestor?
Consider the following and relate the information to what you know about your ancestor:
- Some communities only had one church, so most residents would have attended that church.
- Sometimes an ancestor preferred to attend a church close to his or her home and was not so concerned about what denomination he or she attended. Check for churches close to your ancestor's home.
- Sometimes an ancestor was strict about which denomination he or she belonged to and may have traveled some distance to attend church. Check where your ancestor's denomination met.
- Large cities may have had many churches of your ancestor's denomination. Use city directories together with maps, inventories, and directories of churches, to identify which churches of your ancestor's denomination were in your ancestor's neighborhood.
- It may be necessary to look at the records of all the churches near your ancestor's home to locate your ancestor's church records.
United States Previous Research, Part 1 may give you further suggestions on how to identify the denomination of your ancestor.
For more suggestions on how to find church records, see also Sandra Hargreaves Luebking and Loretto Kathryn Dennis Szucs, The Source: A Guidebook of American Genealogy (1997 edition), pages 156-158.
Tip 3. How can I find where the church records of my ancestor's church are kept now?
Sometimes, church records were kept in the church and sometimes in the home of the minister. The records may still be at the church, with the present minister, at a local historical or genealogical society, or they may have been deposited in an archive of the denomination.
For guides to denominations, with their addresses and Internet sites, click below on your denomination of interest or check the Religious Organizations website:
|Advent Christian
|Methodist, United Methodist
|Apostolic Christian
|Augustana Evangelical Lutheran
|Baptist, Primitive Baptist, Southern Baptist
|Reformed Church of America
|Brethren in Christ
|Reformed Episcopal
|Catholic Apostolic
|Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
|Christian and Missionary Alliance
|Roman Catholic
|Christian Reformed
|Church of Christ, Scientist
|Seventh Day Adventist
|Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
|Seventh-Day Baptist
|Church of the Brethren
|Congregational Church
|Society of Friends (Quakers)
|Disciples of Christ
|Episcopal (Protestant Episcopal)
|United Methodist
|Freewill Baptist
|United Society of Believers (Shakers)
The National Union Catalog of Manuscript Collections, compiled by the Library of Congress, lists church records which have been placed at various repositories. (FHL US/CAN Book
016.091 N21 1959-1984 index v. 1 and v. 2)
Periodical Source Index (PERSI), an index to family and local history periodicals from 1847 to the present, lists periodicals which may have published church records. See Where To Find It for a web site which has PERSI.
Tip 4. What if I can't find church records for my ancestor?
Sometimes people changed their church affiliation or may have attended a different church of the same denomination. Check for other churches of the same denomination in the city, or in neighboring towns.
The minister may have been a circuit rider (itinerate preacher). Sometimes the preacher's records are preserved in the denomination's central archives, or he may have left the records with one of the parishes he serviced. Sometimes a pastor took the records to the next church. Find out where he died, and contact libraries and societies in that area.
In some situations, there aren't any church records for your ancestor because:
- The family didn't attend church.
- The records were destroyed or lost.
- The church denomination did not keep records.
Where To Find It
The following Internet sites may help you find church records:
- USGenWeb.
- Ancestry.com has the Periodical Source Index (PERSI), an index to family and local history periodicals from 1847 to the present. Many of these periodicals publish church records.
- CyndisList. Check under "[STATE] - Churches."
- "Locating Church Records" by Val D. Greenwood.
Family History Centers and the Family History Library
Church records may be ordered through the Family History Centers on microfilm or microfiche or may be used at the Family History Library.
Family History Centers
Family History Centers can borrow microfilms of church records from the Family History Library. There is a small fee to have a microfilm sent to a Family History Center. For addresses, see: Family History Centers.
In the window to the left, click on the Family History Library Catalog. You can then order films and fiche through local family history centers, or you can visit the main library in Salt Lake City.
Family History Library
In the window to the left, click on the Family History Library Catalog. You can then order films and fiche through local family history centers, or visit the main library in Salt Lake City.
See Family History Library Services and Resources for information about contacting or visiting the Family History Library.
Church Archives
Addresses of churches, listed by county and then city, are in a book edited by John Gordon Melton called National Directory of Churches, Synagogues, and Other Houses of Worship. The addresses are by region, then state, then city.
Addresses of several major church records archives are listed in:
- United States Research Outline, "Finding Church Records" section.
- Szucs, Loretto Dennis, and Sandra Hargreaves Luebking, eds. The Source: A Guidebook of American Genealogy, 1997. See pages 160-170.
- ArchivesUSA. This site lists church records, family papers, and mainly other unpublished collections at archives, libraries, and societies. This is an expensive service which may be available at major college or university libraries. ArchivesUSA indexes the National Union Catalog of Manuscript Collections, known as "NUCMUC." Look under the city where the church was located or under the name of the church. It also indexes the National Inventory of Documentary Sources, called "NIDS."
College and Public Libraries
Many local college and public libraries have copies of church records. For addresses and telephone numbers, see the American Library Directory, available at most public libraries.
State Archives and Libraries
State archives and state and private libraries often have collections of church records. To learn more about major church archives and libraries, see:
- CyndisList. This lists Internet sites for state archives and libraries.
- Bentley, Elizabeth Petty. The Genealogist's Address Book.
See also the "Church Records" section of the Family History Library's research outline for a particular state. These outlines are listed in the Background section.
Genealogical and Historical Societies
For addresses of many historical societies, libraries, and archives that may have church records, see:
- CyndisList. This leads to web sites for genealogical and historical societies.
- Bentley, Elizabeth Petty. The Genealogist's Address Book. This book is at many libraries.
- Meyer, Mary K. Meyer's Directory of Genealogical Societies in the USA and Canada.
- Wheeler, Mary Bray. Directory of Historical Organizations in the United States and Canada.
Genealogical Search Services
Many genealogical search services will search the census for a fee. The following sources can help you find a genealogical search service:
- CyndisList lists many companies and individuals who do research and mentions publications about how to hire a professional genealogist.
- Advertisements in major genealogical journals may help you find a researcher.
For more information, see Hiring a Professional Genealogist.


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So, it's begging me to say it...
A flash within a flash within a flash within (etc etc)
So, it's begging me to say it...
A flash within a flash within a flash within (etc etc)
It's a shame it does not loop better. I couldn't get it to work seamlessly. I am pretty proud of myself though for coming up with a way to stop my movies from being so damn short, even if it still sucks.
Not terrible
I thought this was a fairly mediocre submission, and I have certainly seen a lot lazier stuff submitted for Clock Day. Well, you did miss Clock Day a bit, but you still managed to get a high score with it. I thought the animation in this was fairly good. Recursion is just something that I have always been fascinated by, so this did interest me a little. Next time, yeah, you probably should have more going on and make more of a punchline. It was a pretty good idea, just not executed in the best way.
I had an idea for a movie this time, but I didn't have the time. I think I woke up pretty darn late on that day and as the submission date shows, I was 9 minutes late submitting it. I truly had no time to make anything better. I really wish I had made more effort though. I can't seem to get motivation to make a movie unless the deadline is like 3 or so hours away though and then I suddenly start flashing like mad.
This is crap but...
Since we celebrated your birthday on the forum i'll give 3 more stars.
You really should stop by there more, but of course it's your choice to do that or not.
i also would've preferred that you use your real voice.
why did you do this one instead?
I know I should visit the forum more. It just has kinda sucky software and I never have enough time to read more than a few posts. Also I had planned to voice this myself, but I got ill with a bad throat on the 14th and 15th making it impossible for me to voice myself. This movie was a dissapointment in every way possible really. That illness ruined everything for me.
Infitine loop make head hurt. Fake voice not help and make it worse and blegh... This is the reason I hate Clockday, 5000 submissions with 98% being crap(sorry to say, this one is crap, but I'm certain you knew that). I can't help but feel I'll somehow get in trouble for making a comment saying I hate Clockday, but I don't really care what a site made mostly of either kids 12 and under and adults who shouldn't be wasting their time with this. Tails, did I just go on a tangent?
It is sad that Clockday has become a "post spam on NG" Day isntead. I know the CC were founded on spam, but that was still fairly entertaining or caused drama. Nowadays it's just idiots throwing shit onto the heaping pile of more shit that is now NG thanks to the neverending wave of spammers. I saw a few very decent Clock movies on the day, but most were far crappier than mine. NG really needs to up it's standards. Like changing the required score for movies to pass on Clockday. Or they could manually Wade through the rubbish and delete the 1-frame flash and stolen stuff one at a time. I'd be fine with such a job though, they should hire me.
I think I just went on a tangeant too.


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As recriminations fly over Operation Predicted Cakewalk, some commentators look back wistfully to the early post-Sept. 11 era, when — or so they imagine — the nation stood united against the terrorist threat. On my beat, that era was brief indeed: less than 48 hours after the atrocity, Congressional Republicans tried to exploit the event to pass a cut in the capital gains tax. But on national security issues, there was at first some real bipartisanship.
What happened to that bipartisanship? It fell prey to two enduring prejudices of the right: its deep hostility to nonmilitary government spending, and its exaltation of the "heartland" over the great urban states.
You might have expected the events of Sept. 11 to temper the right's opposition to some kinds of domestic spending. After thousands of Americans were killed by men armed only with box cutters, surely everyone would acknowledge that national security involves more than mere military might. But you would have been wrong. In a remarkable recent article titled "The 9/10 President," Jonathan Chait of The New Republic documents how the Bush administration has systematically neglected homeland security since 9/11. In its effort to keep spending down, the administration has repeatedly blocked proposals to enhance security at potential domestic targets like ports and nuclear plants.
What Mr. Chait doesn't point out is the extent to which already inadequate antiterrorism spending has been focused on the parts of the country that need it least.
I've written before about the myth of the heartland — roughly speaking, the "red states," which voted for George W. Bush in the 2000 election, as opposed to the "blue states," which voted for Al Gore. The nation's interior is supposedly a place of rugged individualists, unlike the spongers and whiners along the coasts. In reality, of course, rural states are heavily subsidized by urban states. New Jersey pays about $1.50 in federal taxes for every dollar it gets in return; Montana receives about $1.75 in federal spending for every dollar it pays in taxes.
Any sensible program of spending on homeland security would at least partly redress this balance. The most natural targets for terrorism lie in or near great metropolitan areas; surely protecting those areas is the highest priority, right?
Apparently not. Even in the first months after Sept. 11, Republican lawmakers made it clear that they would not support any major effort to rebuild or even secure New York. And now that anti-urban prejudice has taken statistical form: under the formula the Department of Homeland Security has adopted for handing out money, it spends 7 times as much protecting each resident of Wyoming as it does protecting each resident of New York.
Here's how it works. In its main grant programs, the department makes no attempt to assess needs. Instead, each state receives a base of 0.75 percent of the total, regardless of its population; the rest is then allocated in proportion to population. This is a very good deal for states with small populations, like Wyoming or Montana. It's a very bad deal for states like California or New York, which receives only 4.7 percent of the money. And since New York and other big urban states remain the most likely targets of another major attack, it's a very bad deal for the country.
Why adopt such a strange formula? Well, maybe it's not that strange: what it most resembles is the Electoral College, which also gives disproportionate weight (though not that disproportionate) to states with small populations. And with a few exceptions, small-population states are red states — indeed, the small-state bias of the Electoral College is what allowed Mr. Bush to claim the White House despite losing the popular vote. It's hard not to suspect that the formula — which makes absolutely no sense in terms of national security — was adopted precisely because it caters to that same constituency. (To be fair, there's one big "red state" loser from the formula: Texas. But one of these days, sooner than most people think, Texas may well turn blue.)
In other words, the allocation of money confirms Mr. Chait's point: even in a time of war — a war that seems oddly unrelated to the terrorist threat — the Bush administration isn't serious about protecting the homeland. Instead, it continues to subordinate U.S. security needs to its unchanged political agenda.
Originally published in The New York Times, 4.1.03


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I'm back after a fifteen week break from Sepia Saturday, during which time I visited England, France, Spain and California, and walked the Camino de Santiago, a pilgrim route stretching for just under a thousand kilometres across northern Spain, from St Jean Pied de Port to Santiago de Compostela and Finisterre. I was also delighted to meet and spend a day getting to know charming and genial fellow Sepians Little Nell and Caminante. Marilyn wrote of our exploring the enchanting city of Burgos together in Beguiled by Burgos. I'm very grateful that she and John went somewhat out of their way to facilitate this very successful meeting of like minds, and hope that we can do it again some time, somewhere.
Writing an article or two about the trip, which may include a few carefully selected photographs from my walk through historic northern Spain, will have to wait for when I have more time. This week I'd like to share some more images from a collection of glass plate and sheet film negatives that I've featured before here on Photo-Sleuth: SS179: Fun on the Sands - The Pleasure Palaces of Southport and SS188: The Cornwall Coast in Colour. The first of these two articles dealt with photographs taken by an amateur photographer during a visit to Southport, Lancashire, probably in 1913 or 1914.
It was on a similar trip, probably at around the same time, that the photographer took several scenes of the seaside attractions of Blackpool. It may even have been during the same trip; he or she might have taken a passage there on one of the steam boats from the end of Southport Pier. There are five negatives of views identified as from Blackpool, three of which I've included here.
Central Pier, Tower and Ferris Wheel, Blackpool, c.1913-1914
Quarter-plate glass negative (108 x 80mm, 4¼" x 3¼")
by an unidentified amateur photographer
Image © and collection of Brett Payne
This negative shows evidence of "in camera" light leakage or over-exposure along the left hand edge, and is suffering the ravages of time in the form of oxidation or silvering of the photographic emulsion, but the main part of the image is still in good condition. The view is of the Central Pier with the Blackpool Tower, theatre building, Ferris Wheel and Promenade from left to right, taken at low tide from a point on the beach a couple of hundred metres south of the pier.
I don't yet know who the photographer was, but he or she was no slouch when it came to recording holiday trips. By the second decade of the twentieth century, not only were there cheaper and easier roll film cameras (box and folding) available, rather than the fiddly plate or cartridge-backed model he used, but this was also the heyday of the picture postcard. The selection included in the slideshow above are typical of the large range of views which were readily available for visitors to purchase, and give a good impression the wide variety of activities available at the Blackpool waterfront.
Rainbow Wheel, Scenic Railway & Helter Skelter Lighthouse, Pleasure Beach, Blackpool, c.1913-1914
Quarter-plate glass negative (108 x 80mm, 4¼" x 3¼")
by an unidentified amateur photographer
Image © and collection of Brett Payne
In this large collection there are also two negatives depicting illuminated night scenes. Using postcards from that era, both are identifiable as having been taken at Pleasure Beach in Blackpool. I previously wrote about Charles Howell operating a photographic studio at Pleasure Beach between the two World Wars. Pictured in the negatives are a Rainbow Wheel, the Scenic Railway, the Helter Skelter Lighthouse (all above) and the Casino (below).
Casino, Pleasure Beach, Blackpool, c.1913-1914
Quarter-plate glass negative (108 x 80mm, 4¼" x 3¼")
by an unidentified amateur photographer
Image © and collection of Brett Payne
A series of contemporary postcards shows the same attractions, both by day and by night. In 1879 Blackpool became the first municipality in the world to have electric street lights installed, along the Promenade. The accompanying pageants were the forerunner of the town's famous Illuminations.
Fun on the Sands, 1914
I've also found several silent movie clips from 1914, 1926 and 1934 which give a very good feel for the various attractions on Blackpool's waterfront. The first clip, Fun on the Sands, includes the Senic Railway ride and a panning shot of the Rainbow Wheel, built in 1912, and the Helter Skelter Lighthouse. For further details of the rides and other attractions, click through the links to the YouTube web site.
Happy Days at Blackpool 1926 (Part 1)
Happy Days at Blackpool 1926 (Part 2)
Blackpool Illuminations 1934
This brings me to a small request to fellow Saturday Sepians and other regular readers of this blog. I am have started a small project studying seaside photography in Blackpool, and am looking for as wide a variety of seaside portraits as I can find. If you have any in your family or personal collections that you'd care to share, I would very much appreciate scans of them, please.
In particular, I'm looking for the following types of photographs:
- any early daguerreotypes, ambrotypes or tintypes taken in Blackpool
- formal portraits from any of Blackpool's numerous studios, from the 1840s/1850s through to the present day, including ambrotypes, tintypes, cartes de visite, cabinet cards, postcards and a variety of paper print formats
- portraits taken by itinerant beach photographers, of relaxing on the beach, playing games or riding the ever present donkeys
- walking pictures, also known as "walkies," taken by professional street photographers, perhaps taken along the Promenade or elsewhere in Blackpool
- amateur photographs taken on or near to Blackpool's piers or beaches, particularly those with recognisable landmarks in the background, such as one of the piers, the tower, or fairground attractions.
For more sepian delights I can recommend a visit to the remainder of this week's Sepia Saturday contributers.


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Utilities facing a distributed generation future?
- April 11, 2012
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Yesterday, I suggested that you meet John Farrell, who directs the Energy Self-Reliant States and Communities program at the Institute for Local Self-Reliance. He focuses on energy policies that expand the benefits of local ownership of distributed generation, particularly renewable energy.
That column, "Power Utilities' Morphing Future," got plenty of thoughtful response, from advocates of the ideas Farrell presented to skeptics. (Thank goodness for authentic skepticism and open enquiry, which keeps us all honest, as opposed to mere naysaying noise that serves only to obfuscate and derail a fruitful debate or exchange of ideas.)
Back to Farrell and his efforts—again, offered here to stimulate fresh thinking among our utility readership. He mentioned Wilmer, Minnesota, as a good example of moving to greater local control and ownership of its energy future.
"I like the Wilmer Municipal Utility in west-central Minnesota," Farrell said. "Under their long-term power purchase contract they're allowed to do a certain percentage of self-generation. They decided to build two wind turbines because they provided long-term, low-cost electricity and a hedge against fuel price fluctuations. With a neighboring rural, electric co-op, they're working on a community solar project, where the utilities would finance and construct a solar project on a common parcel of property. Then citizens of the muni and members of the co-op could potentially be investors.
"There are other examples of co-ops that have done this, where there are commonalities of interest," Farrell added, "but unfortunately, we've got a lot of inertia going in the wrong direction."
In Illinois, Farrell pointed out, there's been increased interest in "community choice aggregation," where cities can negotiate on behalf of their citizens for their electricity source.
"That brings in the notion of local control over electricity choices," Farrell said. "Most communities are not looking at becoming self generators, which would marry their energy policy and their economic policy. Rather, they're simply signing short-term supply contracts with, in many cases, subsidiaries of the same investor-owned utilities that used to provide them with monopoly electricity service. They're getting attractive contracts now because natural gas prices are low, but because they're only getting a two to three year deal instead of a 20-year deal, in a few years they may not be getting such a good deal anymore."
Thus, community choice aggregation is not always being used to construct an alternative energy paradigm, just a band-aid approach to high prices, Farrell concluded.
Farrell touched upon the use of community energy aggregation by the Marin Energy Authority, which fought for that right with Pacific Gas & Electric; the benefits of feed-in tariffs for renewables at the Gainesville, Regional Utilities in Gainesville, Florida, the state feed-in tariff in Vermont and the municipalization efforts in Boulder, Colo.
"Only time will tell if Boulder ultimately is successful in increasing its self-reliance without raising rates or compromising reliability," Farrell said. "I'm fairly confident on those two metrics because municipal utilities aren't rocket science. But there are wrinkles to be ironed out. If anyone can do it, it will be Boulder. Those folks are very, very smart."
Meanwhile, the prospect for small-scale distributed generation will be improved by removing legal and policy hurdles, Farrell said.
"When we're talking about the potential for swarming the electricity system with thousands if not millions of small-scale distributed wind and solar generators, very few of whom keep a lawyer on staff, that process has to be simpler and less expensive," Farrell continued. "Essentially, it's difficult and expensive—in terms of the legal process—to do interconnection when you want to do wholesale generation of renewable energy in most states, at least anytime you're over your net metering limit. So anything you can do, from a feed-in tariff on down to simply fast-tracking projects of a certain size, can really open the door to more distributed energy and greater local ownership of it."
Where are we on the arc of this effort? Where will traction take place?
"It'll be an incremental process," Farrell said. "We just put out a report on solar-grid parity called 'Rooftop Revolution: Changing Everything with Cost-Effective Local Solar.' Solar has always been cost-effective, it just depended on what you wanted to use it for. As costs drop, potential applications expand. We're at this critical juncture in the coming decade when solar becomes a resource that can serve almost all of our electricity needs. Of course, I'm aware of the limits posed by variability and nighttime. Technically and economically, however, solar will begin to serve nearly any electricity need. With wind, we're already at the point where utility-scale projects work. The issue there is whether to keep building giant projects and major transmission lines or to build projects at a smaller scale, more economically.
"What I see playing out right now is that there's a lot of pressure on the old paradigm, the last century's electricity system," Farrell said. "It's designed to deliver power in a way that makes no sense given the way we're likely to generate it going forward. The momentum of that paradigm was towards high-voltage interconnectedness and large bulk transfers of electricity. That's because the utilities and transmission companies make their rate of return by spending capital and putting iron in the ground.
"The way this is going to play out is a series of policy and legal battles over market share. Ultimately, given the economics of renewable energy and the recognition by people that this is an opportunity, the pressure will move towards a system that is more distributed and democratic. Americans have always embraced self-reliance and self-sufficiency and that will play out in energy."
Once again, dear reader, I offer these views not so much to endorse a world view built on distributed energy resources - although I think that scenario is inevitable - but to jolt our existing audience and its industry to think differently before it is overtaken by events. Many utilities exhibit just such future-oriented thinking. They'll probably survive. And the others? Your guess is as good as mine.
Phil Carson
Intelligent Utility Daily
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