I have been diligently researching ancestors for about 7 years now. I feel I have a responsibility to not only those that have gone before me, but to my children and their descendants, to record and preserve the rich history of our families. My lines from whom I descend are the Bailey/Shumaker/Payne/LaPrade/Semones and Fleshman/Ruble/Shawver/Murphey/Calwell/Roller, many of whom were the forefathers of Tazewell, Rockingham, Mercer and Greenbriar counties in VA and WV.
I discovered findagrave and it has been a godsend, not only in my discoveries, but to thousands of others. I only hope that I can help others here in the same way.

I have been diligently researching ancestors for about 7 years now. I feel I have a responsibility to not only those that have gone before me, but to my children and their descendants, to record and preserve the rich history of our families. My lines from whom I descend are the Bailey/Shumaker/Payne/LaPrade/Semones and Fleshman/Ruble/Shawver/Murphey/Calwell/Roller, many of whom were the forefathers of Tazewell, Rockingham, Mercer and Greenbriar counties in VA and WV.
I discovered findagrave and it has been a godsend, not only in my discoveries, but to thousands of others. I only hope that I can help others here in the same way.