7.5 Linear Feet, Summary: 7 ft. 6 in. (6 records cartons, 15 in. each)
Creator
Peters, Eileen
Location
West Virginia and Regional History Center / West Virginia University / 1549 University Avenue / P.O. Box 6069 / Morgantown,
WV 26506-6069 / Phone: 304-293-3536 / Fax: 304-293-3981 / URL: https://wvrhc.lib.wvu.edu/
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Preferred Citation
[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Eileen Peters, Compiler, Genealogy, A&M 3281, West Virginia and Regional
History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.
Genealogy research papers of Eileen Peters. Includes genealogies, research notes, correspondence, newspaper clippings, pamphlets,
maps, photographs, books, and other publications documenting primarily Preston County, West Virginia families, as well as
families of the tri-state region of West Virginia, Maryland, and Virginia. Also includes histories of Preston County, West
Virginia (18th through 20th centuries), and general information on how to conduct genealogical research.
Separations--Microfilm
One reel of the 1850 Preston County Census to the duplicate microfilm collection.
Separations--Books:
"Campbell Family Records," J. Montgomery Seaver, undated
"The Dramatic Story of Early American Methodism," Frederick E. Maser, 1965.
"The Fortineux-Fortinet Family (Fortney, Fortna, Fordney, Furtney) in America," Fortney-Fortna Genealogy Family, Inc., 1989.
"Genealogy of Some Early Families in Grant and Pleasant Districts, Preston County, West Virginia," Genealogical Publishing
Company, Inc., 1977.
"Great Gunfighters of the Kansas Cowtowns, 1867-1886," Nyle H. Miller and Joseph W. Snell, 1963.
"Historical Address Delivered by General David Hunter Strother at Berkeley Springs, West Virginia at the Centennial Celebration
July 4, 1876," Frederick T. Newbraugh, 1973.
"A History of Pendleton County, West Virginia," Oren F. Morton, 1974.
"History of St. John's Methodist Church," The Methodist Youth Fellowship, 1965.
"Locating Your Immigrant Ancestor," James C. and Lila Lee Neagles, 1975.
"The Peters Family," The American Genealogical Research Institute, 1972.
"Virginia Valley Records," John W. Wayland, 1973.
This series includes mostly genealogies and research notes on 39 familiesof the tri-state region of West Virginia, Maryland,
and Virginia. Records date from 1887 to 1992. The date span of the genealogical information on each family is recorded in
the Dates field of each folder.
This series includes correspondence between Eileen Peters and 375 individuals regarding personal and genealogical information.
Material is arranged alphabetically by last name. Peters recorded related family names and personal comments onto the front
of some of her correspondence folders. These notes were copied verbatim upon folder replacement. This series also includes
some photographs.
This series consists of mostly hand-drawn and photocopied 1976-1980 maps of the Virginia, West Virginia, and Maryland regions
from the 1600s to the 1900s. Also includes a 1976 highway map of Preston County, West Virginia.
Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 12-32 ca. late 1700s-late 1900s, 1971-1984
Scope and Contents
This series includes notes, newspaper clippings and photocopies from books regarding the history of Preston County, West Virginia
from the late 1700s to the late 1900s.
This series includes regional journals and photocopies of books relating to regional history.
Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 33
"The Aurora Documents: An Accurate and Complete Translation and Transcription of Books I and II of the Original Records of
Saint Paul's Lutheran Church, Aurora, Preston County, West Virginia" (photocopy) by Karl K. Gower
1957
Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 34
"The Baltimore and Ohio: The Story of the Railroad that Grew up with the United States" (photocopy) by Carroll Bateman
1951
Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 35
"Country Roads West Virginia" (pictoral booklet)
undated
Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 36
"Hacker's Creek Pioneer Descendants." Hacker's Creek Journal, Vol. 1, Issue 2.
October 1982
Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 37-40
"Trans-Allegheny Pioneers: Historical Sketches of the First White Settlers West of the Alleghenies, 1748 and After" (photocopy)
by John P. Hale
Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 41-47 ca. 1971-1981
Scope and Contents
This series consists of miscellaneous newspaper clippings, post cards, and photocopies of books relating to West Virginia
history from the late 1700s to the late 1900s.
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