The Roane County Historical Society, in conjunction with his widow Kay Craig, has for sale a limited quantity of the final book of W. Frederick Craig, who died in 2008.

Roane County birth and marriage records have been added to the Vital Research Records collection maintained by the West Virginia Division of Culture and History. You can access these records through the search facilities at:

http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_select.aspx

Judy Hildreth has announced the availability of several new Roane County books, Births (late 60's to May 2008) Volumes A-L and M-Z, and Out of County Deaths 1979-2008.

Recently the Roane County site went up for adoption on WVGenWeb, and the Roane County Historical Society stepped up as the new sponsor. Rick Greathouse is the new county coordinator, and Richard Griffith will be assisting him. The first step was to move the site to a new home at www.wvgenweb.org/roane.

The Roane County Journal is a quarterly publication of the Roane County Historical Society. Society members know the joy of finding the latest issue in their mail boxes. Each 24 page issue of the Journal is filled with articles which may include Roane County history, census records, marriage records, birth and death records, photos, family histories, maps and queries from other Roane County researchers.

Volume 16 ran from September 2008 through June 2009. A brief summary is provided below. For additional ordering informatio, click here.