Series 3. Research Materials

This series includes supporting research materials used in compiling the more complete family genealogy binders/boxes found earlier in the collection. These files include similar material to series 1 and are often labeled by surname, region, or subject matter. Most folders have materials like newspaper clippings, descendant lists, birth and death notices, headstone information, funeral programs, marriage notices, family photographs, pedigree charts, family history manuscripts, correspondence with descendants, military service records, etc. There are also some of Righman’s notebooks and a few published books that contain information beneficial to genealogists. Books located in this series include: Odie Velta Nestor Chapman, They Rest Quietly: Cemetery Records of Tucker County West Virginia; Odie Velta Nestor Chapman, They Rest Quietly: Cemetery Records of Barbour County West Virginia ; Steve Bodkins, Forgotten Towns: Pocahontas & Randolph Counties, WV; Phillip Mallory Conley, West Virginia Yesterday and Today; Betty Whittaker White, The Past is a Key to the Future: A History of Terra Alta, West Virginia and its Vicinity; Sims Index to Land Grants in West Virginia; Janice E. Shriver Sharps, A Hayhurst Genealogy; and John Robert Gregg, Gregg Shorthand. Lastly, there is a painted genealogy tree tracing Righman’s ancestors from 1100 AD through the 1990s. This series is located in boxes 7-14, item 1, item 2, and oversize folder 1.