KYOWVA Genealogical and Historical Society
Serving the Tri-state region of Eastern Kentucky, Southern Ohio and Western West Virginia
Founded
in 1978, the KYOWVA Genealogical and Historical Society is a dynamic
and growing organization dedicated to the collection and preservation
of the genealogy and history of Cabell County, West Virginia and the
surrounding area we serve. The Society is located in the heart of the
tri-state region containing the counties of Northeastern Kentucky, Southern
Ohio, and Western West Virginia.
Our meetings are held at 7:00 pm on the third Tuesday of each month in our library room at the Second Presbyterian Church, 901 Jefferson Avenue, Huntington, West Virginia. There are no meetings held during the summer months of July and August although our library will continue to maintain regular library hours through the summer months.
Membership
Annual memberships are $15.00 for the January through December calendar year for individuals or family members residing in the same household. Included is a subscription to the quarterly KYOWVA newsletter and free use of the KYOWVA Library. Membership is not required to attend our open meetings, programs or participate in other Society functions and projects. You may join by mailing your check for $15.00 payable to KYOWVA Genealogical and Historical Society, to KYOWVA, PO Box 1254, Huntington, WV 25714-1254. Write your name and "Membership" on the memo line of the check. For your convenience, a printable application form is available here.
Reminder to Current Members: Your 2010 Renewals are due!
President's Message
If you sent me an e-mail and I failed to answer, perhaps it was lost when my computer hard drive failed. I did not realize just how much I depended on that little disc whirling around in the computer case. E-mails sent to KYOWVA were all received. It was my home computer that had the problem. I'm now in the process of restoring everything.
The next KYOWVA meeting is June 15, 2010 and it will be our last meeting until our fall meetings begin in September. Please come and check out all of the new materials in the library.
Remember, the library will be open on Wednesdays and Saturdays from 9am to 1pm for research. Please stop by and use the materials.
In late March, June Ashworth received all of the materials I had received for the History Book. Most of the articles were on a disc along with the wonder collection of pictures that we have received. We cannot thank each of you enough for your response to this project. June is the president of the West Virginia Garden Club and, this spring, has been very busy with region, state and national conventions. Now that they are over, she will have more time to put the book together. Then we must proof and index. We will let you know when this project is complete.
Please check out our website at www.kyowva.org. Send in your queries and articles for the newsletter. We can always use new material.
Debbie Campbell, President
What's New at KYOWVA
New Library Hours: Effective July 2010, please note the following changes in our Library Hours. The Library will be open 9 am to 1 pm on the 1st and 3rd Wednesdays of each month. Saturday hours will be 9 am to 1 pm every Saturday. Other Wednesdays and Sundays are available by appointment only. Email KYOWVA at kyowvagen@yahoo.com for additional information or to arrange other research times.
Featured New Books: The 120th Militia Book project is back from the printer and orders are being filled. This book covers the years 1839 to 1845 prior to the Civil War and also contains extra Militia lists including the year 1858. In the book are the names of every able bodied man aged 18 to 45 from the counties of Cabell, Wayne and surrounding areas. Also included are some biographies of the men who served, descriptions of their uniforms, muster locations and the transition period when Wayne County was split off of Cabell County. The cost of the 118 page book is $25 picked up at the KYOWVA Library, $30 if shipped. Due to the nature of this book, it is not indexed.
Also just out is the reprint of the 150th Cabell Anniversary Book, first published for Cabell County's 150th Anniversary Celebration in 1959. The book is $10 picked up or $12 shipped.
The History of Owens-Illinois, Volume II is now available. The Owens-Illinois glass plant in Huntington, West Virginia was one of the city's major employers until the early 1990's when the plant was shut down. This 302 page edition covers the time period of 1950 to its closing and contains 149 plant cartoons. The book is available for $25 picked up at the KYOWVA Library or $30 shipped.
The Woodmere Cemetery in Huntington's Beverly Hills section is one of the city's larger cemeteries. Established in 1917, the cemetery contains more than 1800 marked graves as well as over 600 unmarked plots. The earliest marker is dated 1885. We have available the Woodmere Cemetery book for $25 picked up at the KYOWVA Library or $30 shipped. Get your copy while they last.
See our Publications Page for ordering information for these and other publications.
Stop by the KYOWVA Library and look over the collection of new family histories and vital statistics to our library received from the Kanawha Valley Genealogical Society. These are items we have never had before. We will be publishing a list of the new materials both here and in the next issue of the KYOWVA Newsletter.