My interest in family genealogy comes through 'maternal genes'! My paternal ancestors claim Jefferson County, VA, as home. Yes, it's really Jefferson County, WV now--yet in the late 1700s and 1800s it was still Virginia!

Engle, Moler, Moore and Darke are names of paternal ancestors--in one way or another. The Melchor Engle Family History and Genealogy, 1730-1940, provided early resources and frequently was opened on our dining room table with 'new research' and cross-referencing in process.

Mother and her father encouraged the quest of their family history. My late mother took this further with diligent research of my paternal family as well. She wrote and published a volume about 'our part' of the Engle family. Other volumes she authored were about her 'side of the family'. Special admiration for those who sought and worked without the facile aid of computers and all that's so easily found at our fingertips.

Family gatherings of Engles [tho' some had different names due to marriage] through the years have kept siblings and now-first cousins closely in touch. Today the torch has passed to our generation and our children. Plaudits go to my first cousins who have worked with careful zest to bring our family tree into the 21st century. And with abundant thanks!

Now to maternal connections: Both Crawford and Gold are Frederick County, Va, names...Mt. Hebron Cemetery within Winchester (city) has extended lists of both names.

My maternal grandfather, Francis, was born in Frederick County's Kernstown area. The birthplace of Laura, his wife and my maternal grandmother, was in Apple Pie Ridge region of Frederick Co. Completely different sections of the county!

These two maternal grandparents were avid historians and genealogists--charting the way for Mother's equally avid, or maybe even more-so, interest. Again, gratitude.
A brief PS: Called Betty usually, Elizabeth is my given first name. The name of Elizabeth Engle is prolific--Engle family histories and cemeteries illustrate this fact well.

My interest in family genealogy comes through 'maternal genes'! My paternal ancestors claim Jefferson County, VA, as home. Yes, it's really Jefferson County, WV now--yet in the late 1700s and 1800s it was still Virginia!

Engle, Moler, Moore and Darke are names of paternal ancestors--in one way or another. The Melchor Engle Family History and Genealogy, 1730-1940, provided early resources and frequently was opened on our dining room table with 'new research' and cross-referencing in process.

Mother and her father encouraged the quest of their family history. My late mother took this further with diligent research of my paternal family as well. She wrote and published a volume about 'our part' of the Engle family. Other volumes she authored were about her 'side of the family'. Special admiration for those who sought and worked without the facile aid of computers and all that's so easily found at our fingertips.

Family gatherings of Engles [tho' some had different names due to marriage] through the years have kept siblings and now-first cousins closely in touch. Today the torch has passed to our generation and our children. Plaudits go to my first cousins who have worked with careful zest to bring our family tree into the 21st century. And with abundant thanks!

Now to maternal connections: Both Crawford and Gold are Frederick County, Va, names...Mt. Hebron Cemetery within Winchester (city) has extended lists of both names.

My maternal grandfather, Francis, was born in Frederick County's Kernstown area. The birthplace of Laura, his wife and my maternal grandmother, was in Apple Pie Ridge region of Frederick Co. Completely different sections of the county!

These two maternal grandparents were avid historians and genealogists--charting the way for Mother's equally avid, or maybe even more-so, interest. Again, gratitude.
A brief PS: Called Betty usually, Elizabeth is my given first name. The name of Elizabeth Engle is prolific--Engle family histories and cemeteries illustrate this fact well.