I am a journalist living in Western Kentucky, and many of the reporting tools I have used in newspaper work also apply to genealogy research. Most of my family are from West Virginia, Virginia and Pennsylvania. My focus is on my mother’s side in Shinnston-Harrison County, West Virginia.

My parents, Frank Ray and Shirley Jo Akers Pitzer, are buried at Rosedale Cemetery, Pembroke, Kentucky.

My maternal grandparents, Joseph Wilson and Miriam McDaniel Akers, are buried at Rosedale Cemetery.

My paternal grandparents, Frank and Marcella Ray Richardson Pitzer, are buried at Wildwood Cemetery, Beckley, West Virginia

I am a journalist living in Western Kentucky, and many of the reporting tools I have used in newspaper work also apply to genealogy research. Most of my family are from West Virginia, Virginia and Pennsylvania. My focus is on my mother’s side in Shinnston-Harrison County, West Virginia.

My parents, Frank Ray and Shirley Jo Akers Pitzer, are buried at Rosedale Cemetery, Pembroke, Kentucky.

My maternal grandparents, Joseph Wilson and Miriam McDaniel Akers, are buried at Rosedale Cemetery.

My paternal grandparents, Frank and Marcella Ray Richardson Pitzer, are buried at Wildwood Cemetery, Beckley, West Virginia