My Ancestry Tree

 I have a online family tree on ancestry at "Ronald L Darrah Family Tree." It's public, so take a look.

36. Social Security Applications Can Help A Lot!

My grandfather Pete was probably my first direct ancestor 

to register for Social Security in West Virginia.

35. We need Marshall County newspapers!!

I wonder when someone is going to digitize the Moundsville, WV, newspapers?

34. Fredonia Church Saw A Few Darrah Families

This is the Fredonia Methodist Church alongside Fish Creek in southern Marshall County, West Virginia. Many Darrah's attended services here in the 19th and 20th centuries, and several are under those headstones that you see. 

33. Levi Darrah Stone Weathering Badly

Many Darrah headstones were constructed of soft and poor quality stone, so I urge Darrah researchers to copy or do rubbings while they are still somewhat legible.

32. Pension File Tells A Lot About William Darrah

William, son of Henry 2nd, was 6' tall, big for a Civil War soldier; hazel eyes, also unusual; and he contracted asthma while on guard duty in 1863. He survived the war and did get a pension, as did his wife and his daughter.

31. Darrah Ancestral Hunting Activity

My grandfather Peter Boone Darrah (Left) and his brother Grant Darrah displaying their rabbit hunting skills, around 1900, Marshall County, WV.