Wise County Historical Society And Bookstore

***************** The Ancestry and Descendant's of Richard Cantrill by Tobby C. Cantrell & Ina Stanley Dotson $45.00 plus S&H & VA Tax OLD WEBSITE** Wise County Historical Society's old website at Geocities\Heartland Flats is an old version and is no longer in use. It has not been updated since 1998	Wise County Virginia Courthouse Wise County Historical Society office is located in the Wise County Courthouse- room 250. The office is staffed by volunteers. Hours are Monday - Thursday: 9:00 - 4:00 and Friday: 9:00-12:00 Come in and browse the bookstore and archives or just visit. If you need help with family history this is the place to start. Volunteers are there to help with family or area history research. Wise County Historical Society was established in August of 1992 as a result of a small group of 14 individuals meeting in 1991 in the cafeteria of the Wise Appalachian Regional Hospital in Wise to discuss the possibility of publishing a book on our county and city heritage. From that time on monthly meetings were held which resulted in organizing the Historical Society in 1992 with 61 charter members. Today we have over a thousand members from across America. The first publication was The Heritage of Wise County and The City of Norton-Volume1 From the establishing of the Historical Society to the present the Historical Society has published four books and is in the process of publishing the fifth. Our objective is to promote historical studies, by the collection and preservation of historical manuscripts, and for kindred purposes in the best interest of southern Appalachian regional history and history in America. Also to aid in the research of genealogical history and preserve it for future generations. The Appalachian Quarterly is published by the Wise County Historical Society and available at the Bookstore. For Subscription to the magazine and to become a member of the Historical Society see Order Information below. Officers President: William C. Gobble Vice-President: Denver J. Osborne Treasurer: Wanda Rose Secretary: Dorothy Witt Archivist: Fannie Steele Editor of the Appalachian Quarterly: Rhonda Robertson Layout and Set up of Quarterly Ganell Marshall Joyce Turner Book Technician: Billy R. Porter Genealogist & Cemetery Listing: Paul Kilgore Civil War Headstones: Lillian Gobble & Rhonda Robertson Spirits of North Fork by Ila Ison and John Church Price: $20.00 plus 5 percent VA tax and $3.00 S&H Click Here to Search This Site Off Page Links http://www.dickensoncounty.net/ http://www.nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com/VA/Wise/state.html http://www.ls.net/~newriver/swva/swvahs.htm http://www.rootsweb.com/~vawise/ http://www.sutherlandbooks.com/index.html http://www.appalachiava.net http://www.townofappalachia.com Web Page by: Fannie Lane Steele Wise County Historical Society P.O. Box 368 Wise, VA 24293 Phone: 276-328-6451 Phone: 276-328-6569 Email: wchs_133@yahoo.com This website is hosted by Data Ensure, Inc.

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The Ancestry and Descendant's of Richard Cantrill by Tobby C. Cantrell & Ina Stanley Dotson

$45.00 plus S&H & VA Tax

OLD WEBSITE

Wise County Historical Society's old website at Geocities\Heartland Flats is an old version and is no longer in use. It has not been updated
since 1998

Wise County Virginia Courthouse

Wise County Historical Society office is located in the Wise County Courthouse- room 250. The office is staffed by volunteers. Hours are Monday - Thursday: 9:00 - 4:00 and Friday: 9:00-12:00

Come in and browse the bookstore and archives or just visit. If you need help with family history this is the place to start. Volunteers are there to help with family or area history research.
Wise County Historical Society was established in August of 1992 as a result of a small group of 14 individuals meeting in 1991 in the cafeteria of the Wise Appalachian Regional Hospital in Wise to discuss the possibility of publishing a book on our county and city heritage. From that time on monthly meetings were held which resulted in organizing the Historical Society in 1992 with 61 charter members. Today we have over a thousand members from across America. The first publication was The Heritage of Wise County and The City of Norton-Volume1

From the establishing of the Historical Society to the present the Historical Society has published four books and is in the process of publishing the fifth.

Our objective is to promote historical studies, by the collection and preservation of historical manuscripts, and for kindred purposes in the best interest of southern Appalachian regional history and history in America. Also to aid in the research of genealogical history and preserve it for future generations.

The Appalachian Quarterly is published by the Wise County Historical Society and available at the Bookstore. For Subscription to the magazine and to become a member of the Historical Society see Order Information below.

Officers

President: William C. Gobble

Vice-President: Denver J. Osborne

Treasurer: Wanda Rose

Secretary: Dorothy Witt

Archivist: Fannie Steele

Editor of the Appalachian Quarterly:
Rhonda Robertson

Layout and Set up of Quarterly
Ganell Marshall
Joyce Turner

Book Technician:
Billy R. Porter

Genealogist & Cemetery Listing:
Paul Kilgore

Civil War Headstones: Lillian Gobble & Rhonda Robertson