In May of 1997, this project was organized by Jeff Murphy, using the
established KY Biographies Project as a model. State coordinators were
sought to set up their own state project. They were offered the system
design and tools created for the KY project, but were free to set up their
project in any way they chose. I am Nathan Zipfel and I am the
coordinator for Roane County, West Virginia. Volunteers are needed to
enter, edit, and archive the biographies for this project. If you have
biographies you would like to donate for Roane County, please contact
me.
Click the link below to view or enter biographies. Newly posted
biographies will not be available until I review and approve it.
Submission Guidelines
This is first and foremost; DO NOT
post materials protected by copyright other than your own! Any posted
biographies found to be protected by a copyright of someone other than the
submitter must be removed from all West Virginia and/or county Biography
pages. Books and biography collections printed prior to 1922 are
generally not protected by copyright and are considered to be in the public
domain. Photo static re-prints or duplications of pre-1922 works are not
protected by current copyright. The short story here is: Make sure your
source books are pre-1922 originals, or re-prints or copies of pre-1922
originals. Make sure all original works are accompanied by your
copyright notice, which is at the least the word "copyright", your
name, and the date.