Dear Elecmectek, Hi there. A very warm welcome to FamilyTreeCircles.

I'll try and give you as many tips as I can. When researching one's family tree, you work backwards from yourself. If family circumstances are a bit difficult, it is then adviseable to go sideways in search of information.

All children are innocent and no-one's life is a lie. Where there is life there is hope.

I'll create surname wiki pages for BISHOP, COX(X), GREATHOUSE and WHITE.

You may wish to think about starting to record what data you have very meticulously so as to avoid backtracking and repeating your searches. There are many good free family tree software packages available, and/or you could enter your data in a nice family tree book if you like. Read some of my journals, or type in FREE and NEWBIES in the top right-hand corner of FamilyTreeCircles.

If you need any help, let us all know.

Have a great day and remember that our harshest critics can sometimes be ourselves.

Tip: Sign up as a free user of Rootschat - FREE genealogy research. Have the same username to make it easier if someone is looking for you. I'm on there as Rootschat Senior 'allycat'.

Kind regards,
Alison
AUSTRALIA.

Where in West Virginia were your family names from? I've got lots of Bishop info from West Virginia, and Virginia, as well as Kentucky. More information, if you have it, any at all, may help narrow down what lines your family is from. We may even have some Greathouse names as well, it sounds familiar.
Nancy