CHARLESTON, W.Va. – If your idea of a good time is after-hours access at the West Virginia State Archives, your lucky night is Friday. The Mining Your History Foundation and Archives & History sponsors the annual all-night event at the archives located in the West Virginia Cultural Center. The event starts at 6 p.m. and continues through 8 a.m. Saturday. Admission for the all-night event is $35.
West Virginia genealogists Wes Cochran and Esther Warner and other experts will offer assistance to participants as they trace their ancestors through the state’s collection of microfilm, books, newspapers, maps, manuscripts and more.
Participants may tour and explore the upper levels of the archives, normally off-limits to visitors.
Read the full article by Julie Robinson in the April 19, 2009 edition of the Charleston Gazette.
