The stories in this book contain historical data about the Via families of Virginia and Pennsylvania. This book is a compendium of articles that trace the Via family linage through history in order to leave a memory. It starts with an immigrant from France to a pioneer in Virginia to a mountaineer in the Blue Ridge Mountains to the valleys of Pennsylvania and Virginia. The family tapestry is not just a book or words but fifty pages of pictures that describe the love, loss, resilience and hope of a beloved family. My prayer is that one will find yourself in these stories and that they would capture your imagination like it has mine. See my first book called Discovering Via Mountain at the Amazon. com or Barnes and Noble.