Bea - I have run into that, too. A good example was Peter Franklin Baker, who was born in 1861, and all the records state he was born in Lincoln Co., AR. I have checked the surrounding counties until I am blue in the face. Thanks Alice In a message dated 8/1/2004 2:51:25 PM Eastern Daylight Time, "James Whisenhunt" <whisone@etxrn.com> writes: >Alice, you do know that Drew County was originally a very large county and >then other counties started up and took away a lot of their land.  When I >discovered this I was able to check those other counties for info.  Example, >the County I thought would have all our records in was Lincoln County, did >not developed until 1871.  Go to the map of those counties in Ar. and check >surrounding counties that touch Drew Co. >Bea > >