_Formation of Virginia Counties_ (http://www.retracing-our-family-legacy.com/reference_formation_va_co.html) PLEASE LEFT CLICK I Know that this is a BIT LONG, BUT, the Cretion of THE SHIRES: VIRGINIA CREATED_________Kentucky County: Thats riight; NOW Please read just what VIRGINIA was in the beginning? I see wondring about wherepeople landed in AMERICA? & what happened to them, Well CUZ, if one laanded in the port of New York Or Tappahanck Va, & traveled to to days OHIO, They before the Late 1700's they were relocating in the Commonwealth OF VIRGINIA, & if the descenants of those who arived while the are of todays; Ky, Ohio, Ind, Ill, Mich & WISC was still in the JURISDICTION OF VIRGINIA The recrd of their Ancestors will be found in the records of the jurisdiction in VIRGGIINIA that was in CHARGE of the OHIO VALLEY AREA, When their Ancestors Arived there, What ever state it might be in NOW, LIKE IT OR NOT, From Va to the MISS. River was in Va untill late 1700'S THAT is why I have found tis information so important & helpful in MY Genealogical RESEARCH. Atlantic Crossings Were Dangerous In the Early Years arrowing were the experiences of people who risked their lives and property to cross the Atlantic Ocean from Europe to America during the Sixteenth to Eighteenth Centuries. The season for passage began in early May and ended in late October with each westerly voyage from England requiring at least seven to eight weeks with good tail winds, and often ten to twelve weeks if the winds were not favorable. A typical journey for refugees fleeing religious persecution in Europe or indentured servants contracting years of labor for the cost of passage would often begin in Rotterdam or Amsterdam and then proceed to England for supplies PLEASE TRY IT CUZ AT