I'm new to the list and am looking for: Beattie, McIntosh, Clark/Clarke Families from the early/late 19th centuries. Does any one know when Northumberland and Kent split up as counties and what is the nature of these counties now vs. when the split up? Why did they split? Too many questions, but I have them. Last night I was looking at Land Transactions in Kent CO for the period 1842-46 and I found a link between John Angus McIntosh and his father Donald McIntosh of Wellington. Is this parish or was it near Black river and Buctouche? That was a triple decade of research coming together in order to link my great grandfather John with his father Donald. The link had always been conjectured by Ross Dickson and myself, but no real link until the document said that John sold 200 acres to his father Donald for 200 pounds (how does one make the pound sign on a regular keyboard?). I still think i tis quite a coincidence that a son is selling land to his father, eh? But, the document is a great one and I am thrilled. I just need to pinpoint Wellington where so many of these McIntoshes sold lands after originally getting land grants from thje crown. I saw Buctouche and the Black River in October 2002 but I did not know where Wellington Parish is/was. Sincerely, Donald W. Beattie Winthrop, Maine USA