Ann Irwin <ANIRW@prodigy.net> wrote on 11-16-99: > Searching Hugh Fulton born ca 1759, first located > 1789 in Quemahoning Twp, Bedford Co. Pa. moved > 1790 to Milford Twp... Dear Ann, You know how I like to track the migration path of Fultons. But I need to make sure I understand where I should put my yellow post-it on my map for your Hugh. I am not too familiar with western PA, so first I checked out the reference books that give me the evolution of the counties such as The Handybook for Genealogist by Everton Publishers and the Ancestry's Redbook by Alice Eichholz. Both books show that Bedford Co, PA was formed from Cumberland Co in 1771 and that Somerset Co PA was formed from Bedford Co in 1795. Then I looked at my Pennsylvania Atlas and Gazetteer by DeLorme. There is a Quemahoning Twp in current Somerset County and I can find the Milford Twp in current Somerset Co (it appears approx 12 miles southwest of Quemahoning Twp). Do you think these are the same locations that your Hugh was located in or do you suspect that the locations your Hugh was in are now obsolete place names that are no longer reflected on current maps ? I also checked online at the USGS National Mapping Information web site located at: http://mapping.usgs.gov/www/gnis/gnisform.html The feature keyword Milford occurs in several PA counties. Quemahoning only appears in current Somerset Co, PA. Sometimes I like to use the USGS site to determine possible migration of place names - with a name like Quemahoning being so distinctive, if it appears in more than one area it might suggest a migration, but in the US it only occurs in Somerset Co, PA. Should I put my "post-it" on the current locations for Milford and Quemahoning Townships in Somerset Co, PA ? If so, have you searched both Bedford Co and Cumberland Co, previous parent counties of Somerset Co, for early records (wills, deeds, etc) that may be housed in those government centers instead of in Somerset Co. ? Thanks, Roberta R. (Fulton) Hirth Harriman, New York 10926 FULTON web page at: http://www.frontiernet.net/~elisa96/hirth/fulton.htm