they should be in county the event happened.  for instance all records for 1850 1855 would be clark co.  after 1855 they would be in Ouchita county. another example:  baldwin co alabama (largest co east of the miss river) extended originally from present day missisiippi state line to big escambia rive east.  baldwin co affected escambia, monroe, clark, washington and mobile counties.  it was originally part of mississippi territory.  it was also claimed by france, spain, england and the US. depending on the timeline that is where the records would be. marcia collins wrote: > > This leads to MY question George and all, > > If, for instance, you find your people in Clark CO. AR. in ,just say 1850, > but that part of Clark CO. becomes Ouchita county in 1855, What county would > the records from 1850 reside in? Clark, or Ouchita? > Thanks > Marcia Moore Collins > > ==== GenTips Mailing List ==== > Family Workings: <http://www.familyworkings.com/>http://www.familyworkings.com > > A site to help researchers break through those brickwalls.  Lots of links, > subcatagorized, ancestor queries, tips, and cemetary research.  Looking for > research donations of: Cemetaries, obits, volunteer researchers, and > anything else that may be of interest to other researchers.  Submit links, > ancestor queries and tips. Check it out