You wrote in part to the Germanna Colonies rootsweb: Descendants of John Berry 1 John Berry 1706 - 1779 b: 1706 d: 1779 in Madison Co., Ky .. +Jemima Weatherall 1709 - b: Abt. 1709 ........ 2 John Berry 1735 - 1797 b: 1735 in Of Culpeper Co., Va. d: Abt. 1797 in Madison Co., Va./Ky My response: There should be a slight correction about the place of death of John. Berry of Madison Co., KY. He is said to have died in 1779 or so. Madison County, Kentucky. was not formed until 1787 from Lincoln Co., KY. I have two books of abstracts of the early court records of Madison Co., KY, and the names of Berry families who show up in the indexes [indices?] of these two book by Jackie Couture do not include one John Berry.. In the index for Court Order Book A (1787-1791) there is listed one James Berry/Barry but not a John Berry. In the index for Court Order Book B (1791-1801) these Berry persons are listed: Elizabeth James - many references Thomas Will William Several counties were formed from Madison Co., Kentucky, including Garrard Co. If you are researching in Kentucky [one former governor complained it had too many counties] you might like to put this URL in your bookmarks. Be sure to click the year which is below the map which appears at the top of the screen. _http://www.familyhistory101.com/maps/ky_cf.html_ (http://www.familyhistory101.com/maps/ky_cf.html) Here is a similar website for maps of Virginia -- the formation of these counties _http://www.myvirginiagenealogy.com/va_maps/va_cf.html_ (http://www.myvirginiagenealogy.com/va_maps/va_cf.html) The reason I am telling you this is that I find that the brickwalls which we genealogists encounter are because we are looking in the wrong place at the wrong time. Ah, me!!! Me, too, especially with common surnames!! E.W.Wallace c **************Who's never won? Biggest Grammy Award surprises of all time on AOL Music. (http://music.aol.com/grammys/pictures/never-won-a-grammy?ncid=emlcntusmusi00000003)