Bob & Jim, Although I am not researching the Marshyhope area, I am interested in knowing what all you find. My paternal grandparents lived there for many years and it was in the Rural Greenwood mailing district. Also, if you see anything about the small community called BURRISVILLE or BURRSVILLE, please let me know. I believe it is very near Marshyhope. Regards, Michelle Orginally from Bridgeville, DE ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim Moore" <moorejl@gmail.com> To: <lower-delmarva-roots@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, September 26, 2008 1:53 PM Subject: Re: [LDR] Marshyhope Gazetteer > Bob -- Having spent much of the last three days reading Dor Co surveys on > plats.net (Man, I've got to get a life!), I know what you mean about needing > Visine! > I doubt that I will get as far west as Hunting Creek. I'm going to start > with the tracts found under Dor Co on plats.net, which I don't think covers > Hunting Creek, but I could be wrong. I'm trying to be realistic about the > scope of my work. > > By the way, any thoughts as to the present-day names for CORNELIUS' BRANCH > and HARPERS' BRANCH? Both flow out of the west side of the Marshy Hope. > I've gone so far as to ask professional title searchers at the Denton > courthouse if they knew the names and came up empty. Alas. > > Thank you for your encouragement. > > Jim > > On Fri, Sep 26, 2008 at 4:11 PM, Bob Nichol <bnichol@iname.com> wrote: > > > Jim--What an outstanding idea! > > > > Along with all the other good advice you get from list readers, I suggest > > you get a good magnifier and some Visine! You're going to spend a lot of > > time squinting at deeds and topo maps.... > > > > Seriously, do you mean to cover the Upper Nanticoke/Hunting > > Creek/Marshyhope area?? My ancestors were there, but I've only been able > > to approximate the locations of their tracts...your final product would > > be a great resource. > > > > Bob Nichol > > Researching NICHOL, NICOLL, NICOLLS, NICHOLS in Dorchester/Caroline > > Counties. > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Jim Moore" > > To: "DE Gen list" > > Subject: [LDR] Marshyhope Gazetteer > > Date: Fri, 26 Sep 2008 14:47:20 -0400 > > > > > > Folks: After several years of dithering, I'm taking the plunge to buy > > deed > > mapping software for Greater Bridgeville. (What can I say, this is > > what > > happens after you meet John Lyon!) > > Before I reinvent the wheel, has anyone: > > - Already mapped the Upper Nanticoke watershed for "old" Dorchester > > Co > > tracts? > > - Created a creek and branch gazetteer for this area? > > > > After I've spent a decade or so mapping the Nanticoke forks region to > > the > > west of the NE fork, I'm going to try to overlay corresponding Sussex > > warrants and surveys. That should take care of my 60s and 70s!! > > > > Any mapping counsel anyone wants to offer is most welcome. > > > > Jim Moore > > Out of his mind in Wilmington > > *************************************** > > QUESTIONS about POSTING GUIDELINES, SUBSCRIBING or UNSUBSCRIBING? > > Visit The Lower DelMarVa Roots Mailing List FAQ: > > http://www.tyaskin.com/handley/ldrfaq.htm > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > LOWER-DELMARVA-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word > > 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the > > message > > > > -- > > Be Yourself @ mail.com! > > Choose From 200+ Email Addresses > > Get a Free Account at www.mail.com > > > > *************************************** > > QUESTIONS about POSTING GUIDELINES, SUBSCRIBING or UNSUBSCRIBING? > > Visit The Lower DelMarVa Roots Mailing List FAQ: > > http://www.tyaskin.com/handley/ldrfaq.htm > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > LOWER-DELMARVA-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > *************************************** > QUESTIONS about POSTING GUIDELINES, SUBSCRIBING or UNSUBSCRIBING? > Visit The Lower DelMarVa Roots Mailing List FAQ: > http://www.tyaskin.com/handley/ldrfaq.htm > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to LOWER-DELMARVA-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message