Ed, I know this is late and I have been tied up working a lot of overtime at the water plant but I am certain that the William Vaughan you reference was the son of a William Vaughan & Margret ______ who were in Somerset County, Maryland in the 1670s. You can access the Maryland State Archives Online to glean some information about William Vaughan by typing "William Vaughan". Just curious but what kind of Eastern Shore records are available in Oregon? I live in Bossier City, Louisiana and the nearby Shreveport Library has a fair number of records, the Calender of Wills up to 1777, Somerset & Worcestor Co. Md. Wills, some Sussex Co, Delaware records including court records, ect. I descend from William & Mary Vaughan and am going to type up full transcripts of the deed records that I have been able to find on Maryland Land records. net. I was very pleased with the Somerset Co. Maryland records much better than the LDS microfilm. Mike Hilton> Date: Tue, 23 Dec 2008 09:54:21 -0800> From: edvaughn@cdsnet.net> To: lower-delmarva-roots@rootsweb.com> Subject: Re: [LDR] Dorchester county look-ups> > Kari,> > I would be interested in any listings for Vaughan/Vaughn before before > 1689. My brick wall is with William Vaughan b.1689 in Somerset Co. > Md. Where his parents came from or who they were is a mystery.> > I realize that this is the period before Wiliam Penn when the Dutch, > Sweeds and English each had been trying to gain control of the territory > and pirates were operating on the Delaware river. I am also aware of > the migration of settlers into NewCastle and Sussex County (Deale) > around 1670 from Sumerset Co. MD and VA into DE where my family ended up > near Dover and my family are still land owners. Family records show up > in Sussex County later which was not offically named until 1680 and > Kent County.> > Then in 1682 William Penn encouraged emigration from Europe by selling > land in DE to hundreds of emigrants. So this period was very busy.> > Being from afar, (Oregon) I can not visit the archives and follow the > trails easily. I really appreciate the resources available to the > members here.> > My records are fairly complete (FTW) since then.> > Thanks much to all,> Ed Vaughn www.vaughnfarm.org> > > > Kari Farnell wrote:> > >I have also recently obtained two books from Dorchester county. Index to Dorchester County, Maryland Wills (1669-1777) and Tombstone Records of Dorchester County, Maryland (1678-1964). I am willing to do look-ups if you want.> >> > > >> ***************************************> 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 _________________________________________________________________ Send e-mail anywhere. No map, no compass. http://windowslive.com/oneline/hotmail?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_hotmail_acq_anywhere_122008