Hi Teresa.  Buckingham and Worcester are county subsets called "Hundreds", set up for taxation and governmental purposes.  Here is a map of Worcester County in 1783: http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mdsomers/lyonmaps/1783wohundreds.htm -Wendy ________________________________ From: "tarantulac@aol.com" <tarantulac@aol.com> To: lower-delmarva-roots@rootsweb.com Sent: Tuesday, November 20, 2012 7:18 PM Subject: Re: [LDR] question about the MD 1783 tax assessment lists Hi all! I have been studying abstracts of the 1783 tax assessment lists in Maryland, specifically Worcester County.  I know that they are laid out with the name listed first, the county second and after that I'm a bit flummoxed. EXAMPLE: Usley Chandler  WO  Buckingham & Worcester  pg.2  MSA S1161-11-7  1/4/5/54 The page number and MSA number are the page and film numbers.  But what are Buckingham & Worcester?  Property names?  Town names?  And the final numbers - are they number of persons, acres, rates? I cannot find anything that gives me a definitive answer and I need one desperately (Usley Chandler is one of my elusive Chandler ancestors!). Thank you so very much for your time and help. A good Thanksgiving holiday to you all! Teresa A. Derrickson nee Chandler *************************************** 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