If noone has answered this, I see about nine posts; was any land annexed from Fitchburg to Westminster between 1850 and 1860? This has happened before. I have ancestors whose land didn't consistently stay in the same state. One of them had the three-state marker marking the meeting point of Pennsylvania, Maryland and Delaware on his land - sometimes. At one point his land was in Pennsylvania but he didn't like that, so he served on the Delaware state legislature. They called him the Gentleman from Pennsylvania. Yours, Dora Smith Austin, TX tiggernut24@yahoo.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "K. Sullivan" <ksullivan@hvc.rr.com> To: <mamiddle@rootsweb.com>; <maworces@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, January 24, 2010 1:27 PM Subject: Re: [MAMiddle] Now I'm really wondering where Asa lived > One really good source for this kind of information is *Historical Data > Relating to Counties, Cities and Town in Massachusetts* by William Francis > Galvin. In fact, I consider it one of the most important references in my > library and have used it numerous times to find out where my families were > living at a particular time. It was published by the NEHGS in 1997 and > may > be available from booksellers online. It gives dates for original > establishments, divisions, incorporations, annexations, and boundaries. > According to this book, Fitchburg is in Worcester Co., and parts were > annexed to Westminster and Ashby. > > Karen Sullivan > nd the body of the message