Hi, I am researching Michael Fickel and his daughter Mary Fickel. If anyone has any information to pass along I would appreciate it. I am trying to find out where exactly his land was located. He lived in Lancaster Co. PA and he moved to Frederick Co MD about 1763 when he started buying land. The property that I have listed for him is as follows. 1. 12 May 1763 bought 236 acres known as "the additionto Brooks Discovery in the Highlands." 2. 22 November 1764 bought 2 1/4 acres known as "Brooks Meadows." 3. 07 May 1766 bought 50 acres known as "pointy part of Brooks Discovery on Piney Creek." My questions are as follows. 1. Where exactly is this land located? 2. Were all of these purchases next to each other? 3. What was special about the second purchase that he would buy only 2 1/ 4 acres? 4. Where could I find copies of these deeds? 5. He died in 1771. Would there have been cemeterys at that time or would he have been buried on his property? His wife Margaret Slaymaker Fickel died in 1795. Thanks for any help that anyone can be. Velma [email protected]