Lauren - I am going to have to look - this is really a great clue, though. My cousin just wrote to say that our William Pope's occupation was "currier". If the apprentice he was looking for was in the tanning and currying business then it makes it even more likely. Thank you so much for sharing this. Linda ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lauren Brantner" <lrbrant@concentric.net> To: <MDWASHIN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, November 02, 2004 8:12 AM Subject: Re: [MDWASHIN] William POPE > It just dawned on me that mtg co is an abbreviation for Montgomery > County - you might go Pope hunting there. It is hard enough to find > information but tracking a runaway apprentice might be a trick. I will > tell you that I found vital information at Maryland State Archives on > one of my trips back there in Washington County apprentice records. > Some of them were incredibly detailed with information about parents, > etc. You may have to do so sleuthing about if those records exist for > that county still, and where they would be. I have encountered other > runaway apprentice notices in these newspaper extracts. > > Lauren > >