Hi Rolanda, Lawrence County was organized by taking part of Barry County in 1845, long before your mother was born. Based on the information below, the explanation for your mother's birth certificate saying Barry County is demonstated in the documents below. The Perley S. and Sadie Alice Treat family lived in Barry County but lived on the rural route delivery service for Aurora Post Office in Lawrence County, so their address was Aurora. This is not uncommon for people who live near county boundaries because the Post Office Department does not use county boundaries when determining the locations to be served by a post office. The Treat family lived about five miles south of Aurora in Ozark Township, Barry County, Missouri in 1920 and 1930. Perley S. Treat, born 15 Feb 1878, Illinois, died 21 Apr 1933, Barry Co. [According to the 1930 census, he married at age 23.] Sadie Alice (Hamlin) Treat, born 12 Oct 1886, Illinois, died 21 Jun 1953. William H. Treat, born 2 Dec 1908, Illinois, died 30 May 1985 Alice Margaret Treat, born 11 Apr 1911, Illinois, died 15 Jan 1941 [according to 1930 census, she married at age 17 and according to her daughter Alice's death certificate, her husband's name was Willis Cheney, see marriage record below.] Dorothy Treat, born 3 Mar 1913, Illinois, died 7 Dec 1992. Johnny Treat, born 3 Jan 1918, Missouri, died 30 Aug. 1921. Charles R. Treat, born about 1921-22, Missouri, died ? [Charles is in the 1930 census, age 8, but he is not listed on the tombstone at Clay Hill Cemetery.] granddaughters Alice Cheney, born 8 Aug 1927, Missouri, died 22 Sep 1927, Barry Co. Pearl Cheney, born about 1928-29, Missouri, father born Missouri [Pearl is listed in the household in the 1930 Census, but Willis Cheney is not listed in the household.] Lawrence County, Missouri, Marriage Records, 1924-1930, Vol. 13, p. 8, published 2003: Chenney, W. C., Crane, Stone Co., to Alice Margaret Treat, Aurora, 5 July 1927, at Mt. Vernon by A. L. Mosby, Min., P. S. Treat, father of Alice gives his consent, Book N, p. 328. [Note that it doesn't say, as it should, that Alice lived in Aurora, Barry Co.] Examples of the Barry County and Aurora information are on the death certificates of Sadie Treat, their son Johnny and their granddaughter Alice Cheney which are online at the Missouri State Archives Death Certicate Index at: http://www.sos.mo.gov/archives/resources/deathcertificates/ Sadie Alice Treat died 21 Jun 1953, state hospital # 3, Washington Twp., Vernon Co., Mo., from pulmonary tuberculosis. length of stay at this address 30-3-19 [I think this probably means she came to the hospital in 1930, March 19 because she is listed as in this hospital in the 1930 census on April 1] Usual residence: State: Missouri County: Barry City or Town (If outside corporate limits, write RURAL and give township): Aurora 0050 [The person filling out the form did not know that the Treat's address was rural and copied information from the hospital admission records.] born Oct 12, 1886, Hinkley [?], Illinois Married, Never Married, Widowed, Divorced (specify): Married [Again the information is incorrect because she was a widow.] Father's name: Ira C. Hamlin Mother's name: Georgietta Shipp Name of husband: P. S. Treat, Aurora, Mo. Informant: Records, State Hospital #3, Nevada, Missouri Burial June 11, 1953, State Hosp. Cemetery, Nevada, Missouri Apparently her body was later moved to the family plot at Clay Hill Cemetery in Barry County. Sadie did not appear in the household with her husband and children in the 1930 census because she appears as a patient at the state hospital in Nevada in the 1930 census. The hospital apparently had never updated the records on her family since she first came to the hospital and their records did not show that she was a widow because her husband had died in 1933. John Treat Place of Death: County: Barry Township: Ozark Date of birth: 3 Jan 1918 Birthplace: Missouri Name of Father: P. S. Treat; birthplace: Ill. Name of Mother: Sadie Hamlin; birthplace: Ill. Informant: P. S. Treat (Address): Aurora, Route #2 Date of death: 30 Aug 1921 Cause of death: drowned (accident) Alice Cheney (spelled Cheny on death certificate) Place of Death: County: Barry Township: Ozark Date of Birth: 8 Aug 1927 Birthplace: Mo. Name of Father: Willis Cheny; Birthplace: Mo. Name of Mother: Alice Treat; Birthplace: Ill. Informant: P. S. Treat (Address): Aurora, Mo. As you can see from these records, this family lived in Ozark Township, Barry County, but their address was Aurora. This is probably the same reason that your mother would have said or been told that she was born in Aurora and her birth certificate says that she was born in Barry County. Her parents' address was Aurora, but they actually lived in Barry County. On the online 1930 platbook for Barry County, T.25 and 26N. R. 25W. P. S. Treat is shown as the owner of the 40 acres of land in the southeast 1/4 of the southeast 1/4 of Section 20, Township 25 N, Range 25 W, which is 5 miles south of the Lawrence - Barry County line in Barry County. The landowners bordering P. S. Treat were E. B. Greenaway, I. A. Tunnell, I. L. Lockhart, and H. Sulwold. Ross Cameron >>> rolanda731@verizon.net 2/7/2007 8:32 PM >>> I am looking for information for the surname Treat. My mother was born in Aurora in 1938 but her birth certificate has Barry County. I know it used to be Barry then changed to Lawrence. Thanks Rolanda Stone 301-475-3409 ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MOLAWREN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message