Shannon Clyde wrote: > > Neophyte question; Was Rockingham County at one point in Virginia? I am not > familiar enough with New Hampshire history to know. > > Shannon Clyde It was and still is. Both states have one. Find Harrisonburg, VA, on the map, and you'll find the other Rockingham co., (with few states in between). NH was carved out of Massachusetts. -- Dick Marston, Marston Manor, [ http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Plains/1638/ ]; Rockingham County, NH, GenWeb County Coordinator, [ http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/1706/ ]; Webmaster: Southern California Genealogical Society, [ http://www.scgsgenealogy.com/ ]; Owner: NHMERRIM, NHROCKIN and MARSTON mail lists.