I'm so glad you reminded me to mention that there's a need to search Ulster County for some of what became Orange county ... prior what was it, about 1800? > Date: Fri, 11 Jun 2010 09:24:04 -0700 (PDT) > From: juliasgenes <juliasgenes@yahoo.com> > Subject: Re: [NYORANGE] Advice, please! > > That's an excellent point you make, K Powell. NYS has what > seems like 1000s of counties. They kept being carved from > bigger ones or dissolved or land traded back and forth > between them - it was a real organic process. > > For a really cool animated map showing the evolution of NYS > counties, see "New York County Formation Maps" (just click > the little PLAY button):http://www.familyhistory101.com/maps/ny_cf.html > ?Note that among the twelve original Province of New York > counties is Dukes County - composed of Martha's Vineyard, > Nantucket, and the Elizabeth Islands!!! (Cape Codders never > believe me about this.) NY also included Vermont for a time, > so some NY records during that time period are held by > Vermont & vice versa. > > Isn't this fun? I wish ALL states at this site had > animations. > Julia .^_^. > > > --- On Fri, 6/11/10, K Powell <grannytoad@yahoo.com> > wrote: > > ...Elmira by then was part of Chemung Co but hadn't been > for long, had earlier been Tioga Co, where there's even a > Smithville...