This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Page Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/2RB.2ACE/8503.1 Message Board Post: Birth and marriage records were not kept by the county until after 1880. Church records from before the civil war are relatively rare. If you know what town the people lived in different resources might be available for review. Russ Sprague Kensington, Maryland