This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Classification: lookup Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.ohio.counties.adams/3562.1.1.1.1.1.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Your cousin would be right. Many of the descendants of the original founders stayed in the area. I am a direct descendant of some of the original founders and while I don't live in the area, my Grandmother is still there (Winchester) and I have several other close family members nearby. Watching how the various family names intertwine is very interesting. By accident, I discovered that my great grandmother and her husband's brother's wife were 3rd Cousins. I often wonder if the two knew they were related, but I doubt it. I'd love to one day have a history of the entire county from the late 1700's to mid 1900's, though this is a project much too ambitious for just myself. Often when I visit graveyards there, if time permits, I just photograph everything because the ones I don't recognize normally end up tying in somewhere once I've done enough work. Some of my best finds have started with nothing more than a photo of a tombstone for someone I didn't know, but suspected tied in somewhere.