Hi-- I don't have your original letter in from of me to know the state & county your ancestors were in in 1850. However, have you checked deeds where they may have purchased land where you found them? Sometimes a deed will mention "George Brinker of (name of the county he is moving from)". Also, don't put your faith in the list of state born. I had an ancestor who say he was born in TN in one census, and VA in another census!!! Have you checked him in the census indexes for several states in 1840? The surrounding state census indexes would be a place to start. I don't know where you are writing from, so I don't know what is available to you. Good luck!!!!! Jeanne Orange VA ---------- > From: carol wilson <cjwilson@win.bright.net> > To: CDean46561@aol.com > Cc: OLD-FREDERICK-CO-VA-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: BRINKER, George b 1786 & MILLER, Catherine b 1768 > Date: Saturday, July 26, 1997 4:38 PM > > At 09:33 AM 7/26/97 -0400, you wrote: > >Carol: Suggest you go on to the 1860 census and see what it says because > >sometimes they would give where they used to live as birth place i.e. I am > >from Delaware and that is what the census taker put. A different time, and > >different census taker might yield different results. Then as a double check > >1870 census. Then go backwards again. > > > >Carol > > > > Carol, > Thanks for the suggestion. The problem is they both died in 1856, so the > 1850 is the only census I have to go on. I've also checked county > histories, etc., but they don't say anything about Delaware. I'm not real > good with my history, but think parts of DE and PA were interchangeable back > then. I mean, I think the border counties probably changed and the part > that they called Delaware might have been in PA a few years later. Anyway, > I'm still working on this problem, so I appreciate any ideas anyone might have. > > Thank you, >