First I apologize for sending a message with nothing on it but I was having trouble with anything going through. My question was that I seem to remember some discussion as to whether when a land grant was issued if the person had to live in the county it was issued in. I always thought my mother was born in Marion county but I found a land grant issued to her father in Lane County. How early were birth records kept for Lane County? --- karen thomas --- krthomas@mindspring.com --- EarthLink: The #1 provider of the Real Internet.

Partial explanation without knowing dates of concerned parties In 1850, LANE COUNTY did not exist but was part of the much larger county of LINN. 1860 LANE COUNTY was in existance with its northern boundry bordering Linn county. MARION county was also in existance in 1850 and its southern boundry bordered Linn county. Reading from south to north the counties after 1860 were Lane, Linn and Marion. Source: Map Guide to the U.S. Federal Censuses 1790-1920, William Thorndale and William Dollarhide. In very early days, records were often kept in nearby counties before they got downsized to smaller land dimensions and newer counties were established. Hope I haven't confused you with too much detail. karen thomas wrote: > First I apologize for sending a message with nothing on it but > I was having trouble with anything going through. > My question was that I seem to remember some discussion as to > whether when a land grant was issued if the person had to live in > the county it was issued in. I always thought my mother was born > in Marion county but I found a land grant issued to her father in > Lane County. How early were birth records kept for Lane County? > > --- karen thomas > --- krthomas@mindspring.com > --- EarthLink: The #1 provider of the Real Internet. > > ==== OREGON Mailing List ==== > Welcome to the OREGON LIST > To Search the OREGON-L or leave the lists use this link to the Oregon-L > web site http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/usa/OR/misc.html > Oregon Archives http://arcweb.sos.state.or.us/ > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237