--=======36701BAB======= Content-Type: text/plain; x-avg-checked=avg-ok-5BD987E; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Bobbi, Thanks for the info...... and so quick! I expected an answer from Mac as one of his earliest jobs was with Mason before he teamed up with Dizon. Al At 12:46 PM 9/26/2004, you wrote: >The following is from a Monongalia County website I found when I googled, >hope it helps. > >Bobbi > >Monongalia County was one of three counties created by an act of the >Virginia General Assembly in October 1776 from the District of West Augusta >(Virginia). The others were Ohio and Yohogania counties. Monongalia County >was named in honor of the Monongahela River, named by the Algonquin >(Delaware) Indians. The river's name means "river of crumbling banks" or >"high banks fall down." When the bill creating the county was being prepared >the spelling was changed to Monongalia. It is not known if the spelling was >changed on purpose or was an error. >Monongalia County is known as the mother county for northern West Virginia >because many other counties were created from its original territory. The >precise number is difficult to determine because the original county's >boundaries fell along watersheds which shifted over time. However, at least >thirteen West Virginia counties were created in whole, and perhaps as many >as eighteen West Virginia counties were created either in whole or in part, >from Monongalia County. > >Moreover, parts of Greene, Fayette and Washington counties in Pennsylvania >also were created from the county. The Pennsylvania counties were carved >from Monongalia County when the Mason-Dixon line was accepted as defining >the borders of Maryland, Virginia, and Pennsylvania. That approval process >began in 1779, and was officially agreed to by the three states in 1784. > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Al Lenkner" <[email protected]> >To: <[email protected]> >Sent: Sunday, September 26, 2004 11:35 AM >Subject: Re: [PITTSBURGH] VA and PA line > > > > --=======5794D70======= > > Content-Type: text/plain; x-avg-checked=avg-ok-5BD987E; charset=us-ascii; >format=flowed > > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit > > > > Clare, > > > > You're putting me on the spot. There was an article in one of the Sunday > > papers a couple of weeks ago which is where my misconceptions were > > cleared. I probably saved it but haven't scanned it into my computer. > > > > IIRC, all of what we know today as West Virgina, Washington County and > > everything south of the Mon and Ohio Rivers was in one big county of > > Virginia. It had an odd name. West Virginia, which many if not most > > people don't know, was not a state until sometime during the Civil > > War. That area was pro-north. Whether they seceded from VA solely >because > > of their sympathies, I don't know. > > > > Perhaps we have a lister who is more into that area than I. My ancestors > > didn't show up until 1835 in Union Twp. If I can find that article, I'll > > scan it and let the list know in the event that anyone wanted a copy. > > > > Al > > >==== PA-PITTSBURGH Mailing List ==== >If you need to contact the listowner, send an email to Sue* at: >[email protected] > >============================== >Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration >Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > > > > >--- >Incoming mail is certified Virus Free. >Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). >Version: 6.0.769 / Virus Database: 516 - Release Date: 9/24/2004 --=======36701BAB======= Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; x-avg=cert; x-avg-checked=avg-ok-5BD987E Content-Disposition: inline --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.769 / Virus Database: 516 - Release Date: 9/24/2004 --=======36701BAB=======--

http://terraserver.microsoft.com is a satellite imagery site where one can type in the name of the town or insert Long/Lat to view area's from space. The quality is fairly good and one can zoom in to see houses, property lines, graveyards, sectional lines from early homestead's, churches, old building foundations and a host of other interesting genealogical stuff. Some early homesteads have Family cemeteries located at one of the 4 corners of the property. The scan's are a few years old - don't know when they'll be updated. Tom Lassek Eufaula Alabama