In a message dated 4/3/03 1:00:59 PM Pacific Standard Time, [email protected] writes: > Jack, if you go to the Beaver County Genealogical Society you can find > answers to most of your questions; when records started, where to write, > etc. > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~pagecgs/ > > Thanks, I've been on that site quite a bit back in history but didn't remember the vital records dates being specified. The vast majority of my Beaver County research has been pre-1850. My direct ancestors from Beaver County were in Portage County, Ohio by 1860 By the way, there's a typo in that link. It should be: http://www.rootsweb.com/~pabecgs/index.htm Jack