Yes, Justin, you are right......my mistake about Lancaster County! Sue G. > Date: Mon, 8 Jan 2007 17:53:03 -0500> To: [email protected]> From: [email protected]> Subject: Re: [PACENTRE] Pennsylvania Dutch counties/Lancaster Co.> > The three original counties in Pennsylvania were Bucks, Chester, and > Philadelphia Counties (1682). Lancaster County, the fourth county, > was created from Chester in 1729.> > At 04:33 PM 1/8/2007, you wrote:> >Lancaster County was one of the first three counties of PA. When it > >originated it was also a county with many Scots-Irish. So, it's > >important to keep in mind the time period in which one is > >searching. Back in the 1700's I think it might have been also > >considered a Scots-Irish county, or at least parts of it were. This > >was a surprise to me when I first started looking into my > >ancestors. I had always thought of Lancaster County as the > >"heartland" of the "Pennsylvania Dutch." That may be true now, but > >was maybe not always the case.> >Sue G.> > > -------------------------------> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message _________________________________________________________________ Get into the holiday spirit, chat with Santa on Messenger. http://imagine-windowslive.com/minisites/santabot/default.aspx?locale=en-us