Concestoga Twp Lancaster Co is on the Susquehanna River, about 2 miles south of Lancaster (city) while Lower Oxford Twp Chester Co is on the Western border of Chester Co at almost the southernmost tip. They are five miles from center to center as the crow flies. To travel from lower Oxford to Conestoga Twp, you would take Rt. 472 (Lancaster Pike NW through Kirkwood it becomes Kirkwood Pike, continue NW to Quarryville. Then go west on 372 (Buck road) to the Buck, turn right (north) onto 272, also called Lancaster Pike (all roads lead to Lancaster!) for about a mile and turn left (west) onto Truce road to Rawlinsville. Then go north (right) on Red Hill Road/Martic Heights Drive which winds around and connects with Rt. 324 Martic Road/Pequea Blvd. Then a right onto River Road takes you into the center of Conestoga Twp. It is really the boonies in this section of the woods. All the roads change name after a mile or two. Shows that folks didn't travel much who lived here. A good set of ADC county maps is a must for doing research! Anne -----Original Message----- From: Dora Smith [SMTP:tiggernut_48@yahoo.com] Sent: Friday, September 22, 2000 12:28 PM To: PACHESTE-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [PACHESTE] how far apart are Lower Oxford and Conestoga townships? My 2X great grandfather, Thomas M. Moore, owned land in Lower Oxford township in 1850 census, and in 1860 census was a laborer livingin Safe Harbor, which I learned is in Conestoga township, Lancaster County. I have only county maps available to me, and don't have the hardbound one of Lancaster County available to me at the moment. The Chester County genweb site has a township map of Chester County, but the Lancaster County genweb site does not have a township map of the county. I did at one time locate Conestoga Township in Lancaster County on the map, and I just learned where is Lower Oxford Township in Chester County. I just realized that my wandering and hard to locate ancestor may not really have done much wandering at all. How far in miles is Safe Harbor from Lower Oxford Township? >From my memory, I think they may not be more than twenty miles apart. My memory kind of suggests they are at about equal short distances from the Maryland state line. I recall Conestoga township being just right of center and fairly large, in Lancaster County, and I think I had trouble exactly locating Safe Harbor, though the gazeteer says it is in Conestoga township. Lower Oxford township is at the western edge of Chester County in a portion that actually bulges into Lancaster County. After presumably going maybe 20 miles to find work, Thomas Moore, his wife, and his eldest son, atleast in any capacity as guardian of Thomas's other children if something had happened to Thomas and his wife, all disappeared from the face of the planet. They cannot be found in the 1870 census, by the method I found successful in locating Thomas Moore in the first place - looking at every eligible household with heads of household by those names in the three states. You'd think that for instance if Thomas had died, his wife or eldest son would be the head of household. Where should I be looking for the records of what happened? What townships, what graveyards, and where for court records? And in what places would people suggest I check on the possibility that Thomas died and relatives took in the widow and children, by looking at ALL the Moore households. You know that's an overwhelming task if I cast my net too wide. Looking up all 90 Thomas Moore households in the 1860 census in Pennsylvania was about as wide as I want to cast a net... And God help me if the relatives they lived with weren't named Moore - could make more sense just to read through the census for a few towns. Yours, Dora Smith __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Send instant messages & get email alerts with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com/ ______________________________