I'm not sure about the 5 miles as the crow flies for distance between these townships, but I can tell you it will take about 45 minutes to travel by car. Just from Oxford to Quarryville is 10-15 minutes travel; Q'ville to Truce Rd. is another 10 minutes; from Truce Rd. to Safe Harbor is about 20 minutes over winding country roads. -----Original Message----- From: Anne Wiegle <awiegle@fast.net> To: PACHESTE-L@rootsweb.com <PACHESTE-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Saturday, September 23, 2000 7:44 AM Subject: RE: [PACHESTE] how far apart are Lower Oxford and Conestoga townships? >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/ > >______________________________ > > >==== PACHESTE Mailing List ==== >To post a message to this list, send your message to >PACHESTE-L@rootsweb.com > > > >