Your right about that, Mark. I, too, am a Maris descendant (as well as Mendenhall, Dixon, Clayton--just to name a few). Many of these were Quakers. I've lived in this area for over fifty years and I didn't really appreciate how deep my families roots were until I started doing research. It's so exciting to see a place where you know your family lived. Many structures still existing, though you wouldn't know it because of 'improvements' to the building. Bob Case's book about Concord Township was really an eye opener. I had been past many of the homes featured in the book and hadn't realized just how old they really were! I just had a lovely chat about a week ago with the head grounds keeper at OLA (next to Neumann College where I work). He told me some pretty amazing stories about the old farmsteads that were located on the property. Many are gone now, but you can still see the remainders of them (I went & looked on my lunch hour). Neat! Barb >>> mark.dixon@att.net 01/24/07 4:24 PM >>> Trust me, there are tons of old farmhouses around. Many have been demolished, but many, many remain. (Things last when you build with stone.) Anyone with deep roots in Delaware County (i.e., several families who were here over multiple generations) will find that there are many things to see. Finding them is work, though. Since the county has no historical society worthy of the name, researchers have to spend their time in township societies whose collections and organization vary in quality. And their hours are skimpy. I didn't know that one of my Maris ancestor's house still stood in the middle of a modern development in Upper Darby until I came across an old newsclipping about it in the files at the Springfield Township Historical Society. The stuff is there. Mark > What I was trying to convey, evidently poorly, is that any of the old > farm houses could still be extant even today. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to PADELAWA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message