I did a search in the FHL Catalog at www.familysearch.org for Amity in Pennsylvania. Here is what I found: "Pennsylvania, Berks, Amity Township; Settled about 1693; incorporated while part of Philadelphia County about 1719, but no record of court proceedings. Petition was renewed 3 March 1744. Became part of Berks County in 1752." Here is my question: James Mitchell was born in Amity in 1738. Does this indicate that he was actually born in Philadelphia County and not Lancaster County? Kathy

Hi Kathleen, People who lived on the eastern side of Berks County were in Philadelphia County in 1752, people who lived on the western side were in Lancaster. I don't have my map of Berks County so I haven't checked exactly where Amity Twp. sits. If you have a good source that says it was in Philadelphia County, I'd go with that. Jim http://www.rootsweb.com/~pacahs/index.htm Kathleen Gregory <gregory@giantcomm.net> wrote: I did a search in the FHL Catalog at www.familysearch.org for Amity in Pennsylvania. Here is what I found: "Pennsylvania, Berks, Amity Township; Settled about 1693; incorporated while part of Philadelphia County about 1719, but no record of court proceedings. Petition was renewed 3 March 1744. Became part of Berks County in 1752." Here is my question: James Mitchell was born in Amity in 1738. Does this indicate that he was actually born in Philadelphia County and not Lancaster County? Kathy ==== PALANCAS Mailing List ==== To unsubscribe first check and see if you are getting list or digest mode then e-mail PALANCAS-L-request@rootsweb.com or PALANCAS-D-request@rootsweb.com with unsubscribe in message. --------------------------------- Yahoo! FareChase - Search multiple travel sites in one click.

Did you check "Amity Hall" which is in what is now Perry Co.? -Toni H. Kathleen Gregory wrote: >I did a search in the FHL Catalog at www.familysearch.org for Amity in >Pennsylvania. Here is what I found: "Pennsylvania, Berks, Amity Township; >Settled about 1693; incorporated while part of Philadelphia County about >1719, but no record of court proceedings. Petition was renewed 3 March >1744. Became part of Berks County in 1752." > >Here is my question: James Mitchell was born in Amity in 1738. Does this >indicate that he was actually born in Philadelphia County and not Lancaster >County? > >Kathy > > > > >==== PALANCAS Mailing List ==== >To unsubscribe first check and see if you are getting list or digest mode then e-mail PALANCAS-L-request@rootsweb.com or PALANCAS-D-request@rootsweb.com with unsubscribe in message. > > > >