Hi Anne, Your probably not going to have much luck searching based only on a surname, you need to attach a location to the surname in order to make much progress. People didn't move around much in those days because a horse and wagon moved at about 3 miles per hour so a trip of 50 miles could take two or three days. You also can't rely too much on the name because it was often the person taking the information who was responsible for how the name was spelled, not the person who's name was being spelled. Often then didn't see or know how their name was spelled. I went to the Pa. Archives web page, link below http://www.digitalarchives.state.pa.us/archive.asp?view=ArchiveIndexes&ArchiveID=13 and found three Peter Grubbs, one in Lancaster County, the well known one, on in Northampton County and a third in Washington County. I would check out the guy in Northampton County, you already know your guy isn't the guy in Lancaster County and Washington County is in the south west portion of the state and many settlers there were from Virginia, both Pa. and Virginia claimed that area, so Northampton County seems to be the best bet. If you know where your Peter Grubb's children were from you might be able to narrow down the search. Good luck. Jim ________________________________ From: Anne Kane <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Friday, January 16, 2009 11:00:04 PM Subject: Re: [PALANCAS] Peter Grob Thank you, Bob and Pam, for your suggestions. My Peter Grob/Grubb was born in Germany in 1751 and came to Philadelphia in 1765 with his mother and siblings. It is hard to find records for him because his name is often confused with the Peter Grubb from Lancaster Co. who served as a Capt. and Colonel (a member of the Grubb family who had extensive land holdings and smelters). ------------------------------- 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