Jim, I'm sure several people on this list will help you. But I will add my two cents. The New Castle Public Library is the place to start. They have obituary files, microfilmed newpapers and several of the old plat books in hard copy form. The Public Library is located at 207 E North Street, New Castle, PA 16101 (724) 658-6659 and is open 9am-8pm Mon-Thurs and 9am-5 Friday and I think 9am-1pm Saturday. Ed McClelland has put several current maps on the web. The Beaver County map is at http://amug.org/~impactvr/beavermp/. Unfortunately, the link for Lawrence county did not seem to be working. Maybe someone else has the address. The Beaver Falls library has a resource room. It hours are more limited. I am not sure of their phone number off hand. You may want to try to call them and see if any of the "old timers" that frequent the room can point you in the right direction. They have a lot of surname files and it is about 35-40 from the New Castle Library. Good Luck! Janet McFarland Alexandria, VA on 8/18/00 6:00 PM, PALAWREN-D-request@rootsweb.com at PALAWREN-D-request@rootsweb.com wrote: > From: James Weyand <jweyand@u.washington.edu> > Date: Thursday, August 17, 2000 11:49 PM > To: PALAWREN-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [PALAWREN] site location > > I am planning a trip to Lawrence Co. next month to gather some family > history. Among other things, I would like to locate the area (site?) > of my GG-Grandfather's farm. Would anybody be able to point me in > the general direction? > > Henry WEYAND (b. 1791, d. 1843) "leaving Somerset Co in 1826 he > moved to what was then Beaver Co., where (he) bought a farm between > Mount Jackson and Mahoningtown, now New Castle, now known as the > William Patterson farm." > > Any guesses? Even a zipcode of a likely area might get me started > with my map software. Cemeteries in the area? > > Thanks, > > Jim Weyand > Seattle >