Posted on: Venango Co. Pa Query Forum Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Pa/Venango/2731 Surname: GATES ------------------------- I just got confirmation this past week (2/07/01) that my grandfather, Lowry Lawrence GATES was born in Venango Co. PA. This leads me to believe that the rest of his family which had indicated 'Cooperstown' was indeed also from Venango PA. The problem was that there were several counties which contained towns called Cooperstown. Please see my original query. I would appreciate hearing from anyone else investigating this family or connected to it.