Hi Stephanie, You can go to the Pitt Digital Research Library. http://digital.library.pitt.edu/pittsburgh/ Click on their Full Text Collection and put History of Westmoreland County in the search box. Several books will come up which you can read on line. Dawne ----- Original Message ----- From: "Stephanie" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, June 14, 2008 8:24 PM Subject: [PAWESTMO] more on early record question > Thank you to everyone trying to help. I live in Oregon so have no idea > what the country side was like or the history of the area. Does anyone > know > of a good local history book that would give me some insight to the > settlement?? > The family I am researching is GIBBS, also GIB, GIBB, etc. I have the > will > of Robert Gibbs dated 1776, Westmoreland County. The ex. are his wife > Elizabeth and son Hugh. I am interested in trying to locate records from > the Orphan's Court, as he had young children. In 1780 Elizabeth and Hugh > are in Cumberland Co. and sell the land in Westmoreland. There are two > Hugh > Gibbs I believe in Cum. Co. at that time. By 1792, Elizabeth and > children > are in Logan Co., KY. Was there a good road between Westmoreland and > Cumberland Co. I believe Robert and family may have lived in Cumberland > Co., even Lancaster before Cum. county was divided, went to West. co., and > after he died the widow and children moved back to Cum. County. I anxious > await any comments from people familiar with the area and what records are > available. Thank you very much. Stephanie, Oregon > > "It is not in the stars to hold our destiny but in ourselves." > William Shakespeare > > > ------------------------------- > 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 >