Thanks to all for the excellent info on the Westmoreland County Tax Maps. I have copies of the 1816 Application, Warrant, Survey, and Land Patent awarded my John Cummins family. My problem is trying to find out when, and to whom, John Cummins subsequently sold the land. The documentation may give me some clues as to other family in the area. Can someone advise as to the best way to track it down? Thanks, Pat Patrick Stover Cummins Researching the Cummins, Hamilton, Smith, Kraft, Lewallen, Stover, Pennell, and related lines. Visit us at _www.thecomyn.com_ (http://www.thecomyn.com/) Trees Listed with _www.gencircles.com_ (http://www.gencircles.com/)

<<Can someone advise as to the best way to track it down?>> This is what Allen said: ...write to Harrisburg, giving the owner's name(s) you are looking for, plus the information on the maps you aready have. They will send you PHOTOCOPIES of images in the archives. Typically, once the name is found by them, they will copy the front and back of the application, the front and back of the survey , and one or two pages in the patent book. The patent books have acquired marginal notes over the years, and these might help you in your search(es). The costs per name plus up to 10 photocopies was $15 in 2004 for out of staters, $10 for Pennsylvanians. The Address: Pennsylvania Archives, 350 North St., Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, 17120-0090. > >