In a message dated 4/23/99 7:34:55 PM !!!First Boot!!!, [email protected] writes: > Bob.. > > This assumes you meant "Philadelphia" County rather than "Pennsylvania" > County. > > I think what your failing to take into account is the fact that in 1748 > Montgomery County did not exist. > > The area that later became Montgomery County Pennsylvania was within > Philadelphia County in 1748. > > This continued to be true for another 35-36 years. The area finally became > Montgomery County in 1784. > > So at the time he lived there is WAS Philadelphia County. It is NOW > Montgomery County. > > So you might find it either way. > Phil > ([email protected]) > I was having a stupid day when I wrote Pennsylvania County rather than Philadelphia! :) Absolutely correct and some of the new Montgomery Count records are now kept in Philadelphia County and some of the Old Philadelphia County Records are kept in Montgomery County. I have even found some of those records down in New Jersey. I am not clear as to what criteria was used to determine what records went where. All in all I think it might have been pretty arbitrary. I would have expected that when Montgomery County was created they would have started over from scratch but that is not the case. It seems like a case of 52 card pickup what ever records the county picked up they kept despite the fact that they could be spread over both counties but may not be limited to just those two counties. I am pretty ignorant of the geology of the area but I think that the area I am looking at is pretty close to the border. Thanks for the information. Bob