In a message dated 6/27/2006 4:23:06 AM Central Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: Were any parts of Pennsylvania in Virginia back when Virginia was so big. I use to have a link what about Berks co........was it always in Pa? Yes, parts of Pennsylvania and Virginia were claimed by both VA and PA. Most of this particular dispute concerned the south and western part of the PA. While Berks doesn't seem to be involved in the VA disputes, it did a whole lot of evolving. Here is a link to a site where you can watch the PA county evolutions on a slide show or pick a year at a time to review. http://www.mypennsylvaniagenealogy.com/pa_maps/pa_cf.htm The site has links to all states. Susan in Louisiana