Thanks for the tip. I will look for the Hofmann bk. My DETTRO/DETTERER... fam was in Mocksville area of Rowan Co, NC by 1780, probably of Frederick Co, MD and prev of PA. The guy I am trying to connect from Rowan Co to prev residence in MD is a Balzar/Bathalzer DETERO ca 1755-1801 Mocksville and wf Elizabeth. Any advice appreciated. Best, Hal McCawley 4178 Pindar Way, Oceanside, CA 92056 760.941.4716 <HalMac@Cox.net> ----- Original Message ----- From: <Hdanw@aol.com> To: <rowanroots@rootsweb.com>; <myravg@wamail.net> Sent: Thursday, September 06, 2007 10:42 AM Subject: Re: [ROWANROOTS] German families [changed subject: NC Land Records] > No doubt you have received this suggestion for tracing your early settlers > of Rowan Co. > > I am a great believe, as is Bill Dollarhide, in the use of land records > for > tracing early American ancestors, particularly in the South. Prior to the > Industrial Revolution in this country, he contends that about 90 % of the > Anglo > [includes Germans, of course] population [male, of course but some widows] > owned land. > > For North Carolina early land patents/grants, we have the published > abstracts of Margaret M. Hofmann and for the surveys for most counties, we > have the > published abstracts of A. B. Pruitt. I know Mrs. Hofmann [note spelling] > has > a website which your search engine can no doubt locate. > > I hope a library near you has a few of these volumes. Try a University > library online catalog. A Librarian friend tells me that while most > genealogical > libraries do not lend their books, most Universities and colleges do lend > them. I have not checked the loan lists of the National Genealogical > Society > which books are available to members.. (St. Louis, MO seems a long way > from > the West Coast.) > > Happy hunting! > > E.W.Wallace > with a number of ancestors with roots in colonial North Carolina > (who either died there or went thataway!) > > > > ************************************** Get a sneak peek of the all-new AOL > at > http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ROWANROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.485 / Virus Database: 269.13.7/992 - Release Date: 9/6/2007 > 8:36 AM > >