Here is a message that Joe Baker posted a few months ago about County Lines. SHENANDOAH COUNTY, VA LAND RECORDS WHERE DO I SEARCH? References Martha W. Hiden, How Justice Grew, Virginia Counties: An Abstract of Their Formation. John. W. Wayland, A History of Shenandoah County, Virginia. >From 1721 to 1734, the Shenandoah Co., VA area was part of Spotsylvania Co. In 1734 it became part of Orange Co. The Assembly created Frederick and Augusta Cos. in 1738. Not until 1743 did Frederick have sufficient tithables and was financially able to hold court and record documents. In 1745 Augusta set up her county organization. The line at that time separating Frederick and Augusta corresponded to the original Fairfax Line, passing in or near Thorton's Gap in the Blue Ridge, crossing the Valley near Oak Hill (now in Page County, north of Luray, between Big Spring and Rileyville), St. David's Church (in Powell's Fort), and the Narrow Passage on the North Fork of the Shenandoah River (between Woodstock and present-day Edinburg). In 1753 the Assembly redrew the dividing line between Frederick and Augusta Cos. and moved it to the Southwest corresponding. to the 1746 survey of the Fairfax Line. The new line passed through present-day Page Co., a few hundred yards above the village of Newport, crossed the Massanutten Mountain and passed just above New Market. Shenandoah Co. (original named Dunmore) was formed from Frederick Co. in 1772. Where should one search for Shenandoah County deeds and other court records? 1721-1734 Spotsylvania County 1734-1745 Orange County 1743-1772 Frederick County 1745-1753 Augusta County 1772- Up Shenandoah County (named Dunmore 1772-1778) Joe Baker