This is great to know. My ancestors were at the Jones Light House! Brenda J Scott Dispatcher-Smart Parks -----Original Message----- From: Lanny Taylor [mailto:lannytaylor@worldnet.att.net] Sent: Tuesday, September 20, 2005 10:45 AM To: VAFAIRFA-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [VAFairfax] Alexandria - which one? You are correct - it is one geographic area (adjoining land area) and the county/city government lines divide/intersect the area - part of the land area is now located in Fairfax County but does have an Alexandria post office address - as I do at home - and genealogy records can be found for some persons in both - the city of Alexandria and the County of Fairfax. And of course Alexandria was once part of the land given to the newly formed Federal Government for the construction of the government city - thus Alexandria was part of Washington D.C. - and then it was given back to Virginia - and at some time it was also known as the County of Alexandria City. It's best to check for records at all the locations and include Arlington County Virginia too! ==== VAFAIRFA Mailing List ==== E-mail List Mom at mailto:daisysroots@yahoo.com http://www.rootsweb.com/~vafairfa/ ============================== Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx