Thank you for a most informative lesson on county formation, it's certainly a keeper to be referred to many times. Does anyone know of a map that overlays the counties with dates -- that would certainly help trailing a piece of property. Thanks again. **************************************Check out AOL's list of 2007's hottest products. (http://money.aol.com/special/hot-products-2007?NCID=aoltop00030000000001)