Dear Subscribers, Some of you old hands know that the county boundaries in Virginia (and elsewhere) changed frequently. I am told (haven't verified in print) that the courthouse should not be more than a day's horseback ride away. Hence, new counties all the time. The opening pages of an order book will frequently state that the court met at someone's home. I found this out when I was researching colonial Goochland Co., which had been formed from Henrico Co. The geography got so confusing that I purchased from Iberian Press a large (but not thick) atlas compiled by Michael Doran. The title is something like Atlas of County Boundary Changes in Virginia. This applies to early Kentucky also. My copy is getting dogeared, and I am hoping I can reduce some of the pages on the photocopier to take with me on a research trip to Salt Lake City. There is one at SLC but who wants to interrupt research to go to the Us map area all the time. I believe Iberian Press has a website. Try search engine google. Thanks for all the recent postings. My folks went elsewhere--or else the county divided, but among the early settlers of both NC and KY were my Hanover Co. people. E.W.Wallace

I also use the Atlas of County Boundary Changes on a near daily basis. It would have been a bargain at several times the price. I just wish I had something similar to show Parish boundaries. Mickey [email protected] wrote: >Dear Subscribers, > >Some of you old hands know that the county boundaries in Virginia (and >elsewhere) changed frequently. I am told (haven't verified in print) that the >courthouse should not be more than a day's horseback ride away. Hence, new >counties all the time. The opening pages of an order book will frequently >state that the court met at someone's home. > >I found this out when I was researching colonial Goochland Co., which had >been formed from Henrico Co. The geography got so confusing that I purchased >from Iberian Press a large (but not thick) atlas compiled by Michael Doran. >The title is something like Atlas of County Boundary Changes in Virginia. >This applies to early Kentucky also. My copy is getting dogeared, and I am >hoping I can reduce some of the pages on the photocopier to take with me on a >research trip to Salt Lake City. There is one at SLC but who wants to >interrupt research to go to the Us map area all the time. > >I believe Iberian Press has a website. Try search engine google. > >Thanks for all the recent postings. My folks went elsewhere--or else the >county divided, but among the early settlers of both NC and KY were my >Hanover Co. people. > >E.W.Wallace > > >============================== >To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > >. > -- ÐÏࡱá