Since genealogists will better understand their family histories if they know something of the times in which their ancestors lived, we have to learn local history. A good many persons who migrated to other regions came or at least passed through Hanover Co., VA. I cut this URL from a recent message on the Hanover Co. rootsweb. Take a look. Remove the punctuation which rootsweb adds at the beginning and end of the URL. I am sure the history of taverns and stagecoaches are similar in other colonial areas. _http://www.hanovertavern.org/pages/history.htm_ (http://www.hanovertavern.org/pages/history.htm) E.W.Wallace ************************************** See what's free at http://www.aol.com.