Anthony, I'm no expert, but what I would do is record the county exactly as to the time frame. For instance, my Samuel Bird lived on Reed Creek-- a place which changed counties 3 times over a period of 20 years. So, my Bird was born in Pittsylvania Co., married in Henry Co., and died in Franklin County--yet he never moved from Reed Creek! In addition, his marriage was recorded in TWO counties--so, I just made a notation of both records in my GEDCOM. Most people researching in Virginia DO understand how county formations can really throw us off track. But, if you see other researchers having the formation of the county appearing AFTER the event, then it was either an honest mistake, or they haven't done their "homework". Given the frequency of county changes in VA--I tend to give people the benefit of the doubt. But, it might be worth calling it to their attention. I know I'd want to know if someone else caught my mistake. Marla On Thu, 06 Jul 2006 20:37:15 -0400 "Anthony Davis" <genealogy@jadfl.com> wrote: > With so many early counties in the colonies having been split to form new >counties, my question is this: > > How should the county of birth/death be recorded for an individual in one of >these split counties? > >For example, Orange Co., Virginia was formed from a earlier county, then >split to form Culpeper county and so on ----- so if an individual was born in >Orange county but that area is now a part of Culpeper county do you show >Orange co. as the birth county, or Culpeper county, or some combination >designation like Orange (later Culpeper) Co., Virginia? > > Which is the best approach? And what if someone has given a county of >birth/death that is out of the time frame of the formation of that county? >I.E. a person is shown as being born in Culpeper county when his date of >birth was actually before the formation of Culpeper county? > > Anthony > > > CASH, DAVIS, LEDBETTER, WALTON > > > > ============================== > 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 >