I presume that the land deeds are official government documents from the county courthouse. What records are you using to "indicate births"? To the best of my knowledge, there are no government birth records in Virginia at that time. But I will also say that I had 3GGPs who did move from Rockingham to Rockbridge in the 1830s [based on County and Church Marriage Records, Church Baptismal Records, Census Records, Burial Records, etc]. Thom Flory -----Original Message----- From: gc-gateway@rootsweb.com <gc-gateway@rootsweb.com> To: VAROCKIN-L@rootsweb.com Sent: Thu, 16 Oct 2008 9:03 pm Subject: [VAROCKIN] What's up with the 1780 - 1800 "migration" from Rockingham Co. to Rockbridge Co. VA? This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: tigerlilyhome Surnames: Smith Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.virginia.counties.rockingham/3270/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I am researching the George Smith family [incl. sons Samuel [b. 1799) and Daniel (b. 1813)]. Records indicate births in Rockingham Co---but land deeds show property ownership in RockBRIDGE Co. Curously---I am seeing this in other family records from the same era---what could have prompted this apparent "migration"? Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to VAROCKIN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message