I recommend the book "The Great Wagon Road" by Parke Rouse, Jr. The Dietz Press, 1995, reprinted 2001. You can see the book at http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/087517065X/104-0051754-4171143?v=glance&n=283155. You can see a description of the Great Wagon Road at http://www.genelea.com/great_wagon_roads_of_colomial_time_by_jb.htm. At 04:00 AM 3/19/2006, you wrote: >Date: Sat, 18 Mar 2006 09:57:54 EST >From: [email protected] >To: [email protected] >Message-ID: <[email protected]> >Subject: Great Waggon Road >Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" > >I have Scotch-Irish and German ancestors who settled in Rockinghan Co. in >the 1700's I am trying to figure out if they came mid-way across >Pennsylvania and dropped down into the Valley, or if they came from >the eastern counties >of Pennsylvania and crossed more of Maryland to get to the Valley. And then >I saw a reference to the Great Waggon Road, but no info on where it ran. >Does anyone have any more information on this? Thanks for the >help. Karen >Lee Williamsburg,VA M. Paul Hawes North Carolina I receive more than enough e-mail. Please do not send jokes, virus warnings, or chain letters.