I've run into this many times and suspect that they are as you say, reproductions of earlier deeds. Where are the originals? Good question. I have no idea. Gary Radcliffe ----- Original Message ----- From: [email protected] Sent: Friday, August 30, 2002 1:26 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [WVHAMPSH-L] Early deeds question Have been perusing copies of deeds from Pendleton County....time frame of 1780-1820. The intent was to compare signatures from deeds written in other counties. Well...the deeds in Pendleton County that I have are signed "by the same hand" that wrote the deed. If there are three signatures, all are "by the same hand." Has anyone else encountered this problem? From counties other than Pendleton? My question: Is it possible these deeds were transcribed by hand from earlier records? And if so, where are the earlier records? Thanks, Vivian