At 04:58 PM 10/29/2002 -0700, Brian wrote: >The earliest leases on South Branch Manor go back to 1747, when the area >was first surveyed. Some of these land records may have been recorded in >Orange Co. or Frederick Co., VA. And for many years, it was common to record deeds and have surveys made by VA, MD and PA, so you'd have proof no matter who won the border wars. I'm told many people have solved mysteries that way. Can't say it's helped me, but my guys all flew in from the Andromeda galaxy one weekend anyway. :( Cheryl *_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_* Cheryl Singhal ([email protected]) http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~cpafug/ http://www.rootsweb.com/~wvhampsh/ http://www.fortunecity.com/millennium/blyton/772/ (Bottony Cross DAR) http://www.rootsweb.com/~cresap/ http://members.fortunecity.com/csinghal1/ (Joanna Waddill UDC)