I forgot to mention the whole Mason-Dixon thing (1767), but you may not even WANT to go there! > > > --- John & Diane Kleinke <kleinke@thesurf.com> > wrote: > > Hi to All,, > > I live in Wisconsin and have never been to > WV. > > so anyone, please, don't think my questions > are > > really awfully dumb. > > I have been trying to find out where my > > 5thGgrand was born and I think I may be > looking > > in the wrong place. In a copy of a patent > for > > a Matthias Purgett dated 1684 and updated > every > > once in a while till 1738 at London. Now > > registered in the Province of Mayland, > > Frtederick County after being surveyed in > 1754. > > Now my 5th Great says he was born in 1754 > neer > > Frederick Town, Md.. on the Conegochiege > Manor. > > On the 1751 map, I found a Conegogee Creek > but > > in Pennsylvania, north of Williams Ferry.. > > Streight south of there in Md or Va in the > town > > Winchester with old name Frederick Town. > > I have been looking in the Conococheague > > Hundred and in Wash. Co., Md. with no avail.. > > Should I be looking in the area around > > Winchester? Or keep trying in Frederick Md. > or > > close to Haggerstown? Even on this 1751 map > > the lines of Md and Va are kind of fuzzy at > > this point. __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Finance: Get your refund fast by filing online. http://taxes.yahoo.com/filing.html