My Teegardin line passed through there in the late 1700s. I made a sidetrip there while on a busines strip to Emmitbsurg, MD, in 1998. I don't remember any Wiliamsport, but I was quite new to the hobby then and may not've been as close as I thought I was to the place shown in family documents as "the Conococheague Settlement." I thought it was probably near a very small modern-day community called CearFoss. What a beautiful place! Oh, there seems to have been a long-running border dispute between Maryland and Pennsylvania, and I wonder if maybe that figures into this in some way. Researching these 8 greats: Pickering-Snyder-Roach-Teegardin-Hodges-Evans-Kantner-Shifflet + these contributing Pickering/Snyder lines: Orndorff-Kinsey-Beall And, of course, many more! Peruse our entire GEDCOM at http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/~kpickering ONWARD AND BACKWARD! Kurt Pickering, IBSSG La Vergne, TN _________________________________________________________________ Create your own personal Web page with the info you use most, at My MSN. http://click.atdmt.com/AVE/go/onm00200364ave/direct/01/

Cearfoss is about 7-8 mi. north of Williamsport, I believe. It looks like the present day community of Conococheague is sort of halfway between the two. The dispute to which you refer was probably the one that was supposed to be resolved by Mason and Dixon, but... --- Kurt Pickering <pickeringenealogist_pickering@hotmail.com> wrote: > My Teegardin line passed through there in the > late 1700s. I made a sidetrip > there while on a busines strip to Emmitbsurg, > MD, in 1998. > > I don't remember any Wiliamsport, but I was > quite new to the hobby then and > may not've been as close as I thought I was to > the place shown in family > documents as "the Conococheague Settlement." I > thought it was probably near > a very small modern-day community called > CearFoss. __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Finance: Get your refund fast by filing online. http://taxes.yahoo.com/filing.html