From roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com Fri Jul 7 07:45:14 2006 Received: from mail.rootsweb.com (mail.rootsweb.com [192.168.65.34]) by admin.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id k67DjEjb006856; Fri, 7 Jul 2006 07:45:14 -0600 Received: from roots-l.rootsweb.com (roots-l.rootsweb.com [66.43.16.22]) by mail.rootsweb.com (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k67DjBAY023605 for ; Fri, 7 Jul 2006 07:45:11 -0600 Received: from roots-l.rootsweb.com (roots-l [127.0.0.1]) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id k67B7qFI029691 for ; Fri, 7 Jul 2006 07:07:52 -0400 Received: (from roots-in@localhost) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.8/Submit) id k67B7qT0029690 for roots-approved@rootsweb.com; Fri, 7 Jul 2006 07:07:52 -0400 Received: from lists5.rootsweb.com (lists5.rootsweb.com [66.43.27.41]) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with SMTP id k67AegFI029520 for ; Fri, 7 Jul 2006 06:40:42 -0400 Received: (from slist@localhost) by lists5.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) id k67DHpLV027548 for roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com; Fri, 7 Jul 2006 07:17:51 -0600 X-Envelope-From: treviawbeverly@houston.rr.com Fri Jul 7 07:17:51 2006 Received: from mail.rootsweb.com (mail.rootsweb.com [192.168.65.34]) by admin.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id k67DHpjb027539 for ; Fri, 7 Jul 2006 07:17:51 -0600 Received: from ms-smtp-02.texas.rr.com (ms-smtp-02.texas.rr.com [24.93.47.41]) by mail.rootsweb.com (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k67DHlkf030674 for ; Fri, 7 Jul 2006 07:17:48 -0600 Received: from oemcomputer (cpe-24-162-26-136.houston.res.rr.com [24.162.26.136]) by ms-smtp-02.texas.rr.com (8.13.6/8.13.6) with SMTP id k67DHjFS028779; Fri, 7 Jul 2006 08:17:45 -0500 (CDT) Message-ID: <001201c6a1c8$b8f89db0$6401a8c0@oemcomputer> From: "Trevia W Beverly" To: "Anthony Davis" , References: Subject: Re: [ROOTS-L] Recording proper counties Date: Fri, 7 Jul 2006 08:24:48 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1807 X-MIMEOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1807 X-Virus-Scanned: Symantec AntiVirus Scan Engine X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.52 on 192.168.65.34 X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.52 on 192.168.65.34 Sender: roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com Record in the county as it was ... the original place of birth, death, etc. All genealogists should know that it is vital to be sure and check out the formation of every county they come across to know its origins. In my classes I have students prepare a county lineage just as they do a personal lineage. Draw the chart, enter the dates, KNOW YOUR COUNTY! Records are not moved - they stay in place. Trevia Wooster Beverly Houston, Texas ----- Original Message ----- From: "Anthony Davis" To: Sent: Thursday, July 06, 2006 7:37 PM Subject: [ROOTS-L] Recording proper counties > With so many early counties in the colonies having been split to form new > counties, my question is this: > > How should the county of birth/death be recorded for an individual in one of > these split counties? > > For example, Orange Co., Virginia was formed from a earlier county, then > split to form Culpeper county and so on ----- so if an individual was born > in Orange county but that area is now a part of Culpeper county do you show > Orange co. as the birth county, or Culpeper county, or some combination > designation like Orange (later Culpeper) Co., Virginia? > > Which is the best approach? And what if someone has given a county of > birth/death that is out of the time frame of the formation of that county? > I.E. a person is shown as being born in Culpeper county when his date of > birth was actually before the formation of Culpeper county? > > Anthony