Just wanted to add that in trying to match the dates, times, deeds, surnames, surveys, parishes & ever changing county lines, etc., with whatever scraps of evidence we have on our ancestors - while the dates General Assembly finally got around to setting those "official boundaries" most often presented in "Lists of Virginia County Formation"; like everything else it was the growing resident population that formed the parishes for their own convenience - often years and years before that official Act of the General Assembly. So don't despair if you are 120% positively sure your folks lived in a certain spot along a certain river and discover the county or parish "didn't exist" until a much later date. It didn't exist "officially" until there were enough people whining to get it noticed. Your folks likely didn't physically move anywhere, the counties/parishes simply subdivided under their feet. . ________________________________________________________________ The best thing to hit the Internet in years - Juno SpeedBand! Surf the Web up to FIVE TIMES FASTER! Only $14.95/ month - visit www.juno.com to sign up today! To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe please see the instructions at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-roots.html