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From: Norma Adams <>
Subject: Re: [MADKY] Dates of Formation of Counties in US
Date: Sat, 24 Feb 2007 19:01:43 -0500
In-Reply-To: <ce6.9a62e01.33122a8f@aol.com>


Hi,
Try this site:
http://www.rootsweb.com/~nccatawb/countyfm.htm

Norma

At 06:55 PM 2/24/2007 -0500, you wrote:
>This message recently appeared:
>
>Hi Searchers, Does anyone know when Warren Co. N. C. became a county and
>from which counties it was formed? Vance, Halifax, and Northhampton
>surround it on the map I have but the map doesn't have a year. Also what
>counties was Mecklenburg Co. VA formed from and what year? Surrounding
>counties of Mecklenburg were Charlotte, Lunenburg, Brunswick and Halifax.
>What years were these formed? Are there books that tell these things or
>if anyone knows would you share this information with me? Thanks. Sarah
>Harris Andrews
>
>
>Dear Sarah and others,
>
>A quick way to determine when a county was formed and what the parent county
>was is to use the online Family History Library Catalog (one of my best
>friends).
>
>_www.familysearch.org_ (http://www.familysearch.org)
>
>Ignore all the blanks--probably you will get a LOT of misinformation which
>will lead you astray, and we genealogists have too many distractions
>anyway--like work, kids, home duties, aging spouses with critical needs!!!
>

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