----------------------------Original message---------------------------- The project sounds fascinating, but I am left with one question: were county and parish boundaries consistent from the beginning of time up to 1850? Presumably there would have been some shifts over the course of millenia... If they are consistent for a few hundred years, where is the earlier cut-off (Civil War? War of the Roses? Norman Conquest? Rome?)? If there were shifts, are those that can be tracked down being included in the database? -- Nat Case Hedberg Maps, Inc. Publisher of PROFESSOR PATHFINDER Maps ___________________________________________________ Production Office (White River Jct, VT): [log in to unmask] Business and Sales Office (Minneapolis, MN): [log in to unmask]