Hello Thanks for pointing that out Marilyn. It is not Hinton. Niton is correct as given in the Niton Railway Station land description. I was looking on my Cummins map which only shows a Niton. Niton junction came to be later on in 1956. Niton Railway station at Twp. 54, R. 12, W5M 1926-05-17 Niton Junction General Store at TWP 53 Range 12 W5M. 1956-04-03 This is from the Collections Canada Postmasters website. Although they are shown as different townships, they appear to be one place now with the Niton post office closing in 1969. Niton Junction is about 160km west of Edmonton. One website I use for finding places is: http://geonames.nrcan.gc.ca/search/search_e.php For farm locations I went to the Glenbow museum in Calgary and made copies of the area I needed. I obtained ones for 1918, 1927 and 2003. The maps showed detailed sections of land with the name of the land owner on each section. This made it easier to drive to the exact location. Regards, Caroline Dolittle&Sitmore <msergi@shaw.ca> wrote: Hi Caroline and June: I believe the correct name of the towns is 1) Niton...Niton Junction....and/or (2) Hinton. NOT Ninton...please check your maps carefully...they are a ways apart! Marilyn ----- Original Message ----- From: "Caroline" To: Sent: Wednesday, March 21, 2007 11:51 PM Subject: Re: [ALBERTA] Locating farm by legal description Hello June, I have a large Cummins map of Alberta. The land description of the farm is just north of Ninton Alberta, which is on Hwy 16 west of Edmonton going towards Jasper. Here is the legal land description for the Railway station in Ninton. Mail route - Niton-Railway Station SE Sec. 18, Twp. 54, R. 12, W5M - 1926-05-17 Sec. 13, Twp. 54, R. 13, W5M - 1918-10-15 A bit further west on Hwy 16 is the town of Yates. This is probably where she is buried. Mail route - Yates-Railway Station SE 1/4 Sec. 17, Twp. 54, R. 16, W5M Hope this helps, Caroline June Harvey wrote: Dear Listers: A visit is planned this Summer to Alberta to locate a homestead and a grandmother's gravesite. The only clues thus far are a Land Grant (homestead) and a Death Certificate. Unfortunately, the legal description given on each document are different. Land Grant: To Albert WAITE, NE1/4, Sec.19, Twp.56, Range 13, W5M. Death Certificate: Elizabeth Ann WAITE, buried on farm - SE1/4, Sec.16, Twp.54, Range 16, W5M. The Land Grant was made in 1920 and the death was in 1935. Does anyone have survey maps that would make identifying these properties easy? We have no idea where they would be. Alternatively, Is there anywhere on the Net that we could look at survey maps ourselves? Would really appreciate some help with this conundrum. thank you for reading June ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ALBERTA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message --------------------------------- Need Mail bonding? Go to the Yahoo! Mail Q&A for great tips from Yahoo! Answers users. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ALBERTA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.446 / Virus Database: 268.18.17/730 - Release Date: 3/22/2007 7:44 AM ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ALBERTA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message --------------------------------- Food fight? Enjoy some healthy debate in the Yahoo! Answers Food & Drink Q&A.