I have some good search engines for locating places, geographical features etc. They are: http://shiva.pub.getty.edu/tgn_browser/ and http://www-nmd.usgs.gov/www/gnis/gnisform.html The first Getty site lists Laconia as a populated area. The second site, a USGS map generator, if used, will show Laconia on a bend of the river directly Northeast of Watson (approx 4 miles, if I am reading the map correctly). If you "zoom out" from the initial map about twice you will see Laconia on the same latitude as Duncan, Mississippi. Another good map generator is at http://www.mapquest.com/ . A shortcut link http://www.mapquest.com/cgi-bin/ia_find?screen=mqhome&link=ia-map-form&uid=u 404a4ie4e0skbix&no_map=true&banner=select&random=281 will take you several steps to the search engine you need. After zooming in, it shows Laconia near the levee almost two miles east of a north/south hwy 85. -----Original Message----- From: Jann Woodard <stoneface45@hotmail.com> To: ARDESHA-L@rootsweb.com <ARDESHA-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Sunday, January 09, 2000 1:17 PM Subject: Re: Laconia >Bill, > >I have a newpaper article relating to the 1927 Flood, that mentions, >Yancopin, the Laconia Levee, the Laconia Circle, Henrico, Snow Lake, and it >also mentions plantations by the name of Benzal, Lazneb and Satterfield. >The latter three must be in Arkansas County, but the others appear to be in >Desha Co. > >Know anything about them?? > >Jann > >>From: "Billy Covey" <BILLCOVEY@worldnet.att.net> >>To: ARDESHA-L@rootsweb.com >>Subject: Laconia >>Date: Sun, 9 Jan 2000 13:05:16 -0600 >> > > >______________________________________________________ >Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com > > >============================== >Join the RootsWeb WorldConnect Project: >Linking the world, one GEDCOM at a time. >http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/ >