Hi Gwen, Carleton Place is the town, Beckwith is the township, Lanark is the county and Ontario is the province. The township is just one extra division (and one more thing for researchers to keep track of...) Cheers, Gwen List Administrator for: [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] I can be reached at: [email protected] Researching surnames: Anderson, Barber, Cavanagh, Dempsey, Grainger/Granger, Holden, Hurlburt, Kennedy, Latimer, Mooney, Needham, Rivington, Story. (Plus the branch families....) "If you can't get rid of the skeleton in your closet, you'd best teach it to dance." ------ George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950) << Another question.... I live in Virginia, USA, and am having trouble understanding what 'Carleton Place' is. Let me explain. In the USA you can live in a TOWN which can be within a COUNTY which is within a STATE. For my g-grandfather I show a place of death as CARLETON PLACE, BECKWITH TWP, LANARK CO, ONTARIO, CANADA. That sounds like Beckwith is the TOWN so what is CARLETON PLACE? >>