Here's another article http://ustreas.gov/offices/domestic-finance/usps/docs/parcel_history_final1. doc faye -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Lauraine Syrnick Sent: Thursday, September 18, 2008 1:17 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [CAN-USA-MIG] Wakefield NH Carroll County Second that thanks for the map site. Think in terms of "Pony Express", Wells Fargo, etc. which delivered mail, freight goods back then. The "Express" office probably was where they delivered to but there is some history to American Express which was formed in 1850: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Express. Lauraine ----- Original Message ----- From: "faye rees" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, September 18, 2008 12:01 PM Subject: Re: [CAN-USA-MIG] Wakefield NH Carroll County > Thanks for the link to the maps Cindy! > How fun.. Nice to see how things were 100+ years ago! > I am thinking an express office was a like a shipping office - to send > things via wagon?, but I am not 100% sure. > > Our great grandmother grew up in Solon Maine, her husband was born in > Tuftonboro and Sandwich New Hampshire and my grandfather was born in the > White Mountains in Berlin - I have no idea how they managed to find each > other but looking at the map the towns are kind of in a straight line.. > > Again thanks > faye > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Cynthia > Phillips > Sent: Wednesday, September 17, 2008 10:42 AM > To: [email protected]; [email protected] > Subject: [CAN-USA-MIG] Wakefield NH Carroll County > > Yesterday through another site i was given this site > http://www.livgenmi.com/1895/ > > It was interesting to finally see exactly where my ancestors lived in > Maine > and New Hampshire. My gr grandmother Amanda Crockett was born in > Mechanic > Falls ME and married my gr grandfather Arthur McDonald from Wakefield. I > wanted to see how close the two cities were. > > The maps are for 1895 and it also has a link you can look up the cities > with population. It says in 1895 that Wakefield had a population of 100. > > If my gr grandfather had 13 children and they stayed in the area and my > grandfather had somewhere around 10 I think, does that mean most of that > 100 > was my family? > > They had a post office, railroad and express office. I don't know what an > express office was. > > -- > Cindyp When you want to respond to a query or comment posted on this List, I find it MUCH easier to post a new message -- remembering to include the SUBJECT from the post you are responding to !! Please make sure there is a SURNAME or place-name in the Subject. To search the archives: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/search?path=CAN-USA-MIGRATION The information page is: http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/other/Immigration/CAN-USA-MIGRATION.html ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message