Hello, If anyone has an ancestor in MA and you found the name of a town, which is not a current town, you might be interested in this list of "unincorporated towns" or "villages within a town" in MA / US. http://www.sec.state.ma.us/cis/cisuno/unoidx.htm I don't know if the other New England State web sites have a similar list. This is a page which lists all the towns and cities "in the Commonwealth." http://www.mass.gov/?pageID=mg2terminal&L=3&L0=Home&L1=State%20Government&L2=Local%20Government&sid=massgov2&b=terminalcontent&f=cc_landing&csid=massgov2 There is a lot of information on the www.mass.gov site if you want to browse around it. Since I mentioned "the Commonwealth of Massachusetts," here is a page describing why we are called that -- and not the State of Massachusetts: http://www.mass.gov/lib/facts/commonwealth.htm Have a pleasant weekend ! Betty (near Lowell, MA, USA) List Administrator