I just found this by doing a search for "rushton waterbury ct", and it sounds like what you are looking for: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/read/CT-Waterbury/2003-08/1060568052 Jon

I've heard of a town or village that doesn't exist anymore that was called Rushton, that was in the area of where Route 84 cuts through present day Waterbury. Someone had said it was a community made up of French Canadians. Now I have listed in my notes of someone named Pierre Rushton who had something to do with my family, but I've never been able to track him down. I do have some French in my Family tree from Bridgeport and Hartford Connecticut. Sound familiar to anyone? Ed Hagerty Monroe, CT

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Dear List Members, The entire RootsWeb.com web site will be down for several hours Thursday morning (6/12/2003), while the technical staff completes routine maintenance. This includes the mailing lists This maintenance will take place from approximately 1-4 a.m. (Mountain Standard Time). There have been times in the past when it took much longer than planned. Watch for more information at http://helpdesk.rootsweb.com/help.cgi Please do not send TEST messages to the list. They will not be seen and will flood the list when Rootsweb is re-activated. I would even suggest you put off posting to the list after midnight until Rootsweb is back up and running sometime tomorrow. Kathleen Burnett List Mom

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The US Ghost Town site is located at http://www.rootsweb.com/~usghstwn/ There are many states still available for adoption. If you are interested, contact Doris Robbins demwr@netzero.net If the state you are interested in is already adopted, consider volunteering for a county within that state, to do that contact the Web Host for the state. Kathleen Burnett List Mom