Get good and comfortable/ .... you will be bizeeeeeee! Interesting challange for me/ My DAYs in 1860 census Ward 4 City of Roxbury/ showing as 'Norfolk County' Same family in 1870 [Roxbury] "Boston Highlands [same house] shows Suffolk County... so one needs to show caution/ and refer to this if you need to: ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/roots-l/genealog/genealog.towns-ma Author: John Chandler <jchbn@cuvmb.cc.columbia.edu> Version: 1996-02-03 Name and boundary changes of cities and towns. (Note: in New England, a "town" is a political subdivision of a county, not merely a populated place.) Each entry in this file has a date, two names, and a "transaction". The latter is a code for the type of event and comes in two flavors, according to which name is given first. Each event is entered twice, once with each name listed first. Some entries have remarks further explaining the locality. The entries within each county are listed alphabetically by the first name. The entries have the following patterns. ********** and this: which neither shows a 'Boston Highlands' Census shows in Post Office line The following information is categorized line by line into three or four sections for each community listed, as follows: http://www.state.ma.us/sec/cis/cisuno/unoidx.htm Unofficial name.../ a locality in, or part of a Town(s)or CITY (in caps).../ County... /Also known as, or other notation ************************* Thanx go to the following person for this discovery ----- Original Message ----- From: Patricia Owens To: Undisclosed-Recipient:; Sent: Friday, July 11, 2003 12:00 PM Subject: Heritage Quest-free to search I don't know how long this will be available through this Library, but they have made arrangements to offer this online for free, if you follow the procedure below. It is pubished online by Heritage Quest., which usually requires subscription and log in. The link is http://www.sirin.lib.il.us/docs/mcl/docs/lib/. That's the main page. Then click on GENEALOGY. When that page comes up, then click on HeritageQuest. Note: If you click on the HeritageQuest link from the front page you will get a sign-in page. Unless you are a paid subscriber you won't want this. Go back to the library's page and go to the genealogy page. There you will find the correct link. Let's all say a big thank you to the library.!! *************** Old people are like libraries on fire. We must read their books before it's too late. --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.497 / Virus Database: 296 - Release Date: 07/04/2003