Hi Pat, I'm replying to the list to thank you and everyone else who answered my question (I thanked the others privately). I knew that I could get the answer from my friends on this list and you did it! And Now I even got a "new" piece of info besides. Choconut Center is "listed" under the town of Union in Broome Co. You're all a great bunch! Sandy On Tue, 9 Nov 1999 brgnr@ix.netcom.com wrote: > > Can someone help me? I found Choconut Center, NY on the map. > >It's just outside Binghamton & close to Johnson City but I can't seem to > >find it on the 1870 Broome Co. Census. > > Sandy - > You need to determine what TOWNSHIP Choconut Center is/was in. The pre-1880 > censuses were arranged by townships, "usually" in alphabetical order. Beginning > with the 1880, they switched to Enumeration Districts (and since this was a > Federal operation, the EDs do not carry over to the next census!) > > The FHLC does have a township atlas on microfiche, FHLC 6049121. This has "maps" > of counties (arranged alphabetically with in the state) with the township lines > and names added. You would need to use it in conjunction with a map that shows > where the town is, because the "maps" on the atlas are just 'outlines' of the > counties. > Pat B, Virginia Beach VA FHC