In a message dated 7/1/98 6:42:54 PM Central Daylight Time, SG12452@aol.com writes: << GenTips-L@rootsweb.com >> Sometimes the names we're given as family birthplaces, etc. exist not as towns or even townships, but as other noteworthy places that only the "locals" know about. There was some of my family born at Friend, Colorado--turned out to be a mail drop. And there are friends from Pescadero Idaho--a railroad crossing. The locals know where they are, but if you ask at a library, they'll never find it on the map. Karen