Hi All, If you will go on line and type in: www.mapquest.com , you can find any address you want on the map and expand it outward in any direction. I have it book marked in my "Travel Folder". I use it quite a bit at home. However, it quite difficult to use this on-line site or a CD if you don't have a laptop - which I don't have. However, I have gone into the library and used the internet on use this site if I needed to. Carolyn F ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rosamundi4" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, January 30, 2003 1:22 PM Subject: Re: [MAUPIN-L] Research Aid > My sister looked up an address for me in Cincinnati to go see my Aunt and it > worked real well. I don't travel much so it is always a problem for me. > Jackie > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Norma" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Wednesday, January 29, 2003 11:55 AM > Subject: Re: [MAUPIN-L] Research Aid > > > Hello William, > > I believe I have this cd but haven't had the brains to use it. Duh! > MapQuest will give you directions but not areas surrounding and lacks some > of the extras this old gal needs in order to find a place. My sister and I > kept missing the road to White Hall at the 2000 Maupin Reunion and by the > time we made it, we were lucky to get something to eat. The food was good > though. Norma > > > > > > -------Original Message------- > > From: Maupin Reunion <[email protected]> > > Sent: 01/29/03 12:03 PM > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: [MAUPIN-L] Research Aid > > > > > Good Morning Group!!! > > > > If you are like I was for over thirty years and was constantly having to > > lookup cities on an atlas to see what county and where they were located > in a particular state I have the fix for you. > > > > Several months ago while at a "Dollar Stone" in Joplin, MO, I found a CD > > Rom called "TripMaker". This CD originally put out in 1998 bky Rand > McNally is a wonderful item for the $1 price. It originally cost much more. You > > can put in a town, it shows it on a map and you can locate the county and > > state immediately. If you do not know the state it will give you the > states in which there are towns by that name. You can alos plan a trip put in > > the origin and the destination and it will route you and give you the > > highways and travel time. I have found it very valuable and I will never > have to buy another expense atlas. > > > > The Dollars Stores I am talking about are fairly new to our area. The > > signs are in Green. Three stores in our area and all have about the same > > inventory. Hope this helps someone. > > > > William Albertson > > [email protected] > >