In a message dated 4/29/00 3:19:48 PM Pacific Daylight Time, darrow@livingonline.com writes: << WEst Bend , MI is. >> They are close.. West End is in.. Wayne County; a station on the Michigan Center Railroad, in Springwells Twp, 2 miles west of Detroit; its post officed operated from 4 Feb 1878 to 31 Jan 1906 page 392 of Michigan Places names book~ long shot.. but it was worth sending it to you i thought, one never knows... And have you tried the gnis webpage? don't have the URL at the moment.. Good Luck Brenda Brenda K. Wolfgram Moore kingsley@aol.com http://members.aol.com/fiddlerben/gtindex.html surnames: Wolfgram, Kratochvil, Secor/Sicard, Jacques, Leguerre, Vallee and and