Does anyone on this list know if the street named SWITZER is named after anyone in particular? I know there were some SWITZER's in Ray county in 1850. -- Have a great day! Cathy SWITZER CONN RE: SWITZER, MANES, FRENCH, DORRELL, CHADWICK, BUSH, SHIVERS, MILNER, TAYLOR, HENDERSON, DOUTHARD (or DOUTHITT), FRISBY, HAMILTON, ROBERTSON, BAKER. cconn1@cox.net Check out my family names: http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=SRCH&db=cathyconn > From: MORAY-CGA-D-request@rootsweb.com > Reply-To: MORAY-CGA-L@rootsweb.com > Date: Thu, 17 Feb 2005 10:00:26 -0700 > To: MORAY-CGA-D@rootsweb.com > Subject: MORAY-CGA-D Digest V05 #29 > > > MORAY-CGA-D Digest Volume 05 : Issue 29 > > Today's Topics: > #1 Re: MORAY-CGA-D Digest V05 #28 [Shirley <shirleyb123@worldnet.att.] > #2 Re: [MORAY-CGA] Re: MORAY-CGA-D Di [KayceKay@aol.com] > > Administrivia: > To unsubscribe from MORAY-CGA-D, send a message to > > MORAY-CGA-D-request@rootsweb.com > > that contains in the body of the message the command > > unsubscribe > > and no other text. No subject line is necessary, but if your software > requires one, just use unsubscribe in the subject, too. > > ______________________________ > From: Shirley <shirleyb123@worldnet.att.net> > Date: Wednesday, February 16, 2005 10:31 PM > To: MORAY-CGA-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: MORAY-CGA-D Digest V05 #28 > > Leslie, I live in Rayville, which is just a few miles from Elkhorn, and > commuted to Grandview (south KC Metro area) for 5 years. My husband > commuted to North KC for nearly 30 years so it is not a stretch for me > to believe Elkhorn is in the Kansas City "Metro" area, but the quote I > submitted was from an online source, > http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/genInfo.php?locIndex=20263 > > Shirley > >> >> "Shirley" <shirleyb123@att.net> stated (in part): >> Elkhorn... ...is in the Kansas City metro area. >> ==================================== >> >> I would find this rather misleading if I were not familiar with the >> area. So, to clarify, please note that Elkhorn is even further away >> from the K.C. metro area than Excelsior Springs. >> I hope this helps. >> >> Leslie >> > > ______________________________ > From: KayceKay@aol.com > Date: Thursday, February 17, 2005 7:13 AM > To: MORAY-CGA-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [MORAY-CGA] Re: MORAY-CGA-D Digest V05 #28 > > I went to the site where the information came from and only this to say. I > live in North Kansas City and the commute is not far even to > Richmond. However, our newsmen, newspapers and obviously the author of this > article do not know everything. As I said I live in North Kansas City and > none of the above listed know the difference between North Kansas City and > Kansas > City North and this irritates a lot of we Nortowners. If anything newsworthy > that is like crimes of any sort are reported they always say North Kansas > City and most are Kansas City North. Even businesses have misused it in their > company names. North Kansas City is 4 quare miles starting at the ASB brige > (now called Heart of America bridge and ends at 32nd which the end of > Burlington > and changing names to North Oak Trafficway. At any rate, as I posted earlier > my father was born in Elkhorn and I remember it for that. I never heard him > ever speak of > any mills but he was not born until 1902. > > Vivian >