This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/SSB.2ACE/2239 Message Board Post: I would like to know what specific town the two listed relatives were born in. I am looking for assistance interpreting the TOWNSHIP CODES (see below) for the following births: From Ancestry.com, North Carolina Birth Index 1800-2000, Catawba County, 1942, S, Image 5: Index to Vital Statistics 1913 ----Pg.447 WALTER SCOTT - Race: C - Sex: M -Date of Birth: 4/3/1917 - Parents: SCOTT, ANDREW W. & ALICE Township: M - Book: 2 - Page: 994 Also, same page - ANNA SCOTT - Race: C - Sex: F - Date of Birth: 1/24/1915 - Parents: SCOTT, ANDREW WILSON & ALICE Township: V - Book: 1 - Page: 899 This is a new database, and I have no idea what the Township letters mean, perhaps it is a code used by the state or county. Thank you for your assistance! Richard Martin