Well, Mona, I guess you've gotten alot of helpful responses, they all did what i was going to do but I was a turtle and they got back to ya first. One clue for people to keep in mind might be the general thought that in the late 1800's and early 1900's towns were springing up first along the railroad lines - the maps mentioned and other texts about "badlands" or the plains or "The Missouri Road" will give maps of these towns, many of which changed names as politcal parties and personnel came and went and as owners of the lines (who named them after their little daughters or wives, sometimes) sold the land, or the towns went "bust" after the 30's. This is a general statement about many mid-western and plains states areas, not necessarily NE, and it seems your town is actuallly still around, so I'm glad. Cheryl ----- Original Message ----- From: <mona_houser@juno.com> To: <NEBRRoots-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, January 19, 1999 9:55 AM Subject: Re: [NEBRRoots-L] Re:Where was Sterling? >Sterling is about 35 miles south east of Lincoln in Johnson County. >(Measured roughly with my fingers on the Nebraska state road map.) > >Mona > >On Wed, 20 Jan 1999 10:09:04 +0100 Barbara <bcarcher@earthlink.net> >writes: >>Does anyone know where Sterling was? I have a lovely group photo of >>my >>gggrandfather with his sister and brothers, taken at the Benson >>studio >>in Sterling. The bad news? My atlas doesn't show a Sterling--though >>the name sounds familiar. >> >>And while I'm writing, if anyone knows anything about William, Oscar, >>or >>Lulu Clark (don't know married name) in the (used-to-be) Sterling >>area, >>I'd love to hear from you. Birthdates would be after 1869, when the >>oldest, Walter, was born in Washington, DC. The photo itself dates >>from >>the 1930s, judging from Lulu's clothes and hairstyle. >> >>Barbara >> >> > >Mona in MO >Mona_Houser@juno.com >To keep free access to genealogical data, consider sending a donation to >RootsWeb ><http://www.rootsweb.com/rootsweb/how-to-subscribe.html> > >___________________________________________________________________ >You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. >Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com/getjuno.html >or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866] >