Arlene, Boom is a place (Alba Station) will, This file on from the History of Inverness County has some info. http://www.electricscotland.com/canada/inverness/chapter32.htm Also ALBA (I.) This place formerly known as "Boom" was given its present name by Act of Parliament in 1893. It is the Latin name for "white" and the name is applicable owing to the large quantities of white plaster rocks to be found in the neighbourhood. from this site http://www.archive.org/stream/placenamesofprov00browuoft/placenamesofprov00browuoft_djvu.txt Hope this helps ----- Original Message ----- From: "Arlene Ragan" <arlene_whycocomagh@hotmail.com> To: "NS-Cape-Breton@rootsweb.com Mailing list" <ns-cape-breton@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, February 05, 2009 1:17 PM Subject: [NS-CB] The Boom -Orangedale Hello , I was asked to look if there was any material out there on the Boom which is in the Orangedale area. I had read an article done by Rev.John Rose's son which detailed their life ,part which was in Orangedale in the Boom area .But now I cannot find the article online.There is someone who is doing it for it for their heritage fair project. Any suggestions or help would be appreciated. Thanks, Arlene _________________________________________________________________ The new Windows Live Messenger. You don’t want to miss this. http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowslive/messenger.aspx ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NS-CAPE-BRETON-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message