Thank you. I thought it would be something simple like that. Where I live, I am "an old-timer". I use names of places as they were 40, 50 and 60 years ago. I am sure none of our newcomers (and there are plenty of them) don't have any idea where those places are by our "old-timer" names. My Dad came to this valley in 1920, according to a sister's marriage record. My Mom came here for a couple fruit seasons before she married Dad in 1930. They lived here the rest of their lives. I left here for a few years and then came back to be married, etc. Kay C. South Kortright is about midway between Hobart and Bloomville . Most of it is [on the back side of the river] and that section is part of the Town of Stamford. All records would be in the Town of Stamford The [front side of the river] is a part of the Town of Kortright and their records are in the Town Clerk's office in Bloomville. You might find records in the church's. So. Kortright ----- Original Message ----- From: Sylvia To: nydelawa@rootsweb.com Sent: Saturday, December 23, 2006 7:36 PM Subject: Re: [NYDELAWA] front side & back side of a river ? meaning please ? Kay, Sorry for confusing you. I honestly can't explain why, but when I was growing up people always referred to Rte 10 as the "front side" of the river maybe because it was the "main" road. The road on the other side of the river, which is County Rte 18, they always referred to as the back side of the river. Sylvia At 07:26 PM 12/23/2006 -0800, you wrote: >front side & back side of a river - what does that mean??? > >I know what a river is of course. > >I know that the 'far side' and 'near side' of a river depends on >where you are standing, etc. > >Kay C. > ----- Original Message -----