Don't forget that Rootsweb has a comprehensive town/county database that helps resolve these tricky map issues. You type in a town and state and it tells you what county it's in. See: http://resources.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/townco.cgi It confirms that Wolcottsville is in Niagara County. On Thu, 13 Jan 2005, ~~Leslie~~ wrote: > Sorry, Ed, I was not intentionally moving Wolcottsville anywhere. But, other > people who know the area had indicated that parts of it might be located in > more than 1 county. I live in Glendale, Arizona and have never even been to > New York, so I appreciate your insight that Wolcottsville is indeed totally > within Niagara County. My husband has K�HLER & NEUMANN / NIEMANN Prussian > ancestors who were in the Wolcottsville-Lockport area roughly 1850-1868. > > Leslie > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Ed Winkley" <ewinkley@rochester.rr.com> > > Please stop moving Wolcottsville all around. I have visited it and both > > Lutheran Cemeteries many times and dealt with their records. > > Wolcottsville is in the Town of Royalton and in NIAGARA County. It has > > been home to the many Germans that moved there in the mid to late 1800's. > > Many of my German ancestors are buried there in both St. Michaels and > > Trinity Lutheran Churches. > > > > Ed......................... in Orleans County > > > > ==== NYERIE Mailing List ==== > To contact the List Administrator: Dick Rose <dtrose@cox.net> > See the Archived Messages at: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/ > > ============================== > Find your ancestors in the Birth, Marriage and Death Records. > New content added every business day. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13964/rd.ashx > > -=+=-=+=-=+=-=+=-=+=-=+=-=+=-=+=-=+=-=+=-=+=-=+=-=+=-=+=-=+=-=+=-=+=-=+=- Webmaster: Cynthia Van Ness, MLS -- roots AT bfn DOT org Buffalo Roots: Genealogy & Family History in Buffalo, NY http://www.buffaloresearch.com/roots.html

however, if you click on the genweb for the county you would find that niagara county was not always as it is now... i am not saying that wolcottsville isnt in N cty, but depending on WHEN the person is looking for a town in the county might mean that they should consider also one or two or three other counties.... too, you might like to look at this map 1895 http://www.livgenmi.com/1895/ where you will find that 922 people lived in the town noted in niagara cty where there was a post office... when you look at TOWN names, do be sure to confirm or at least consider that they might mean TOWNship not just TOWN as in village.... In some placs there is both a town and a township with the same name... If you are getting the info from a census sheet, read that line that is filled in as a sentence... you might actually be looking for a cross roads which is a location for a postoffice and that alone... and then there is this nice map... click on the part of the world you are interested in exploring... http://www.terraserver.com/ and this is a nice place which you fill out with the city name... (i would leave the state empty to cover for those possible overlapping counties until it is asked of you to enter a state.... http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnis/web_query.gnis_web_query_form and then explore ALL the links that are provided....each offering a slightyly different take on the result... On Fri, 14 Jan 2005 14:42:41 -0500 (EST), Roots Webmaster <roots@bfn.org> wrote: > > Don't forget that Rootsweb has a comprehensive town/county database that > helps resolve these tricky map issues. You type in a town and state and > it tells you what county it's in. See: > > http://resources.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/townco.cgi > > It confirms that Wolcottsville is in Niagara County. > > On Thu, 13 Jan 2005, ~~Leslie~~ wrote: > > > Sorry, Ed, I was not intentionally moving Wolcottsville anywhere. But, other > > people who know the area had indicated that parts of it might be located in > > more than 1 county. I live in Glendale, Arizona and have never even been to > > New York, so I appreciate your insight that Wolcottsville is indeed totally > > within Niagara County. My husband has KÖHLER & NEUMANN / NIEMANN Prussian > > ancestors who were in the Wolcottsville-Lockport area roughly 1850-1868. > > > > Leslie > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Ed Winkley" <ewinkley@rochester.rr.com> > > > Please stop moving Wolcottsville all around. I have visited it and both > > > Lutheran Cemeteries many times and dealt with their records. > > > Wolcottsville is in the Town of Royalton and in NIAGARA County. It has > > > been home to the many Germans that moved there in the mid to late 1800's. > > > Many of my German ancestors are buried there in both St. Michaels and > > > Trinity Lutheran Churches. > > > > > > Ed......................... in Orleans County > > > > > > > > ==== NYERIE Mailing List ==== > > To contact the List Administrator: Dick Rose <dtrose@cox.net> > > See the Archived Messages at: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/ > > > > ============================== > > Find your ancestors in the Birth, Marriage and Death Records. > > New content added every business day. Learn more: > > http://www.ancestry.com/s13964/rd.ashx > > > > > > -=+=-=+=-=+=-=+=-=+=-=+=-=+=-=+=-=+=-=+=-=+=-=+=-=+=-=+=-=+=-=+=-=+=-=+=- > Webmaster: Cynthia Van Ness, MLS -- roots AT bfn DOT org > Buffalo Roots: Genealogy & Family History in Buffalo, NY > http://www.buffaloresearch.com/roots.html > > ==== NYERIE Mailing List ==== > To contact the List Administrator: Dick Rose <dtrose@cox.net> > See the Archived Messages at: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/ > > ============================== > Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the > last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx > >