GERMAN FLATTS, is the official name of the Town. It includes the villages of Ilion, and Mohawk. The reason for the double "F" must be interesting to learn. r.a.d. -----Original Message----- From: C M Strong <[email protected]> To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Date: Saturday, May 29, 1999 5:20 PM Subject: [NYHERKIM-L] Re: HERKIMER COUNTY "OLD" PLACE NAMES > >Hi Martha and all! > >Glad to see you back here, Martha, and so hard at work! Still >love that Herkimer County page -- it is sooo the best! > >Anyway, in looking at the "HERKIMER COUNTY PLACE NAMES" page >(http://www.rootsweb.com/~nyherkim/hplaces.html), I didn't see >the names of "Elizabethtown" and "Spinnetville". I was told some >relatives I am seeking might have lived there. Supposedly, the >first village is located on a hill "going up the other gorge" >out of Ilion (so I guess that means *not* the Frankfort gorge-?) >and then Spinnetville is next door. > >I am posting this to the entire last because I think these two >names need more "verification" than the little scrap of family >info I found these names scribbled on! :-) I assume if anyone >else here has heard ot them, then they can be added to the >former German Flatts (?) place names -- right? > >Now secondly, anyone here know of the residents of Elizabethtown >named BROWN? This family was affectionately called "ole hillbilly >Browns" by the urbane Ilionites (!) I am particularly interested >in TINE BROWN (given name is prolly Valentine; there are a number >of NYS Valentine Browns). Tine would've been born about 1875-ish >and *possibly* was the second husband of my greataunt Ida. Would >love to talk to anyone who might know this family! :-) > >Thanks! >Marsha Strong >Gainesville, FL > >PS -- Does anyone know why there are two "TT's" in German >Flatts?? Just curious...... > > >==== NYHERKIM Mailing List ==== >QUESTIONS? Contact listowner Kim Branagan at [email protected], >a proud Donor of RootsWeb.com. >