Mary, thanks for the pointer to the RR maps. I believe the Town of WEBB is named after General Webb who also figured in the revolutionary war. I think he is an ancestor or a cousin. Does anyone have evidence of the namesake for the Town of WEBB and the geneaology of the general? Thanks, Rick Merrill Mary H wrote: > If you are a map person check out: > > Tunison's railroad, distance, and township map of New York from latest > surveys. > > It is located at the Library of Congress American Memory web site. > > Go to: > > http://www.loc.gov > > Choose the "American Memory: Link > > Enter the American Memory section > > "Collection Finder" > > "Maps" (in box on right) > > In the searchbox enter the word "Tunison" > > This will bring you to > > Tunison's railroad, distance, and township map of New York from latest > surveys. (1898) > > A small map will appear. Click on it. What you do then may vary according > to your equipment. I choose 640x480 and the second dot after "Zoom In", then > click on the center of Oneida County. The map will scroll if you re-click to > adjust the map to the area you wish to view. The Town of Rome is in Green on > this map, slightly east of Oneida Lake. When Rome incorporated as a city, it > removed itself from the Town of Rome, governmentally speaking, and records > there would be kept by the City of Rome rather than the Town of Rome. Most > of these townships still exist today, with a few exceptions. Old Forge used > to be in the Town of Wilmurt, but almost all of Wilmurt became the Town of > Webb, It's the largest township in New York State. > > There are many wonderful maps available through this site. Spend some time > browsing from the links on the page whose address I gave above. If you have > enough hard drive space, a fair amount of memory, and a fast modem I > recommend you download the viewer, and the maps which you like to your > computer. Then you can examine them off-line at your leisure. It is a better > way to view them. If you click on the "Panoramic Maps" link instead of > searching for "Tunison" there are some of the panoramic maps that were once > popular. I have been able to identify my great-grandfather's house in Utica > on one of them, and I know there is one for Rome, too. > > The software to view these maps can be downloaded free, along with the maps, > to your computer. It's great for offline browsing and printing of segments > of maps which you like. Beware, though, you will need substantial hard drive > space to save these maps. They are large files. > > I haven't been to the Blue Mountain Museum for quite a while, but I would > bet that the logging film mentioned is an interview with Rev. Reed, who > wrote a book called "Lumberjack Sky Pilot" around 1965. I believe he used to > go from logging camp to logging camp ministering to the loggers. He had a > movie camera, and took a lot of wonderful footage which he narrated for a > Watertown, NY TV show called "Cabin Country" quite a while ago. Now days the > area PBS stations bring it out for their fundraising drives 4 times a year. > It is very popular. I just recorded it from the Syracuse station a week ago. > A copy of the film was free with a rather large pledge. I don't know if it's > for sale otherwise, but the Syracuse PBS Station, WCNY, used to have a store > in Carousel Mall which would be a place I'd look to start. It is a very > remarkable program. > > Mary H > maryh@telenet.net > ______________________ > > PS Florence: Any relation to John? > > ==== NYONEIDA Mailing List ==== > Contact the List Manager at judjack@rocketmail.com > Oneida Co Surname page http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~myplace/oneida.html > List Rules http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~myplace/mailing.html > Oneida Co Genealogical & Historical Site http://www.rootsweb.com/~nyoneida/