Hello Elizabeth - I don't know the URL to which you refer but you can find this same information on Rootsweb at: http://resources.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/townco.cgi Hope this helps. Nancy Edwards - Georgia- Elizabeth Freeman wrote: >There used to be a website (USGNIS - I think that was it) where you could plug in the name of a town with the state and it would come back with the county in which it was located. > >In the last few months it has disappeared. > >Does anyone know if this is back on line and what is the URL ? It was of tremendous help. > > > > >==== OREGON Mailing List ==== > To see the website for Oregon >http://www.rootsweb.com/~orgenweb/ >-=* To see what this list is doing *=- >http://www.wvi.com/~wb/Oregon.html >For ALL list business Admin, leave, or the archives. >http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/usa/OR/misc.html > >============================== >Census images 1901, 1891, 1881 and 1871, plus so much more. >Ancestry.com's United Kingdom & Ireland Collection. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13968/rd.ashx > > > >
GNIS is at http://geonames.usgs.gov/ Completely revamped and reorganized with much more information not previous known. You will be pleased with the new layout, too. David Samuelsen Nancy Edwards wrote: > Hello Elizabeth - > > I don't know the URL to which you refer but you can find this same > information on Rootsweb at: > > http://resources.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/townco.cgi > > Hope this helps. > > Nancy Edwards > - Georgia- > > > > Elizabeth Freeman wrote: > >> There used to be a website (USGNIS - I think that was it) where you >> could plug in the name of a town with the state and it would come back >> with the county in which it was located. >> >> In the last few months it has disappeared. >> Does anyone know if this is back on line and what is the URL ? It >> was of tremendous help. >> >> >> >> >> ==== OREGON Mailing List ==== >> To see the website for Oregon >> http://www.rootsweb.com/~orgenweb/ >> -=* To see what this list is doing *=- >> http://www.wvi.com/~wb/Oregon.html >> For ALL list business Admin, leave, or the archives. >> http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/usa/OR/misc.html >> >> ============================== >> Census images 1901, 1891, 1881 and 1871, plus so much more. >> Ancestry.com's United Kingdom & Ireland Collection. Learn more: >> http://www.ancestry.com/s13968/rd.ashx >> >> >> >> > > > ==== OREGON Mailing List ==== > To see the website for Oregon > http://www.rootsweb.com/~orgenweb/ > -=* To see what this list is doing *=- > http://www.wvi.com/~wb/Oregon.html > For ALL list business Admin, leave, or the archives. > http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/usa/OR/misc.html > > ============================== > 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 > > >