Hi, Ned: I'm not sure, but possibly it is Hellam. The name has been changed to Hallam sometime in the past few decades. Debra On Wednesday, Aug 11, 2004, at 20:46 US/Eastern, Ned Seachman wrote: > About 40 years ago, a friend who was researching her Snell ancestors > in the vicinity of the town of Windsor in York County showed me the > following mysterious line on page 725 of John Gibson's "History of > York County". The paragraph describing Windsorville, in Windsor > Township refers to a name that probably existed prior to the > establishment of the first post office there in 1832. It reads: > > "We refrain from giving the original name of this apparently > prosperous hamlet, or recording the legend from which it was obtained; > if the name was practical it was not poetical, and we omit it." > > As a native of Windsor I am very curious to find the details of the > early name and legend that John Gibson found it wise to omit. I have > questioned numerous York County residents and historians without > success. Is anyone aware of this story? I'd love to hear even your > wild speculations. > > Ned Seachman > Penfield, NY > > > --------------------------------- > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Mail - 50x more storage than other providers! > > > ==== PA-YORK-GEN Mailing List ==== > No FLAMING allowed here! To contact the list administrator, send an > e-mail to: PA-YORK-GEN-admin@rootsweb.com > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 >